Gil Scott Heron - New York City Chords

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_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
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_ _ I [Dm] don't know why I love you, _ _ [D] maybe it's because of you, my, [Am] _ _ you're like so many.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] I found it all too easy to [D] stand off at a [Dm] distance and criticize.
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ But there ain't nothing [Em] wrong with the city, _ just some [D] people been wrong there like everywhere _ _
_ else in New [Am] York City. _
_ _ _ I [D] don't know why I [A] love you, _ [Em] could be you [D] remind me of [Am] myself. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ I've been broken inside, _ _ and _ _ I've been pushed off inside. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C#m] I've been kicked [F#m] when I was _ dancing out, but I've _ always [F] felt inside.
[Bm] I _ _ like New [Am] York City, _ _ _ _ _ [D] misused and mistreated, and run with when the running was [Am] good.
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Ignoring [Am] the _ _ beatings of [Dm] some by those who live there, _ [E]
and the gangsters [Dm] keeping the [Am] pulse.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] No, there ain't nothing wrong with the city, [E]
just some [Dm] people been running it and running
it _ [Am] _ to death.
New York City.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I don't know why I love you, but [E] it could be you [D] remind me of [Am] myself. _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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Come on in here with the six-step Molly, man.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ The sounds of the city, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ the transport people around the sun. _ _ _ _ _
_ Music from every nation, _ _ _ _ _ _ that helped make the island wonder. _ _ _ _
_ _ And home to both tramp and artists, _ _ _ _ _ _ and the people from _ everywhere. _ _
_ _ _ _ But most of all, can't hardly see one _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ whose story [F] there ain't on [D] there.
_ _ _ New York [Am]
City.
_ _ _ [Dm] I don't know why I love you, _ [Em] maybe it's [Dm]
because of you and [Am] mine.
_ Like so many others, _ _ _ _ [Dm] found it all too easy to [D] stand off at a distance and criticize.
[Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] But there ain't nothing [Em] wrong with the city, _ just some [Dm] people been roaming it like every [Am] where _ _ else. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] I love you, [Em] could be you remind [Dm]
me of [Am] myself. _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ I've been [F#m] kicked to the side, and [A] _ _ _ _
I've been pushed off to the side. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I've been kicked when I was [C#m] a damn young, [F#m] _ but I'm _ always [F] held _ [A] inside.
_ _ I like New [Am] York City. _
_ _ I [Dm] don't know why I love you, _ _ [E] something inside [Dm] of me I [Am] feel.
_ _ _ New York City.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] I don't know why I love you.
_ [Em] I don't know why [Dm] I love you, but it's [Am] real. _ _ _
_ [Em] I don't know why I [Dm] love you, but it's [Am] real.
_ _ _ _ I don't know, I [Dm] don't know, I [Em] don't know.
_ _ I don't know [Dm] why I love you, but it's real. _ _ _
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