Chords for Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me (Chris Cunningham Visual Remix)

Tempo:
102.95 bpm
Chords used:

G

Db

A

Eb

Gm

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Gil Scott-Heron - New York Is Killing Me (Chris Cunningham Visual Remix) chords
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[Db]
[Fm] [D]
[Db]
[D] [G]
Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me.
Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me.
[Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee.
Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all that it's cracked up to [Db] be.
[F] Bad city [G] living ain't all that it's cracked up to be.
Yeah, it seems [Gm] I need to go home and slow [G] down in Jackson, Tennessee.
[Bb]
[Gbm] [Em]
[G] [Bb]
[D] Yes, I lay [A] down, I lay down, I stopped and tried to take it all [Eb] in.
[Ab] Just lay down, lay down, [G] I tried [Ab] to take it all in.
Yeah, they got 80 million people and I didn't have a single [Eb] friend.
[Ab] Don't [Eb] [G] you know New York was killing me?
Yeah, I was standing there and dying and New York was killing [Db] me.
Seems [Gm] I need to start over and [G] go back home to Jackson, Tennessee.
Mercy, mercy on [Db] me.
Yeah, it gets a [G] lot of mercy, mercy on [Db] me.
Tell them [G] to bury my woman in Jackson, Tennessee.
[Db] [G] Mercy, mercy on [Db] me.
[G]
[Bb]
[A] [G]
[Bb]
[A] Yeah, I need to [N] be back home.
Need to be back home.
[Ebm] Yeah, born in Chicago [A] but [Ab] I'm from Tennessee.
[N]
Yeah, I was born in Chicago but I'm [Eb] [Gbm]
down [Eb] near the G [G].M. and Oregon.
Jackson, [Gm] Tennessee.
[A] They make me seem like some [G] kind of bumpkin or something but I love Tennessee.
[Gm]
Feel [A] like I need to go [C] [G] home, go home.
Jackson, Tennessee.
[Gm]
I don't make it, [A] tell them to [G] bury my body.
Yeah.
[B]
[G]
[B]
[G]
[B]
Amen.
[Db] [B] [Db]
[Gbm] [G]
[B]
[Ab] [Db]
[Eb]
Key:  
G
2131
Db
12341114
A
1231
Eb
12341116
Gm
123111113
G
2131
Db
12341114
A
1231
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To start learning Gil Scott-Heron - (Chris Cunningham Remix) New York Is Killing Me chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Gm, A, G, Db, G, Gm, C and G in sequence. Start with a comfortable 51 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 103. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C Minor in mind.

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_ _ Yeah, the docks don't know that New York was killing me. _ _ _
_ _ Bunch of docks that come around, they don't know that New York is killing me. _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] Yeah, well, I need to go home [G] and take it slow down in [A] Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
_ Let me tell you, city living ain't [G] all _ that it's cracked up to [Db] be. _ _
_ _ [F] Bad city [G] living ain't all that it's cracked up to be. _ _
_ Yeah, it seems [Gm] I need to go home and slow [G] down in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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[D] _ Yes, I lay [A] down, I lay down, I stopped and tried to take it all [Eb] in. _ _ _
_ [Ab] Just lay down, lay down, [G] I tried [Ab] to take it all in. _ _ _
_ Yeah, they got 80 million people and I didn't have a single [Eb] friend.
_ [Ab] Don't _ [Eb] _ [G] _ _ you know _ New York was killing me? _ _ _
_ Yeah, I was standing there and dying and New York was killing [Db] me. _ _
_ Seems [Gm] I need to start over and [G] go back home to Jackson, Tennessee.
_ Mercy, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
_ Yeah, it gets a [G] lot of mercy, _ _ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
Tell them [G] to bury my _ woman in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ _ [G] _ Mercy, _ _ mercy on [Db] me. _ _ _
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[A] Yeah, I need to [N] be back home.
Need to be back _ _ _ _ _ home.
[Ebm] Yeah, _ born in Chicago [A] but [Ab] I'm from Tennessee.
_ _ _ [N] _
Yeah, I was born in Chicago but I'm _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Gbm] _
down [Eb] near the G [G].M. and Oregon. _
_ Jackson, [Gm] Tennessee. _ _ _
[A] They make me seem like some [G] kind of bumpkin or something but I love Tennessee.
_ [Gm] _ _
Feel [A] like I need to go [C] [G] home, go home.
Jackson, Tennessee.
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I don't make it, [A] tell them to [G] bury my body. _
Yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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