New York Is Killing Me Chords by Gil Scott-Heron

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Okay.
Okay. _ _ _ _ _ _
Yeah, the doctors don't know
that New York was killing me. _ _ _ _ _
Bunch of doctors come around
they don't know
that New York is killing me. _ _ _ _
Yeah, well I need to go home
and take it slow down in Jackson, Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _
Let me [Gm] tell you, city living ain't all
_ it just packs up to be. _ _ _ _
[C] Yeah, [G] city living ain't [C] [Gm] all
it just packs up to be. _ _ _ _
[C] You see, my need to go home
and [Db] slow down in Jackson, Tennessee.
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Yes, I [G] lay down, I lay down
to stop the time to take it all in.
Yes, I _ _ _ lay down, [Bb] I lay [G] down
to stop the time to take it all in. _ _ _ _
Yeah, they [B] got a [C] eight-millimeter key
but I [F] didn't [D] have a single [G] pin. _ _ _ _
Don't you know, don't you know
New York was killing me. _ _ _ _
Yes, I was standing there and dying
and New York was killing me.
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Seems like I [Cm] need to start over
and [G] go back home to Jackson, Tennessee.
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Lord have mercy, _ _ mercy [Db] on me. _ _ _ _
[F] [Gm] Lord have mercy, [G] _ have mercy [Db] on me. _ _ _ _
Turn [G] my body back home in Jackson, [Db] Tennessee. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Lord have mercy, have mercy [Db] on _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ me. _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ Yeah, _ _
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[Cm] [N] I need to be back home.
Need to be back home.
Need to be back home.
Need to be back home, yeah.
Born in Chicago, but I'm going home
to Jackson, Tennessee.
_ _ _ _ Yeah, I'm born in Chicago, but _ I'm
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_ [G] _ going home.
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