Down And Out In New York City Chords by James Brown

[C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _
_ [C#m] _ [D#m] Yeah man, lucky you.
[D#] _ [F] _ [D#m] _
[Fm] _ _ _ [D#m] _ [G#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D#] _ [D#m] _ [G#] _ _
_ [F#] _ [G#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [D#m] _ [G#] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [G#] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[B] _ [E] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ [D#m] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ [D#] And the [G#] streets no place to [D#m] be, but [C#] there you [D#m] are.
[G#] _ [F#] So you [G#] try hard, or you [Fm] die hard.
[D#] [G#] No one really gives a good damn.
You try hard, and you die hard.
[D#] [F] No one [D#m] gives a damn.
[F#] Cause I die [C#]
[G#] hard.
Give me a shine boy, _ [F#] _ _ [C#]
in New [G#] York [D#m] City.
_ _ [F#] Where can you [C#] be, [G#] where can you go, [D#m] _ [F#] when you're down and [C#] out in New [G#] York City.
[D#] _ [C#] I'm never, never, never [B] gonna get wet [A#m] again.
_ _ _ [C#m] No, [F#] _ [C#m]
no, [F#] no, [C#m] no, not me.
[F#] _ [C#m] _
_ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [F#] When [C#m] you need a friend, _ [F#] [C#m] need to have her.
[F#] [C#m] When you want a friend, [D#m] gonna get myself together in the morning.
_ [G#] [D#m] Gonna live it [G#] up, [D#m] or one bad [G#] dream.
[D#m] Oh fat cat, _ [A#m] [D#] doing [G#] me a real big favor.
You got the fat cats, and the fat hats, playing it on real [D#m] good.
[F#] Cause I die hard.
[C#] [G#] Give me a shine.
_ _ [F#] _ _ [C#] _ [G#] Ah, [D#m] yeah.
_ [F#] _ _ [C#] Give me [G#] a shine [D#m] boy, give [F#] _ [C#] _ [G#] me a shine.
[D#m] _
_ [F] _ Ah, nah, [A#] nah. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Ha.
[E] Mm.
_ _ [F#] _ [E] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#m] Down and [F#] out, [C#m] New York City.
[F#] _ _
[C#m] Ain't nowhere [F#] to be.
[C#m] Where can you go, [F#] _
[C#m] when you're down and [F#] out in [C#m] New York City.
[D#m] _
[C#m] Said I'm never, never, [D#m] never gonna get that [C#m] wet again.
_ [F#] _
[C#m] No, [F#] no, [C#m] no, no, [F#] _
[C#m] not me.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _
[C#m] When you need a [F#] friend, _ [C#m] trouble [F#] mine.
[C#m] When you need a [D#m] friend, you got to [C#m] trouble mine.
[F#] _ _
[C#m] Ain't [F#] nobody gonna [C#m] give you one thing [F#] dime. _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#m] Friend can [F#] be cruel, _ [C#m] sometimes [F#] it [C#m] can be sweet.
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#m] _ [F#]
[C#m] What bugs a man, [F#] what hurts a man, [C#m] when you give him a drink.
[F#] Huh, [C#m] just can't [F#] get nothing [C#m] to keep.
_ [F#] _
[C#m] That's New York City, [F#] _ [C#m] that's New York City, [F#] _
[C#m] New York City.
[F#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] _ 125th Street, [F#] _ _
[C#m] _ _ [F#] _ [C#m] the bricks.
_ [F#] _ _