Chords for John Pizzarelli - I like Jersey Best

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_ [Eb] _ _ [Em] _ Oh, [Gb] traveling down the [Bb] Turnpike, _ [Gb] heading for the shore, [B] a thought just [G] then occurred to [Fm] me I never [Bbm] thought before.
_ [Gb] _ Been a [Bm] lot of places, [Bb] [B] seen pictures of [Gb] the rest, but of [Cm] all the [Db] places I can [Fm] think of I like [Gb] Jersey best.
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[F] Betton [B] Hall, Shoppin' Malls, good old [Gb] Rutgers [B] U, _ _ [Db] 47 shoe [Ab] stores, Line Route [Bbm] 22,
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The Meadowlands, [Bb] the root beer [B] stands, Main Street, Hack [Gb] and Sack, I [Ab] may leave for a week or two, but I'm [Bbm] always [Ebm] coming back.
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The [Eb] Pinelands and the Vinelands, _
[Db] Seaside Heights, [Eb] [Dbm] Margate, _ [C] you can have Miami, [Fm] I love the [Bb] Garden State.
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_ [Ebm] Been a lot of [Bb] places, [B] seen pictures of [Gb] the rest, but of [Am] all the places [G] I can [Fm] think of I like [Gb] Jersey best.
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And now [G] of course the Paul Simon version. _
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_ _ _ Whoa, we have horses, [G] Princeton courses, [C] gas stations, we [G] have scores, _ _ [Dbm] Trenton, [Bm] Hopewell, Lake, [Db] Patconn, Mantle, [Bm] Oaken, Shores.
[G] Some states have their rock stars, [C] oh but [G] Springsteen beats them all. _
And our beautiful [Ab] arena has Brendan Byrne carved [G] on the [Am] wall.
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Still, [D] _ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ [G] whoa, lots of dineries, oil refineries, [C] our highways [D] make you cough.
[C] But Spring Lake Heights and [Ab] Belmont are [Db] places to [Bm] get off.
_ [Em] Drinking [G] spots and used [C] car lots make [E] the place just grand.
And [C] if you want to pay a [Ab] visit, Newark [E] Airport's [G] where you land. _ _ _
_ [C] Oh, the Pinelands [G] and the Vinelands, [D] _ Seaside Heights, [G] _
Margate, _ [C] you _ [G] can _ _ [A] have a little [D] garden here.
_ [G] I've been to the Philippines, yeah, [Am] here, here, _ [G] yeah.
_ [C] And of all the places [G] I can think [Gbm] of I [D] like [G] Jersey best.
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_ _ It's another New Jersey _ [Eb] sunrise.
_ And of course the Beach Boys version.
_ One, two, three, four.
[Ab] Philly dogs like chili [Db] dogs, they eat in [Ab] Cherry Hill.
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Woodbridge, [Ab] they make Haagen [Bb]-Dazs, I can't [Eb] get my fill.
[Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ Forkett River ain't [Bbm] Chappeliver nor is [Ab] Lavalette.
_ _ [Db] _ There are no [Ab] Jersey strangers, [Bb] just friends we [Ab] haven't met. _
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Secaucus.
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Hey, [Eb] let's go [Db] to Jersey now, [Bb] everybody's learning now.
Come on out to [Eb] Jersey with me. _
Come on out to [Ab] Jersey.
Oh, the Jersey Nets went that-a-way, [Db] _ Piscataway, [Ab] no. _ _
_ [Db] _ Had another [Ab] winning season [Bb] and next year they'll [Eb] win more.
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Our Giants could go all the way [Db] or they could win [Ab] just one.
[Db] _ _ Those parties [Ab] in the lots before [Bb] the [Eb] games are [Ab] really fun. _ _ _ _ _
Oh, the [Eb] Pinelands and the [Abm] [G] Vinelands.
Nobody gets the Billie [Eb] Holiday version.
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[Bbm] You [G] can [Ab] have [F] Miami, [Ab] I [G] love it, God, instead.
The Mel Torme version, [E] you folks are beautiful, [Fm] I love that [Db] place.
_ [D] _ _ [Ab] _ But [Db] of all [D] the [Ab] places I [F] can think [Bb] of, I [Ab] like Jersey best.
That's my version again, thank you.
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[A] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ You know, no version of I [G] Like Jersey Best [A] is complete without the _ [D] _ Lou Reed version.
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_ [D] Not to be confused with the Lou Rawls version, which goes something like [A] this. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] You'll never find [A] _ _ [B] _ _ [Gbm] another state like mine.
[Db] _ _ A [D] state that cares for you. _ _ _
_ [G] Oh, you're gonna miss New Jersey.
You're gonna miss, you're gonna miss.
[A] I think you get the idea.
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_ _ [Gb] _ [A] Well, our [Db] famous parkway, it's the dark [D] way, home for Manisquan.
[A] You'd think for all those quarters, [D] they'd turn the road lights on.
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_ [A] And have no pity, Jersey [D] City, once again will shine.
[A] With Holmdel, Cape May, Harrington Park, [D] I like our state just fine.
Jersey [A] girls go, do, do, do, do, do, do, do, [D] do, do, do, do, do. [A] Finish now. _ _ _
_ _ Oh, [D] the _ Pinelands [A] and the _ Vinelands.
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Seaside Heights, [A] Waugate.
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You [Eb] can have [A] Miami. _
I [Eb] love the [E] Garden State. _
_ _ [A] I've been a lot of places.
_ [Gbm] _ [D] Seen the [C] snapshots [A] of the rest.
But [D] of all [Eb] the places, [A] I can take chicks [Ab] too.
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_ like [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ Jersey _ _ _ [A] _
_ best.
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[E] New Jersey and you, perfect together.
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[E] John Pizzarelli Trio, thank you [Eb] very much.
Good night, everybody.
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