Chords for N. Y. C. - Steve Earle - live on BBC television

[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _
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_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] Standing on the [G] highway, somewhere [D] way out in the [G] sticks.
Tire crossed the shoulder like a thirty-odd six.
Staring at my headlights [D] when I come around [G] the bend.
_ Blinded by my shotgun [D] sight, told me where the fence.
[C] I'm going to [G] New York [D] City, _ [G] _ _ [C] never heard of it.
They'll [D] just like the way it sounds.
[C] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _
[D] I never did [G] complain.
Said it'd [D] come a thousand miles to sleep in snow and rain.
They had a hundred [G] stories about the places that it'd be.
_ [C] Hang around a little [D] while, hit the road again.
[C] I'm going to [G] New York City, [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] never heard of it.
They'll [D] just like the way it sounds.
[C] I heard you [G] girls _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] must have something and [A#] it's just too big [G] a deal. _
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[D] I'm _ _ [C] _ _ [Gm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] going _
[A] _ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] to New York City, seemed like it was yesterday.
_ Standing like a pilgrim on the great [D] wide way.
[G] Those girls were really pretty, [D] but they wouldn't talk to me.
[Gm] _ _ [D] I headed out of Father Wayne, went back to Tennessee.
So I thought I'd better warn [G] him, [D] climbed out of [G] my car.
Grabbed his battery suitcase, [D] showed her his guitar.
[C] You know, I was just [G] jealous, [D] I didn't wish him [G] well.
_ _ Kid at twenty [D] said, did he give me a raise?
[C] Going to [G] New York City, _ _ _ _ [C] _ never heard of it.
They'll [D] just like the [G] way it sounds.
[C] I heard you [G] girls _ [D] _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ must have something and [D] it's just too big a deal.
[C] Going to New [G] York City, _ _ _ _ [C] _ been there [D] just like the way it sounds.
[C] [G] Those girls were pretty, _ _ _ [C] but something happened and [D] it's just too big a [G] deal.
I heard you girls must have something and it's just too big [C] a deal. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Thank _ [Dm] _
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_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] you very much indeed, Steve [G] R.
from New York City.
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