Tom: F
[Chord Voicings]
Bb F C
E|-1--1--3-|
B|-3--1--5-|
G|-3--2--5-|
D|-3--3--5-|
A|-1--3--3-|
E|-x--1--x-|
[Intro]
|Bb F |C F |Bb F |C |
|Bb F |C F |Bb F |C |
[Verse]
Bb F C F
He was standing on the highway, somewhere way out in the sticks
Bb F C
Guitar across his shoulder like a 30.06
Bb F C F
He was staring in my headlights, when I come around the bend
Bb F C
Climbed up on my shotgun side and told me with a grin
[Chorus]
Bb F C F
I’m goin’ to New York City
Bb F C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds
Bb F C F
I heard the girls are pretty
Bb F C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Verse]
Bb F C F
He was cold and wet and hungry, but he never did complain
Bb F C
Said he’d come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain
Bb F C F
He had a hundred stories about, the places that he’d been
Bb F C
He’d hang around a little while and hit the road again
[Chorus]
Bb F C F
I’m goin’ to New York City
Bb F C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds
Bb F C F
I heard the girls are pretty
Bb F C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Verse]
Bb F C F
See, I’ve been to New York City, seems like it was yesterday
Bb F C
I was standing like a pilgrim on the great white way
Bb F C F
The girls were really pretty, but they wouldn’t talk to me
Bb F C
I held out about a week, went back to Tennessee
[Verse]
Bb F C F
So, I thought I better warn him, as he climbed out of my car
Bb F C
Grabbed his battered suitcase and shouldered his guitar
Bb F C F
I knew I was just jealous, if I didn’t wish him well
Bb F C
I slipped the kid a twenty, said, Billy give'm hell
[Chorus]
Bb F C F
I’m goin’ to New York City
Bb F C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds
Bb F C F
I heard the girls are pretty
Bb F C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
[Chorus again]
Bb F C F
I’m goin’ to New York City
Bb F C
I’ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds
Bb F C F
I heard the girls are pretty
Bb F C
There must be something happening there, it’s just too big a town
