Written by Alicia Keys / A Shuckburgh / A. Hunte / Bert Keyes / J. Sewell-ulepic / Jay-z / Sylvia Robinson
F# B7M Ooohh New York (2x) F# B7M Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes F# B7M Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean F# B7M If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say F# B7M Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway A# Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams B7M Baby, I'm from...F# B7M On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard F# B7M Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God F# B7M Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge F# B7M Some will sleep tonight with a hunger for more than an empty fridge A# I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams Chorus: B7M Baby, I'm from...B7M New York F#7M Concrete jungle where dreams are made of C# There's nothing you can't do B7M Now you're in New York F#7M These streets will make you feel brand new C# Big lights will inspire you B7M Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!B7M One hand in the air for the big city, B Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty C# No place in the world that can com-pare D#m7 A# Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah B7M In New York F# Concrete jungle where dreams are made of C# There's nothing you can't do Now you're in New York These streets will make you feel brand new Big lights will inspire you B7M F# Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!B7M New York F#7M Concrete jungle where dreams are made of C# There's nothing you can't do B7M Now you're in New York F#7M These streets will make you feel brand new C# Big lights will inspire you B7M Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!
See also: Bryan Ferry - The 'In' Crowd |
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