• Song:

    New York City Cops

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

  • Album:

    2002-08-23: Reading Fes...

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                             New York City Cops - The Strokes
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Tabbed by: tom murphy

Tuning: standard

Intro:

     Am                              G
e|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---x----x--x----x--x----|
B|---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---x----x--x----x--x----|
G|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---x----x--x----x--x----|
D|---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---0----0--0----0--0----|  x4
A|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---2----2--2----2--2----|
E|-----------------------------------3----0--3----0--3----|

Am
Here in the streets so mechanised
G
Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life
Am
Studied all the rules and I want no part
G
But I let you in just to break this heart
Am
Even though it was only one night it was
G
........Fucking strange


Am
Nina's in the bedroom, 
G
She said time to go now
       D
But leavin', it ain't easy
      E
I've got to let go, Oh I've got to let go
          G
And the hours they ran slow
I said every night she just can't stop sayin'

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Chorus:

     C                       F
e|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---|
B|---1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---|
G|---0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2---|
D|---2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|  
A|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|
E|---3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--1---|
     New York City Cops,     New York City Cops


     C                C/E    F           G
e|---0--0--0--0--0--0--x-----0--0--0--0--3--3--3--3---|
B|---1--1--1--1--1--1--x-----1--1--1--1--0--0--0--0---|
G|---0--0--0--0--0--0--x-----2--2--2--2--0--0--0--0---|
D|---2--2--2--2--2--2--x-----3--3--3--3--0--0--0--0---|  
A|---3--3--3--3--3--3--0-----3--3--3--3--2--2--2--2---|
E|---3--3--3--3--3--3--0-----1--1--1--1--3--3--3--3---|
     New York City Cops,     They ain't too smart

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C                   F
New York City Cops, New York City Cops
C              C/E  F                G
New York City Cops, They ain't too smart
C                   F
New York City Cops, New York City Cops
C              C/E  F                G
New York City Cops, They ain't too smart

Am  G x4 (intro) (solo)

Am                                G
Oh, kill me now cos I let you down
Am                                        G
I swear one day I'm gonna leave this town
(n.c.)
Stop
Am                        G
Yes I'm leavin', Cos this just won't work
Am                                 G                           
They act like Romans, But they're just like Turks
Am                        G
Some time, in your prime, See me, I like the summertime
Am
but hey...

Am
Nina's in the bedroom, 
G
She said time to go now
       D
Oh leavin', it ain't easy
      E
I've got to let go, I've got, to let, go, Oh
Am
Trapped in an apartment
G
She would not let them get her
      D
She wrote it in a letter
E
Oh I've got to come clean
The authorities, they've seen
                 G
And darling I'm somewhere in between
I said every night, she just can't stop sayin'

C                   F
New York City Cops, New York City Cops
C              C/E  F                G
New York City Cops, They ain't too smart
C                   F
New York City Cops, New York City Cops
C              C/E  F                G
New York City Cops, They ain't too smart




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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| ~   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| x   Mute note
| b   Bend
| pb  Pre-bend
| br  Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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