• Song:

    New York Boy

  • Artist:

    Neil Diamond

  • Album:

    Play Me: The Complete U...

New York Boy:Neil Diamond.
Album - Touching Me Touching You - #9 in Australia
and # 30 in USA in 1969.

INTRO: D G A G A...D G A....D G A G A...D G A..

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)        DNew (xx0232@1)York City, look at me now..
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)being stared at from behind the plow.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)       DMississ..ippi, (xx0232@1)don't get annoyed..
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
G A G A...D G A..

#1.
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       GDidn't (320003@1)want the mayor to come..or a big brass band 
   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
to greet me.
D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)           D (xx0232@1)But then the reception I got..well, it wasn't what I 
G (320003@1)    Ahad (x02220@1)in mind.
G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)              APeople (x02220@1)gawkin' at me, like I'm talkin' strange.
G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)                            DMe, (xx0232@1)I ain't much better..cause I'm thinkin' the same.
G (320003@1)  AHey, (x02220@1)boy!

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)        DNew (xx0232@1)York City, look at me now..
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)being stared at from behind the plow.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)       DMississ..ippi, (xx0232@1)don't get annoyed..
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
G A G A...D G A..

#2.
D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)     G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Sayin' y'all and eatin' on grits..talkin' as slow as molasses.
D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)And all the time, just pointing at me..and the hair growin' 
G (320003@1)     Aover (x02220@1)my ears.

BRIDGE:
G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)                        AGets (x02220@1)my mind to wonderin', just who's right and who's wrong.
  G (320003@1)                              A (x02220@1)      
I guess if they'll get used to the sideburns, I'll get used 
       D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)  Ato (x02220@1)the corn. Hey, boy!

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)        DNew (xx0232@1)York City, look at me now..
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)                    A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)being stared at from behind the plow.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)       DMississ..ippi, (xx0232@1)don't get annoyed..
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
D G A (x3)

CHORUS:
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)        DNew (xx0232@1)York City, look at me now..
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)being stared at from behind the plow.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)       DMississ..ippi, (xx0232@1)don't get annoyed..
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
D G A (x1)

OUTRO:
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)        DNew (xx0232@1)York City, look at me now..
G (320003@1)       D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)      DI'm (xx0232@1)being stared at from behind the plow.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   A (x02220@1)       DMississ..ippi, (xx0232@1)don't get annoyed..
G (320003@1)        D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)      DI (xx0232@1)ain't no hippie, just a New York boy. (Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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