• Song:

    New York City Serenade (bruce Sprinsteen Cover)

  • Artist:

    Pete Yorn

G      Em      Am      C 
Billy he's down by the railroad tracks  

Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac  

Diamond Jackie, she's so intact  

As she falls so softly beneath him  
 

Am                        Em 
Jackie's heels are stacked  

Billy's got cleats on his boots  

Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot  

It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no 
 

C 
time to get cute  
D      D9            D      D9 
It's a mad dog's promenade  
G      Em      Am      C 
So walk tall or baby don't walk at all  
G      Em      Am      C 
Fish lady, oh fish lady  

She baits them tenement walls  

She won't take corner boys  

They ain't got no money  

And they're so easy  

I said "Hey, baby  

Won't you take my hand  

Walk with me down Broadway  

Well mama take my arm and? move with me down Broadway"  

I'm a young man, I talk it real loud  

Yeah babe I walk it real proud for you  

Ah so shake it away  

So shake away your street life  

Shake away your city life  

Hook up to the train  

And hook up to the night train  

Hook it up  

Hook up to the train  
 
(strum fast) 
Am                              Em 
But I know that she won't take the train, no she won't take the train  

Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train  

Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train  
 

C 
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down  

And when she turns this  
D      D9            D      D9 
boy'll be gone  
 

G      Em      Am      C 
So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on  

Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade  

Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave  
 

Am                        Em 
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy  

Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy  

Straight for the church note ringin',  
C 
vibes man sting a trash can  
 

D      D9            D      D9 
Listen to your junk man  

Listen to your junk man  

Listen to your junk man  
 

G      Em      Am      C 
He's singin', he's singin', he's singin'  
All dressed up in satin, walkin' past the alley  
He's singin', singin', singin', singin'
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