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Title : New York, New York
Artist : Ryan Adams
Album : Gold
Transcribed by : Ferry Falkenburg (ferry@ryan-adams.org)
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Ryan Adams - New York, New York
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Standard tuning.
Chords used (acoustic guitar):
A D/A E Dsus2 E7/D
e ----- ----- --0-- --0-- --0--
B --2-- --3-- --0-- --3-- --3--
G --2-- --2-- --1-- --2-- --1--
D --2-- --4-- --2-- --0-- --0--
A --0-- --0-- --2-- ----- -----
E ----- ----- --0-- ----- -----
Chords used (electric guitar):
A5 D5 E5
e ----- ----- -----
B ----- ----- -----
G ----- --7-- --9--
D --7-- --7-- --9--
A --7-- --5-- --7--
E --5-- ----- -----
Acoustic guitar:
A D/A A D/A A A D/A A D/A A
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
G||-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D||-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
A||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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||Electric guitar: |
|| A |
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------|-0h2---------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A D/A A D/A A A D/A A D/A A
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
G||-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
D||-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|
A||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
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|| A |
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------|-0h2---------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------|-2-----------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------|-0-----------------------------------|
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A D/A A D/A A A D/A A D/A A
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||
G||-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-||
A||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
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|| A5 D5 D5 A5 A5 D5 D5 A5 ||
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
G||-----------7-----------7---7---------|------------7-----------7---7--------||
D||-7---7-----7-----------7---7-7-------|--7---7-----7-----------7---7-7------||
A||-7---7-----5-----------5---5-7-------|--7---7-----5-----------5---5-7------||
E||-5---5-----------------------5-------|--5---5-----------------------5------||
RIFF 1 (Acoustic guitar during verses):
A D/A A D/A A A D/A A D/A A
e||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
B||-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h3-3-3-3-3-2h3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-||
G||-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-||
D||-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2h4-4-4-4-4-2h4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-||
A||-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
E||-------------------------------------|-------------------------------------||
RIFF 2 (Electric guitar):
e||--5--4-4-4--||
B||------------||
G||------------||
D||------------||
A||------------||
E||------------||
RIFF 1:
A D/A
Well I shuffled through the city on the Fourth of July
A
Had a firecracker waiting to blow
A D/A
Breaking like a robber who was making his way
A
To the cities of Mexico
A D/A
Lived in an apartment out on Avenue A
A
Had a tar on the corner of Tenth
A D/A
Had myself a lover who was finer than gold
A
But I been broke I've been busted up since
E5 A5 E5 A5 <-- Electric guitar
E A E A <-- Acoustic guitar
Love don't play any games with me
RIFF 2 RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2 E7/D
Anymore like she did before
E5 A5 E5 A5
E A E A
World won't wait so I better shake
RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2
That thing right out there through the door
RIFF 1
E7/D RIFF 1
Hell, I still love you New York
A D/A
Found myself a picture that would fit in the folds
A
Of my wallet and it stayed pretty good
A D/A
Still amazed I didn't lose it out on Lutheran Place
A
When I was drunk and I was thinking of you
A D/A
Every day the children they were singing the tunes
A
Out on the streets and you could hear from the side
A D/A
Used to take the subway out of Houston and Third
A
I would wait for you and not try to hide
E5 A5 E5 A5
E A E A
Love won't play any games with you
RIFF 2 RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2 E7/D
Anymore if you don't want her to
E5 A5 E5 A5
E A E A
World won't wait I watched you shake
RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2
But honey I don't blame you
RIFF 1
E7/D RIFF 1
Hell, I still love you New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
Hell, I still love you New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
New York
A D/A
I remember Christmas in the blistering cold
A
In a church on the Upper West Side
A D/A
Babe, you stood there singing I was holding you arm
A
You were holding my trust like a child
A D/A
Found a lot of trouble out on Avenue B
A
But I tried to keep the overhead low
A D/A
Farewell to the city and the love of my life
A
As we left before we had to go
E5 A5 E5 A5
E A E A
Love won't play any games with you
RIFF 2 RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2 E7/D
Anymore if you don't want her to
E5 A5 E5 A5
E A E A
Sweep and shake this old thing out the door
RIFF 2
Dsus2 E7/D Dsus2
I'll always be thinking of you
RIFF 1
E7/D RIFF 1
I'll always love you though New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
I'll always love you though New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
I'll always love you though New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
I'll always love you though New York
RIFF 1
RIFF 1
New York, New York
Repeat the A chord during sax solo.
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