• Song:

    Welcome To New York

  • Artist:

    Scott Klopfenstein

  • Album:

    The Big Bad Wolf

Verse:
      A5              D5
Oh, I packed up suit cases,
        F#5              E5
One for clothes one for dreams,
           A5         D5             F#5            E5
And on the five hour flight I made my fool proof schemes,
         D5           E5         C#5           F#5
That I'd eat the big apple not choke on the seeds,
    D5             E5            F#5    -> E5 -> D5
and they'd name a street after me,
     D5            E5           A5     E5
but this was not destined to be,

             A5              D5               F#5         E5
'Cause every actor, model, musician, in the food industry,
           A5         D5           F#5         E5
Smiles for tips to afford their 300 square feet,
           D5         E5               C#5            F#5 
and at the end of auditions all they hear is "next please",
      D5          E5              F#5   -> E5 -> D5
So at night they drop to their knees,
 D5            E5          A5
"God can you still hear me?",

Chorus:
B5         G5                      D5
So welcome to New York aren't you lonely now?,
B5        G5              D5             F#5
Even your God's lost you in the crowd, amongst the sound,
B5               F#5           G5                  D5
Of eight million people who's hearts make man's choir,
       G5                B5           F#5
Hoping hearts can reach higher then man can build,


       A5             D5
On the sidewalks and subways,
      B5             E5
Where dreams are for sale,
         A5            D5               F#5                 E5
Live the giant sized, judging eyes of those who've yet to fail,
        D5         E5
Staring into the faces,
       C#5          F#5
Behind open guitar cases,
D5            E5            F#5  -> E5 -> D5
Belting just so they can hear,
         D5              E5               A5
Past the ringing of the city in their ears,

Chorus:
B5         G5                      D5
So welcome to New York aren't you lonely now?,
B5        G5              D5             F#5
Even your God's lost you in the crowd, amongst the sound,
B5               F#5           G5                  D5
Of eight million people who's hearts make man's choir,
       G5                B5           F#5
Hoping hearts can reach higher then man can build,

[Guitar Solo]

The Chorus is then repeated twice, with a key change up for each. So the first 
repetition follows the progression: 

C#5        A5               E5 etc. 
So welcome to New York. . .

The second repetition follows the progression: 

Eb5 ,    B5 ,               F#5 etc.
So..., to..., New..., lonely now. . .

Enjoy.
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