• Song:

    Nyc Cops

  • Artist:

    The Strokes

Intro/Riff:

  Am               G
E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-0-3-0-3-- |  4x

"Oh! I meant - Ah!
No, I didn't mean that at all ...UUHHH"


VERS0 1:
(Riff)
Here in the streets, I'm Mack the Knife,
rise to the bottom of the meaning of life

Studied all the rules and I want no part, but I let you in just to break this heart

Even though it was only one night, it was fucking strange


PONTE:
  Am
E--8-      ----------------7/8--7/8--
B-10- x8   ----------------9/10-9/10-
G--9-      ----------------8/9--8/9--
   Minutes in the bedroom ,

  G
E--7      -----------------6/7--6/7-
B--8  x8  -----------------7/8--7/8-
G--7      -----------------6/7--6/7-
   She said, "Time to go now"

  D
E--2      -----------------1/2--1/2-
B--3  x8  -----------------2/3--2/3-
G--2      -----------------1/2--1/2-
   But leaving it ain't easy

  E
E-4      --------------------------
B-5  x16 --------------------------
G-4      --------------------------
  I've got to let go
  Oh, I've got to let go


  G
E-7      --------------------------
B-8  x16 --------------------------
G-7      --------------------------
  And the hours they went slow
  I said every night, she just can't stop saying:


REFR?O:
   C        Csus4
E--8-      ---8--
B--8-      ---8--
G--9-   x8 --10-- x8
D-10-      --10--
A----      ------
E----      ------

C                    - | 
New York City cops,    | 
F                      | 
New York City cops,    |  2x
C                      | 
New York City cops,    | 
F              G    | 
They ain?t too smart - | 


SOLO:
e-------------------------10b--8-----7h10-7---7h87h87h87h8 etc---
B-10b--10b8---8--10b-8-----------10---------8--------------------
G-----------9----------9-----------------------------------------
D----------------------------------------------------------------
A----------------------------------------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------------------

e--8----10----8----10----8-----7---10---7---10---7----
B----10----10---10----10---10----8----8---8----8---8--
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

e--8----10----8----10----8-----7---10---7---10---7-8--
B----10----10---10----10---10----8----8---8----8------
G-----------------------------------------------------
D-----------------------------------------------------
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

VERSO 2:

E-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--3-0-3-0-3-- |  2x

Oh, kill me now, 'cause I let you down
I swear one day I?m gonna leave this town
Stop!



VERSO 3:

e------------------------------
B--5-5-5-5------8--5--8--5--8--
G-7b7b7b7b etc--7--4--7--4--7-- x2
D------------------------------
A------------------------------
E------------------------------

e-------------------------------------------------------
B-12-10--12-12-10--12-10--12-12-10----5-5-5-5-----------
G-11-9---11-11-9---11-9---11-11-9-----7b7b7b7b etc------
D-------------------------------------------------------
A-------------------------------------------------------
E-------------------------------------------------------

Yes, I'm leaving 'cause it just won't work
Honey, they act like rollers but they dress like Turks
Sometime in your prime, treat me hot like the summertime
But, hey


PONTE: (como na primeira vez - 2x)

Am
Minutes in the bedroom ,
  G
She said, "Time to go now"
     D
But leaving it ain't easy
      E
I've got to let go

Oh, I've got to let go
     Am
Oh, tapping 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

I'd be a God in this scene
          G
No no, I'm somewhere in between

I said every night, She just can't stop saying:

REFR?O: 
C
New York City cops,
F
New York City cops,
C
New York City cops,
F              G
They ain?t too smart
C
New York City cops,
F
New York City cops,
C
New York City cops,
F              G
They ain't too smart
C
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