The Streets Of New York: The Wolfetones Capo on 2nd fret G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)was eighteen years old when I went down to Dublin G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DWith (xx0232@1)a fistfull of money and a cartload of dreams. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) C"Take (x32010@1)your time," said my father, "stop rushing like Hell, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)remember all's not what it seems to be. D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GFor (320003@1)there's fellas who'd cut you for the coat on your back, C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DOr (xx0232@1)that watch that you got from your mother. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CSo (x32010@1)take care, my young bucko, and mind yourself well. G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)would you give this wee note to my brother." D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GAt (320003@1)the time, Uncle Benjy was a policeman in Brooklyn, D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)my father, the youngest, looked after the farm. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CTil (x32010@1)a phone call from America said "Send the lad over." G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)my old fella said, "Sure, t'wouldn't do any harm. C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GFor (320003@1)I've spent my life working this dirty old ground C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GFor (320003@1)a few pints of porter and the smell of a pound. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)sure, maybe there's something you'll learn or you'll see, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)you can bring it back home, make it easier on me." G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CSo, (x32010@1)I landed at Kennedy, and a big yellow taxi G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DCarried (xx0232@1)me and my bags through the streets and the rain. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CWell, (x32010@1)my poor heart was thumping around with excitement, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)I hardly even heard what the driver was saying. D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GWe (320003@1)came in the Shore Parkway through the flatlands in Brooklyn, C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DTo (xx0232@1)my uncle's apartment on East 53rd. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CI (x32010@1)was feeling so happy, I was humming a song, G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GAnd (320003@1)I sang "You're as free as a bird." D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWell, (320003@1)to shorten the story, whatI found out that day D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GWas (320003@1)that Benjy got shot down in an uptown foray. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)while I was flying my way to New York, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GPoor (320003@1)Benjy was lying in a cold city morgue. C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) GWell, (320003@1)I called up my old fella, told him the news. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DI (xx0232@1)could tell he could hardly stand up in his shoes. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)he wept as he told me go ahead with the plan, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)not to forget, be a proud Irish man. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CSo, (x32010@1)I went up to Nellie's beside Fordham Road, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)I started to learn about lifting my load. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)the heaviest thing that I carried that year G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GWas (320003@1)the bittersweet thoughts of my hometown so dear. D (xx0232@1) Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)went home that December cause my old fella died. C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) DI (xx0232@1)had to borrow the money from a fella on the side. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CAnd (x32010@1)all the bright flowers and brass couldn't hide G (320003@1) D7 (xx0212@1) GThe (320003@1)poor, wasted face of my father. D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GI (320003@1)sold off the old far yard for what it was worth, D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)into my bag stuck a handful of earth. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CThen (x32010@1)I boarded a train and I caught me a plane, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) D (xx0232@1) GAnd (320003@1)I found myself back in the U.S. again. C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) DIt's (xx0232@1)been twenty-two years since I set foot in Dublin. C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) GMy (320003@1)kids know to use the correct knife and fork. G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CBut (x32010@1)I'll never forget the green grass and the rivers, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) GAs (320003@1)I keep law and order in the streets of New York G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1) CNa,na,na (x32010@1) na,na,na, na,na,na,na,na,na,na, G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) Am (x02210@1) GNa,na, (320003@1) na,na,na, na,na,na,na,na,na.
