NYC

NYC 

Guitar 1

Main Riff:
e|-----------------------------|
B|--1-//--------1--1--1--1--1--|
G|--2-//--(x11)-0--0--0--0--2--| 
D|--3-//--------3--2--2--2--3--|
A|--3-//--------3--3--3--3--3--|
E|-----------------------------|

Ending: 
e|-----------------------------------|
B|--1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
G|--2-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
D|--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
A|--------------------------3-3-3-3--|
E|-----------------------------------|

Guitar 2 

Main Riff:
e|-----------------------------|
B|--1-//--------1--1--1--1--1--|
G|--2-//--(x11)-0--0--0--0--2--| 
D|--3-//--------3--2--2--2--3--|
A|--3-//--------3--3--3--3--3--|
E|-----------------------------|

Chorus: 
e|--1-//--------1--3--3--3--3--|
B|--1-//--------1--1--1--1--1--| 
G|--2-//--(x11)-0--0--0--0--0--|
D|--3-//--------3--2--2--2--2--|
A|--3-//--------3--3--3--3--3--| 
E|----//-----------------------|

Tremolo picking (when drums stop):
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
G|--5-//--9-//--2-//--3-//--2-//--3-///--5-//--9-//--2-//--3-//--2-//--| 
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------| 

Last few times:
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|--18-//--17-//--18-//--17-//--15-//--13--|
G|-----------------------------------------| 
D|-----------------------------------------| 
A|-----------------------------------------| 
E|-----------------------------------------| 

***really pay attention to little changes in the chords for this tab. i've
overlooked it many times and you shouldn't do the same.***

D
I've seen all the adverts
A
Stared at all the billboards
Bm
Waited for the taxis
G
Ate your popcorn in movies

G
But only when I lost myself

( E  D  E  C#  E  D  B )

D
I've walked through New York City
A
I've seen the ugly the pretty
Bm
The less fortunate and wealthy
G
But none can compare to you

D
I've jumped out to the ending
A
Been bleeding from wounds of nothing
Bm
I've listened and been ignored
G
Been hungry I've been bored
D
Been left out in the storm

G
But only when I lost myself
D
Is when I found you

G
But only when I lost myself
Em
I lost myself
D
Is when I found you

Bm
I've been so many places
A#
Seen too many faces
A
Heard too many cases
G#
Of dreams without chasers... so

D
I've lost myself
A
And all my wealth
Bm
I broke my pride
G
I stepped aside
D
And threw away
A
The best of life
Bm
What I held dear
G
Achingly tight
D
To lose my lot
A
Ruin my life
Bm
To lose all else
G
To find myself
D
With you

Tabbed by: Wade

Tuning: Standard

CHORDS (strumming pattern not included)

Verse-

        E            A  
e|---0------0---|
B|---0------0---|
G|---13-----6---|
D|---14-----7---|
A|---14-----7---|
E|---12-----5---|

Pre-Chorus-

        Fb      A       E
e|---0----0----0---|
B|---0----0----0---|
G|---3----6----1---|
D|---4----7----2---|
A|---4----7----2---|
E|---2----5----0---|

Chorus- 

         B       Gb     A       G
e|---0----0----0----0---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---0----0----0----0---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---8----5----6----4---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9----6----7----5---------------------------------------------------------|
A|---9----6----7----5---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---7----4----5----3---------------------------------------------------------|

Intro.: ( Bb F C F  Bb F C ) 2X
 
       Bb              F                  C              F 
He was standing on the highway, somewhere way out in the sticks 
   Bb             F               C 
Guitar across his shoulder like a 30.06 
    Bb               F                    C             F 
He was staring in my headlights, when I come around the bend 
           Bb          F               C 
Climbed up on my shotgun side and told me with a grin 

 
Chorus -------------
Bb             F            C        F 
I?m goin? to New York City 
      Bb                   F                C 
I?ve never really been there, just like the way it sounds 
Bb   F                   C    F 
I heard the girls are pretty 
                Bb           F                C 
There must be something happening there, it?s just too big a town
--------------------
 
  
He was cold and wet and hungry, but he never did complain 
Said he?d come a thousand miles through sleet and snow and rain 
He had a hundred stories about, the places that he?d been 
He?d hang around a little while and hit the road again 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
See, I?ve been to New York City, seems like it was yesterday 
I was standing like a pilgrim on the great white way 
The girls were really pretty, but they wouldn?t talk to me 
I held out about a week, went back to Tennessee 
 
So, I thought I better warn him, as he climbed out of my car 
Grabbed his battered suitcase and shouldered his guitar 
I knew I was just jealous, if I didn?t wish him well 
I slipped the kid a twenty, said, Billy ?em hell 
 
Repeat Chorus Twice