New York City Serenade Chords & Lyrics by Bruce Springsteen

New York City Serenade

guitar chords lyrics

Bruce Springsteen

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New York City Serenade-Bruce Springsteen
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Tabbed by:Nick V.
E-mail:[email protected]
Tuning:EADGBE

Originally from 1973's "The Wild, the Innocent,and The E Street Shuffle" but I've also
included some of the variances of how it was played live.

Intro(Fig. 1)

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D|------------------------------------2-2-4-4-------------------------------|
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A F#m Bm D
Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks
A F#m Bm D
Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac
A F#m Bm D
Diamond Jackie she's so intact
A F#m Bm D
As she falls so softly beneath him
Bm
Jackie's heels are stacked
F#m
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Bm
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway
F#m
And come back home with their loot
Bm
It's midnight in Manhattan
D
This is no time to get cute
E
It's a mad dogs promenade
A F#m Bm
So walk tall
D A F#m Bm D
Better don't walk at all
A F#m
Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady
Bm D
She baits them tenament walls
A F#m
She wont take corner boys, ain't got no money
Bm D
And they're so easy
A
I said hey babe, ah really
F#m Bm D (w/Fig. #2)
Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway
A F#m Bm D (w/Fig. #2)
Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah
A
I'm a young man I talk it real loud
F#m Bm
Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya
D
Ah, so shake it away
A F#m
So shake away your street life, shake away your city life
Bm
And hook up to the train
D
Ah, hook up to the night train
A F#m Bm D
Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train
Bm
But I know that she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
No, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
A F#m
So long
Bm D A F#m Bm D
Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk
A F#m
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man
Bm D
Ah, play me your serenade
A F#m Bm D
Any deeper blues, you'll be playing in your grave
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the darlin' year inside, boy
Bm
Straight for the church note ringin'
D
Vibes man sting a trashcan
E
Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man
listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
He's singing, singing
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
All dressed up in satin walking down the alley
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah

A F#m Bm D until end

Watch out for your junk man!


Clarence (Fig. #2)
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"Jackie's heels are stacked..." (Fig. #3)

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A|-2-2---2---2-2---2----------4-----------4----4--------0---2---------------|
E|-----------------------2-2----2-----2-2---2-----------x---0---------------|


Live/Violins/Piano (Fig. #4)
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