New York Boy Chords & Lyrics by Neil Diamond

New York Boy

guitar chords lyrics

Neil Diamond

New York Boy:Neil Diamond.
Album - Touching Me Touching You - #9 in Australia
and # 30 in USA in 1969.

INTRO: D G A G A...D G A....D G A G A...D G A..

CHORUS:
G D A D
New York City, look at me now..
G D A D

I'm being stared at from behind the plow.
G D A D
Mississ..ippi, don't get annoyed..
G D A D
I ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
G A G A...D G A..

#1.
D G D G D G
Didn't want the mayor to come..or a big brass band
D G A
to greet me.
D G D G D
But then the reception I got..well, it wasn't what I
G A
had in mind.
G A G A
People gawkin' at me, like I'm talkin' strange.
G A D
Me, I ain't much better..cause I'm thinkin' the same.
G A
Hey, boy!

CHORUS:
G D A D
New York City, look at me now..
G D A D
I'm being stared at from behind the plow.
G D A D
Mississ..ippi, don't get annoyed..
G D A D
I ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
G A G A...D G A..

#2.
D G D G D G D G A
Sayin' y'all and eatin' on grits..talkin' as slow as molasses.
D G D G D
And all the time, just pointing at me..and the hair growin'
G A
over my ears.

BRIDGE:
G A G A
Gets my mind to wonderin', just who's right and who's wrong.
G A
I guess if they'll get used to the sideburns, I'll get used
D G A
to the corn. Hey, boy!

CHORUS:
G D A D
New York City, look at me now..
G D A D
I'm being stared at from behind the plow.
G D A D
Mississ..ippi, don't get annoyed..
G D A D
I ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
D G A (x3)

CHORUS:
G D A D
New York City, look at me now..
G D A D
I'm being stared at from behind the plow.
G D A D
Mississ..ippi, don't get annoyed..
G D A D
I ain't no hippie, just a New York boy.
D G A (x1)

OUTRO:
G D A D
New York City, look at me now..
G D A D
I'm being stared at from behind the plow.
G D A D
Mississ..ippi, don't get annoyed..
G D A D
I ain't no hippie, just a New York boy. (Fade.)


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