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New York Minute

Don Henley
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 1st. Intro:  –  – /  -  –  –  –  –  –
 2nd. Intro:  – Emsus –  –  X4
 Each Chord Strummed once for above^
 Harry  Got  Up,  Dressed  All In Black
   Went Down  To The Station,  And He  Never Came Back
   They Found His Clothing  Scattered  Somewhere  Down  The Track
  Base Notes
  (E///A)
  / /b69
  And He Won’t Be Down On Wall Street In The Morning.
  He  Had  A Home,  Love  Of  A Girl
   But Men  Get Lost Sometimes As  The  Years Unfurl
   One Day,  He Crossed Some Line, And  He Was  Too Much In  This World
  / /b69
  But I Guess It Doesn’t Matter Anymore
 In A  New York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
  Everything  Can Change
  In A New  York Minute,  OooooOooooOooooooooooo
  Things  Can Get Pretty Strange
  In A New  York Minute,  OooooOooooOooooooooooo
  Everything  Can Change
  In A New  York Minute.  OooooOooooOooooooooooooOooooOoooo
 Lying  Here  In The Darkness,  You Hear  The Sirens Wail
  Somebody  going to Emergency,  Somebody’s  Going To Jail
<bass  line="" emsus=""  <span="">
 
 
 
 You  Find somebody  To Love In This World, You Better Hang On Tooth And Nail
 
 
  /b69
   The Wolf Is Always At The Door
 :
   In A New York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Everything  Can Change
   In A New  York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Things Can  Get Little Strange
   In A New  York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Everything  Can Change
 
 
   In A New York Minute. OooooOooooOoooooooooooooOoooooooOoooo
 
 
   In These Days,  Darkness Falls Early
 
 
   And People Rush  Home To The Ones They Love
 
 
 
 
 
   You’d Better Take  A Fools Advice Then Take Care Of Your own
 
 
 
 
 
 
   One Day They’re Here, Next Day They’re Gone
 (Interlude) *
   – Emsus –
   –
   X4
 
 
 
   Pulled  My Coat Around My Shoulders, Took A Walk Down Through The Park
 
 
 
   Leaves Were Falling  Around Me, Groaning City In The Gathering Dark
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   On Some Solitary Rock, A Desperate Lover Left His Mark
  Base Notes
  (E/
 
  /A)
 
 
  /b69
   He Said  “Baby, I’ve Changed, Please Come Back”
 
 
 
 
   What The Head Makes Cloudy, The Heart Makes Very Clear
 
 
 
   I Know  The Days Were So Much Brighter In The Time When She Was Here
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   I Know That Somebody Somewhere Can Make These Dark Clouds Disappear
 
 
  /b69
   But  Until That Day, I Have To Believe, I Believe, I Believe
  In  A New York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Everything  Can Change
   In A  New York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Things Can  Get Pretty Strange
   In A  New York Minute, OooooOooooOooooooooooo
   Everything  Can Change
 X O  3 2  1 O  X 0 4 2 1 0  X X  0 2  1 0  3 0 2 0 1  0
 
 
 
 
 0 2  0 2  0 0  X 0 2 0 0 0  1 0  2 0  0 0  1 0 2 0 1  0
 
 
 
 
  /b69
 3 0  2 0  0 0  0 0 2 0 3 0  0  3 2  1 3  0
 
 
 
 
 
 0 0  2 2  1 0  X 0 0 2 1 1  4 3  2 1  0 0

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Readable chord sheet for New York Minute by Don Henley

1st. Intro:    [Am] – [Fmaj7/A] – [Fmaj7]/[F#] - [Am7] – [Fmaj7/A] – [Am] – [D9] – [Am7/G] – [E7]
2nd. Intro:    [Am7] – Emsus – [A7sus4] – [Am7] X4
Each Chord Strummed once for above^

[Emsus]      [F]     [Am7]   H[F]arry Go[Emsus]t Up, [G]       Dr[Am7/G]essed All In Black

             [Emsus] Went [F]Down To The S[Am7]tati[F]on,       [Emsus] And H[G]e Never Came [Am7/G]Back

             [Emsus] They [E]Fo[C]un[B]d [A]His [Am7]Clot[A]hing   [A7sus4] Scatte[E]red Somewhe[Fmaj7]re Dow[F]n The Track
                                                             Base Notes
                                                            (E/[G]/[C]/A)
              [Fmaj7]/[F#]                [C]/b69              [A7sus4]    [Am7]
              And He Won’t Be Down On Wall Street     In The Morning.

              [Emsus]He Had[F] A H[Am7]ome,[F]                   L[Emsus]ove Of[G] A G[Am7/G]irl

             [Emsus] But M[F]en Get Lost So[Am/F]metimes       [Emsus]As The[G] Years U[Am/G]nfurl

        [Emsus] One D[E]ay[A], He Crossed S[Am7]ome [A]Line,   [A7sus4]And He [E]Was Too Much [Fmaj7]In This World

                    [Fmaj7]/[F#]                [C]/b69      [Am]
              But I Guess It     Doesn’t   Matter    Anymore

[Am/E]              In A[F] New York Minute,        OooooOooooOooooooooooo

              [G]Everything Can [Am]Change

              In A Ne[Am/E]w York Minute,  [F]      OooooOooooOooooooooooo

              [G]Things Can Get Pretty [Am]Strange

              In A [Am/E]New York Minute,  [F]      OooooOooooOooooooooooo

              [G]Everything Can [Am]Change

              In A [Am/E]New York Minute.  [F]   OooooOooooOooooo[G]oooooooOoooo[Am]Ooooo

[Emsus]      [F]        Lyin[Am7]g He[F]re In The Da[Emsus]rkness[G],        You He[Am7/G]ar The Sirens Wail

              [Emsus]Somebo[F]dy going to [Am7]Emer[F]gency,      [Emsus] Someb[G]ody’s Going To [Am7/G]Jail
[C#]<ba[D]ss[C#] li[B]ne[A]="[C]" [B]em[A]sus="" <span="">
 [Am7]
 [A]
 [A7sus4]
Y[E]ou Find somebo[Fmaj7]dy To Love In This World, You Better Hang On Tooth And Nail

 [Fmaj7]
 [F#]
 [C]/b69
 [Am7]        [Am]       The Wolf Is Always      At The Door

:
 [Am/E]              [F] In A New York Minute,         OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               E[Am]verything Can Change

 [Am/E]               In A N[F]ew York Minute,         OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               Things Ca[Am]n Get Little Strange

 [Am/E]               In A N[F]ew York Minute,         OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               Ev[Am]erything Can Change

 [Am/E]             [F]
 [G]
 [Am7]               In A New York Minute.   OooooOooooOoooooooooooooOoooooooOoooo

 [Am7]
 [Dm7]
 [A]      [Em7]       In These Days, [Am7]         Darkness Falls Early

 [Am7]
 [Dm7]
 [A]    [Em7]         And People Ru[Am7]sh Home       To The Ones They Love

 [A]
 [G]
 [F#]

 [Am/F#]
 [Ab]
 [Abaug]       [Am/E]      You’d Better T[Am/F#]ake A Fools Advice  Then Take Care Of Your own

 [A]
 [C]
 [B]

 [E7sus4]
 [Ab]
 [Abaug]
 [Am]             One Day They’re Here,      Next Day They’re Gone

(Interlude)  *
 [Am7] – Emsus –
 [A7sus4] –
 [Am7] X4

[Emsus]
 [F]
 [Am7]
 [F]             [Emsus]
 [G]    Pu[Am7/G]lled My Coat Around My Shoulders,  Took A Walk Down Through The Park

[Emsus]
 [F]
 [Am7]
 [F]                  [Emsus]
 [G]    Leaves Were [Am7/G]Falling Around Me,     Groaning City In The Gathering Dark

[Emsus]
 [E]
 [C]
 [B]
 [A]
 [Am7]
 [A]
 [A7sus4]
 [E]
 [Fmaj7]
 [F]       On Some Solitary Rock,     A Desperate Lover  Left His Mark
                                                              Base Notes
                                                               (E/
 [G]
 [C]/A)

 [Fmaj7]
 [F#]
 [C]/b69
 [A7sus4]             He Sai[Am]d “Baby, I’ve Changed,        Please Come Back”

       [Emsus]
 [F]
 [Am7]
 [F]                [Emsus]
 [G]        [Am7/G]     What The Head Makes Cloudy,      The Heart Makes Very Clear

[Emsus]
 [F]
 [Am7]
 [F]                    [Emsus]
 [G]    I K[Am7/G]now The Days Were So Much Brighter    In The Time When She Was Here

[Emsus]
 [E]
 [C]
 [B]
 [A]
 [Am7]
 [A]
 [A7sus4]
 [E]
 [Fmaj7]
 [F]        I Know That Somebody Somewhere   Can Make These Dark Clouds Disappear

 [Fmaj7]
 [F#]
 [C]/b69
 [A7sus4]             Bu[Am]t Until That Day,      I Have To Believe, I Believe, I Believe

 [Am/E]               [F]In A New York Minute,     OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               E[Am]verything Can Change

 [Am/E]               In A[F] New York Minute,     OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               Things Ca[Am]n Get Pretty Strange

 [Am/E]               In A[F] New York Minute,     OooooOooooOooooooooooo

 [G]               E[Am]verything Can Change

X [E]O 3 [A]2 1 [D]O   [G]    [B]    [E] X 0 4 2 1 0   [E]    [A]    [D] X X[G] 0 2[B] 1 0[E]      3 0 2 0 1[E] 0  [A]      [D]          [G]              [B]                  [E]                           [E]                               [A]                                   [D]                                       [G]                                           [B]                                               [E]

  [E7]                   [Emsus]                   [Emsus]
  [F]
  [Am7]
  [F]

0 [E]2 0 [A]2 0 [D]0   [G]    [B]    [E]  X 0 2 0 0 0   [E]    [A]    [D] 1 0[G] 2 0[B] 0 0[E]      1 0 2 0 1[E] 0  [A]      [D]          [G]              [B]                  [E]                           [E]                               [A]                                   [D]                                       [G]                                           [B]                                               [E]

 [Emsus]
  [G]
  [A7sus4]
  [E]
  [C]/b69

3 [E]0 2 [A]0 0 [D]0   [G]    [B]    [E]  0 0 2 0 3 0   [E]    [A]    [D]   0[G] 3 2[B] 1 3[E] 0               [E]                   [A]                       [D]                           [G]                               [B]                                   [E]

  [Am/E]
  [Dm7]
  [A]
  [Ab]
  [Abaug]

0 [E]0 2 [A]2 1 [D]0   [G]    [B]    [E]   X 0 0 2 1 1   [E]    [A]    [D]  4 [G]3 2 [B]1 0 [E]0               [E]                   [A]                       [D]                           [G]                               [B]                                   [E]

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