New York Serenade
Pete YornVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Billy he's down by the railroad tracks
Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac
Diamond Jackie, she's so intact
As she falls so softly beneath him
Jackie's heels are stacked
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot
It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no
time to get cute
It's a mad dog's promenade
So walk tall or baby don't walk at all
Fish lady, oh fish lady
She baits them tenement walls
She won't take corner boys
They ain't got no money
And they're so easy
I said "Hey, baby
Won't you take my hand
Walk with me down Broadway
Well mama take my arm andÊ move with me down Broadway"
I'm a young man, I talk it real loud
Yeah babe I walk it real proud for you
Ah so shake it away
So shake away your street life
Shake away your city life
Hook up to the train
And hook up to the night train
Hook it up
Hook up to the train
(strum fast)
But I know that she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
And when she turns this
boy'll be gone
So long, sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk on
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade
Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy
Straight for the church note ringin',
vibes man sting a trash can
Listen to your junk man
Listen to your junk man
Listen to your junk man
He's singin', he's singin', he's singin'
All dressed up in satin, walkin' past the alley
He's singin', singin', singin', singin'
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Readable chord sheet for New York Serenade by Pete Yorn
[G]Billy he[Em]'s down [Am]by the r[C]ailroad tracks Sittin' low in the back seat of his Cadillac Diamond Jackie, she's so intact As she falls so softly beneath him [Am]Jackie's heels are stacked [Em] Billy's got cleats on his boots Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway and come back home with the loot It's midnight in Manhattan, this is no [C]time to get cute [D]It's a m[Dsus2]ad dog's promena[D]de [Dsus2] [G]So walk [Em]tall or [Am]baby don[C]'t walk at all [G] [Em] [Am] [C] Fish lady, oh fish lady She baits them tenement walls She won't take corner boys They ain't got no money And they're so easy I said "Hey, baby Won't you take my hand Walk with me down Broadway Well mama take my arm andÊ move with me down Broadway" I'm a young man, I talk it real loud Yeah babe I walk it real proud for you Ah so shake it away So shake away your street life Shake away your city life Hook up to the train And hook up to the night train Hook it up Hook up to the train (strum fast) [Am]But I know that she won't take the train[Em], no she won't take the train Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train Oh she won't take the train, no she won't take the train [C]She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down And when she turns this [D]boy'll b[Dsus2]e gone [D] [Dsus2] [G]So long,[Em] sometim[Am]es you j[C]ust gotta walk on, walk on Hey vibes man, hey jazz man, play me your serenade Any deeper blue and you're playin' in your grave [Am]Save your notes, don't spend 'em[Em] on the blues boy Save your notes, don't spend 'em on the darlin' yearlin' sharp boy Straight for the church note ringin', [C]vibes man sting a trash can [D]Listen t[Dsus2]o your junk man [D] [Dsus2] Listen to your junk man Listen to your junk man [G]He's sin[Em]gin', he[Am]'s singi[C]n', he's singin' All dressed up in satin, walkin' past the alley He's singin', singin', singin', singin'