New York, New York

Words & Music by Fred Ebb & John Kander, 1977
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1980


Dm7   Dm7-5    Fdim  C   Em7 Am7     Am7/G     Dm Dm7 G7
Start spreadin' the news,        I'm leavin' today

  Dm7  G7 C    C/B       Am7     Am7/G      Dm7  Dm6   G7
I want to be a part of it -- New York, New York

Dm7   Dm7-5    Fdim   C   Em7 Am7     Am7/G       Dm Dm7 G7
These vag - a - bond shoes,       are longing to stray

      Dm7    G7   C              CM7             C7
Right through the very heart of it -- New York, New York

          FM7          Fdim            C    C/B  
I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps

CM7 Dm7  CM7 Em         B+     Em7
And find I'm king of the hill

Em6        Dm7  Dm6  G7
Top of the heap

Dm7   Dm7-5  Fdim  C   Em7 Am7    Am7/G     Dm Dm7 G7
These little town blues,       are melting away

Dm7  G7      C        C/B      Am7    Am7/G    Gm7   C7
I'll make a brand new start of it   in old New York

         F       Fdim        Bb9     C   C/B  A7+5
If I can make it there, I'll make it an - y - where

A7   G7 A7 Dm7  Em7 FM7   G7   C   C/B  Am7  Am7/G  Dm  Dm7  G7
It's up to you, New York, New York 



Instrumental Interlude - First Two Lines of Song:


     CM7        C7
New York...New York

          FM7          Fdim            C    C/B  
I want to wake up, in a city that never sleeps

CM7 Dm7  CM7 Em            A7      
And find I'm A number one, top of the list

Fm7               G#7             G7(III)        G7
King of the hill, top of the heap,   A   number one....

Dm7   Dm7-5  Fdim  C   Em7 Am7    Am7/G     Dm Dm7 G7
These little town blues,       are melting away

Dm7  G7      C        C/B      Am7     Am7/G     Gm7   
I'll make a brand new start of it   in  old  New York

   C7    F       Fdim        Bb9     C   C/B  A7+5
If I can make it there, I'll make it an - y - where

A7   G7   A7     Dm7    Em7 FM7  G7   C   Em7  Am7  G7  Dm  Fdim  C
Come on, come through, New York..New York New York!!!




 
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