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From: Michael Smith
Jim Croce - New York's Not My Home
[Intro]
A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fdim7 A *(notes)
A Amaj7 A7 F#
things are spinning round me and all my thoughts were cloudy
Bm Fdim7 A *(notes)
and i had begun to doubt all the things that were me
A Amaj7 A7 F#
being in so many places you know i've run so many races
Bm Fdim7 A
i've looked into the empty faces of the people of the night
F#m A F#m
something is just not right cause i know that i've got
A F#m A F#m
to get out of here i'm so alone don't you know that i got
D (A A/D A A7)
to get out of here cause new york's not my home
A Amaj7 A7 F#
though all the streets are crowded there's something strange
Bm Fdim7 A
about it i've lived there about a year and i never once felt
*(notes) A Amaj7 A7
at home i thought i made the big time i learned a lot
F# Bm
of lessons rather quick and now i'm telling you that they were
E A F#m
not the nice kind it's been so long since i have felt fine
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
D
cause new york's not my home
[Interlude]
A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fdim7 A *(notes) x2
A F#m A F#m
that's the reason that i've got to get out of here i'm so alone
A F#m
don't you know that i got to get out of here
D
cause new york's not my home
[Outro]
A Amaj7 A7 F# Bm Fdim7 A *(notes) x2