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Version 1 Version 2NEW YORK’S NOT MY HOME Jim Croce [Intro] Asus2 Asus2/G# Asus2/G F#7sus4 Bm Fdim A E [Verse] Asus2 Asus2/G# Things were spinning round me Asus2/G F#7sus4 And all my thoughts were cloudy Bm Fdim A E And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me Asus2 Asus2/G# Been in so many places Asus2/G F#7sus4 You know I've run so many races Bm Fdim A And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night F#m E A And something is just not right [Refrain] A F#m ‘Cause I know that I gotta get out of here A F#m I'm so alone A F#m Don't you know that I gotta get out of here D A E A E ‘Cause, New York's not my home [Verse] Asus2 Asus2/G# Though all the streets are crowded Asus2/G F#7sus4 There's something strange about it Bm Fdim A E I lived there about a year and I never once felt at home Asus2 Asus2/G# I thought I'd make the big time Asus2/G F#7sus4 I learned a lot of lessons awful quick Bm And now I'm telling you Fdim That they were not the nice kind A F#m E And it's been so long since I have felt fine [Refrain] A F#m That's the reason that I gotta get out of here A F#m I'm so alone A F#m Don't you know that I gotta get out of here D A E A E ‘Cause, New York's not my home [Interlude] Asus2 Asus2/G# Asus2/G F#7sus4 Bm Fdim A E Asus2 Asus2/G# Asus2/G F#7sus4 Bm Fdim A F#m E [Refrain] A F#m That's the reason that I gotta get out of here A F#m I'm so alone A F#m Don't you know that I gotta get out of here D A E A E ‘Cause, New York's not my home [Coda] Asus2 Asus2/G# Asus2/G F#7sus4 Bm Fdim A E Asus2 Asus2/G# Asus2/G F#7sus4 Bm Fdim A F#m E (to fade)