New York's Not My Home
Jim Croce
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A2/G#Things were spinA2/G#ning round me
A2/GAnd all my thF#7/4oughts were cloudy
BmAnd I had begF(dim)un to doubt all the thiAngs that were mEe
A2/G#Been in so manA2/G#y places
A2/GYou know I've run so mF#7/4any races
BmAnd looked into the eF(dim)mpty faces of the peAople of the night
And F#msomething is jEust not rAight
'CaAuse I know that I F#mgotta get out of here
AI'm so alF#mone
DAon't you know that I F#mgotta get out of here
'Cause, NDew York's not my hAomeE A E
A2/G#Though all the streA2/G#ets are crowded
A2/GThere's something stF#7/4range about it
BmI lived there about a yF(dim)ear and I never once feAlt at homeE
A2/G#I thought I'd makeA2/G# the big time
I leA2/Garned a lot of lessons awful quF#7/4ick
And now I'm Bmtelling you
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That they were not the nice kind
AAnd it's been so long since F#mI have feElt fine
AThat's the reason that I gF#motta get out of here
AI'm so alF#mone
DAon't you know that I F#mgotta get out of here
'Cause, NDew York's not my hAomeE A E
Instrumental :
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AThat's the reason that I gF#motta get out of here
AI'm so alF#mone
DAon't you know that I F#mgotta get out of here
'Cause, NDew York's not my hAomeE A E
Finale :
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