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Hey Manhattan! - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Prefab Sprout
Hey Manhattan! (1988)
(McAloon)
From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Bm9 x-2-0-2-2-2
G#m7 4-6-4-4-4-4
C#6 x-4-3-3-2-x
Esus4 0-2-2-2-0-0
Bm7 x-2-4-2-3-2
C#7 x-4-6-4-6-4
C# x-4-6-6-6-4
Amaj7 x-0-2-1-2-0
A7 x-0-2-0-2-0
Dmaj7 x-x-0-2-2-2
A/C# x-4-2-2-2(0)
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INTRO
| A | % | Bm7 | % |
| A | % | Bm7 | % |
VERSE
Bm9
Guess what! Summer's arrived
G#m7 C#6
I feel the world's on my side
Esus4
The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me
Bm7 E [Bm9]
A billion souls all dying to know me
VERSE
Bm9
Well here I am! Loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
And knee deep in grace
Esus4
What I want is here on my face and
Bm7 E
I feel like I own the whole damn (place)
CHORUS
A C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
F#m7 C#
Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
Strolling Fifth Avenue
E E7 A
Just to think Sinatra's been here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [?]
These myths we can't undo, they lie in wait for you
E
We live them till they're ...
A Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo
A Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo
VERSE
Bm9
Someday's you've got to get outside
G#m7 C#6
Look there's "The Carlyle"
Esus4
That's the place where Kennedy stayed,
Bm7 E [Bm9]
And where were you when he died ?
(Yeah some things are slow to fade)
VERSE
Bm9
There they were - Loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
Knee deep in fate
Esus4
When what you want shows on your face
Bm7 E
All that's left litters the whole damn (place)
CHORUS
A C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
F#m7 C#
Call it bad luck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
Scrounging Fifth Avenue
E E7 A
Just to think the poor could live here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [?]
But what are they to do? These myths belong to you,
E
We live them till they're ...
A Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo
A Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo
CODA
[Instrumental coda]
