[email protected] Pretty simple song, but none of the verses or choruses are quite the same, and there's a half phrase in the middle, so be careful. You can throw a low open e as you switch between G and C chords in the first part of the verses. Intro: G C x2 G C -------------------------------3------| ---------------4-5-5-5-4-5-4-5--------| -4-4-4-3-4-4-4------------------------| x2 --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| G I took a plane, I took a train C G C Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city G I said to Carl, look up for once C G C see just how the sun sets in the sky G I said to John, do you think the girls here C G Ever wonder how they got so pretty Em Well, I do Am C x3 Look out upon the myriad harbour x3 G C x2 G All the boys with their homemade microphones C G C have very interesting sound G C All the girls falling to ruin dropping out of school, G C breaking Daddy's heart just to hang around G C I walked into the local record store and asked for G C An American music anthology Em It sounds fun. They tore my skirt. Am C Stuck it on the walls at P.S. 1 C G C G -----------------------------------------------------| -8-8-8-8-8-5---5---3-3-3-3-3-------------------------| -------------7---------------5-4-4-5---------4-4~----| x3 -------------------------------------5-----5---------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------| (Next comes half the solo) C G -------------------------------------| -8-8-8-8-8-5---5---3-3-3-3-3---------| -------------7---------------5-4-4---| -------------------------------------| -------------------------------------| -------------------------------------| (Stay on G; chord pattern reverses) G C x2 G C -------------------------------3------| ---------------4-5-5-5-4-5-4-5--------| -4-4-4-3-4-4-4------------------------| x2 --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| --------------------------------------| G I took a plane, I took a train C G C Ah, who cares, you always end up in the city G Stranded at Bleecker and Broadway C G C Looking for something to do G Someone somewhere asked me, is there C Anything in particular I can help you with G C All I ever wanted help with was you Am x4 Look out upon the myriad harbour x4 Am C ooooouuuuurrrr oh ah ah C G C G -----------------------------------------------------| -8-8-8-8-8-5---5---3-3-3-3-3-------------------------| -------------7---------------5-4-4-5---------4-4~----| repeat -------------------------------------5-----5---------| -----------------------------------------------------| -----------------------------------------------------|
