D
        When i first saw New York city

        I was green down to the core

        You could see my red neck glowing

        For a mile or maybe more
                      A
        Between the hustlers and the hookers

        I must have made their day

        Cause they peeled me like an apple,Lawd
                          D
        And sent me on my way


Bridge 1:

        When you're pushed and shoved and almost mugged

        It ain't no place to be

        So i came to one conclusion
             A
        New York ain't for me


Chorus:
              D
        From sea to shining sea

        And coast to coast

        Somewhere in the middle

        Is the land i love the most
                  A
        I ain't California pretty

        I can't survive the Great White Way

        I'm too dumb for New York city
                          D
        And too ugly for L.A.


Verse 2:

        I made my way to Tinseltown

        To Hollywood and Vine

        Out among those pretty faces

        I'd surely find a place for mine
              A
        The way i walk-the way i talk

        They'll hang on every word

        But don't call me,i'll call you
                          D
        Was all i ever heard


Bridge 2:

        In L.A. what they're thinking

        Ain't what they talk about

        At least in New York city
            A
        There's never any doubt


Chorus.

             A
        I'm too dumb for New York city
                          D
        And too ugly for L.A.