Intro (power chords, listen and slide with the rythm)
E5 D5 x4 

E5                            D5
Broadway lights and taxi cabs
E5                            D5
Everybody's moving fast
E5                            D5
Uptown, downtown, what's your thing?
E5                            D5
She can take what she can bring

C               Am
She gave me a life
Em         
Came up through the inner city
C                 Am                    Em
She raised me up and taught me to fight, yeah
C                 Am
She opened my mind
Em
I got to the knitty gritty
C                 Am                B
The greatest time that you'll ever find


Em             D
She is my heart
   C            D
I love New York City
Em               D
She's lived and died
         C       D
So many times, yeah!
Em             D
Life is always tough
             C        D
On New York City, oh lord
Em             D                C        D
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!

E5                               D5
She's a queen that stands her ground
E5                     D5
Nobody can take her down
E5                               D5
Good times, bad times, she can swang
E5                   D5
And did anyone a thang


C          Am
She is a rock
Em
As we pull but she is steady
C                       Am            Em
And no one can take her freedom away, yeah
(Can't take her freedom)
C               Am
I love her style
Em
Whether she is clean or dirty
C                       Am                     B
She's the greatest town that you'll ever find, yeah!


Em             D
She is my heart
   C            D
I love New York City
Em               D
She's lived and died
         C       D
So many times, yeah!
Em             D
Life is always tough
             C        D
On New York City, oh lord
Em             D                C        D
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!


Em                     D
You know she's my heart
          C             D
I really love New York City
Em                 D
She's lived and died 
         C    D
so many times
Em                         D
You know life can be real tough
               C       D
On my New York City
Em             D             C        D   
But she's fine, she always survives Yeah!

Em             D
She is my heart
   C            D
I love New York City
Em               D
She's lived and died
         C       D
So many times, yeah!
Em             D
Life is always tough
             C        D
On New York City, oh lord
Em             D                C        D
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!


Em             D
She is my heart
   C            D
I love New York City
Em               D
She's lived and died
         C       D
So many times, yeah!
Em             D
Life is always tough
             C        D
On New York City, oh lord
Em             D                C        D
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!

E5 D5 (intro)
same chords til the end