Standard Tuning
Capo on the 7th fret
Chords:
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
F: x33211 or 133211
Am: x02210
(To play without a capo replace the chords above by G, D, C and Em)
Intro: C G F x 6
Verse:
C G F
Walking through a crowd the village is aglow
C G F
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
C G F
Everybody here wanted something more
C G F
Searching for a sound we hadn’t heard before, and it said
Chorus:
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G
It’s a new soundtrack
F Am
I could dance to this beat forever more
G
The lights are so bright
F
But they never blind me, me
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
Verse:
C G F
When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors
C G F
Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer
C G F
Everybody here was someone else before
C G
And you can want who you want
F
Boys and boys and girls and girls
Chorus:
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G
It’s a new soundtrack
F Am
I could dance to this beat forever more
G
The lights are so bright
F
But they never blind me, me
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
Bridge:
Am G F
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
Am G F
Like any real love, it’s ever changing
Am G F
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
C G F
But you know you wouldn’t change anything, anything, anything
Chorus:
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
C G F
It’s a new soundtrack
C
I could dance to this beat
G F
The lights are so bright
C
But they never blind me
C G F
Welcome to New York, it’s been waiting for you
C G F C
Welcome to New York, the lights are so bright but they never blind me
C G F C
Welcome to New York, so bright they never blind me
C
Welcome to New York, Welcome to New York
End on C
