Streets Of New York - Alicia Keys
Capo: Fret 1
Tuning: G, E A D G B E
link for the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=8&v=Yo30YqEdQi8
[Intro]
x2
Ooh... New Yor
k
Ooh... New Y
ork
[Verse 1]
Grew up in a
town that is
famous as a pl
ace of movie s
cenes
Noise is a
lways loud, th
ere are sirens
all around an
d the streets
are mean
If I can m
ake it here, I
can make it a
nywhere, that'
s what they sa
y
Seeing my fa
ce in lights o
r my name on m
arquees found
down on Broad-
way
Even if it a
in't all it se
ems, I got a p
ocket full of
dreams
[Chorus]
Baby, I'm from
New York
Concrete jung
le where dream
s are made of
There's nothin
g you can't do
Now you're in
New York
These streets
will make you
feel brand new
Big lights wil
l inspire you
Hear it from N
ew York, New Y
ork, New York
[Verse 2]
On the avenu
e, there ain't
never a curfe
w, ladies work
so hard
Such a melting
pot, on the c
orner selling
rock, preacher
s pray to God
Hail a gypsy-c
ab, takes me d
own from Harle
m to the Brook
lyn Bridge
Some will slee
p tonight with
a hunger far
more than an e
mpty fridge
I'm gonna ma
ke it by any m
eans, I got a
pocket full of
dreams
[Chorus]
Baby, I'm from
New York
Concrete jun
gle where drea
ms are made of
There's nothin
g you can't do
Now you're in
New York
These streets
will make you
feel brand new
Big lights wil
l inspire you
Hear it from N
ew York, New Y
ork, New York!
[Verse 3]
One hand in th
e air for the
big city,
Street lights,
big dreams al
l looking pret
ty
No place in th
e world that c
an compare
Put your light
ers in the air
, everybody sa
y yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah
[Outro]
In New York
Concrete jungl
e where dreams
are made of
There's nothin
g you can't do
Now you're in
New York
These streets
will make you
feel brand new
Big lights wil
l inspire you
Hear it from N
ew York
Concrete jungl
e where dreams
are made of
There's nothin
g you can't do
Now you're in
New York
These streets
will make you
feel brand new
Big lights wil
l inspire you
Hear it from N
ew York