Englishman In New York - Sting


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Capo: 2nd threat

[Intro]
    x2

[Verse]
            
I don't drink 

             
coffee I take 

          
tea my dear
           
I like my toas

              
t done on one 

    
side
           
And you can he

             
ar it in my ac

           
cent when I ta


lk
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k
           
See me walking

            
 down Fifth Av

      
enue
           
A walking cane

             
 here at my si

   
de
            
I take it ever

        
ywhere I walk
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k

[Chorus]
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k

[Verse]
            
If, "Manners m

             
aketh man" as 

            
someone said
            
Then he's the 

           
hero of the da

    
y
            
It takes a man

             
 to suffer ign

          
orance and smi


le
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say

[Chorus]
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k

[Bridge]
             
Modesty, propr

             
iety can lead 

       
to notoriety
            
You could end 

           
up as the only

 
 one
             
Gentleness, so

            
briety are rar

e in this soci

ety
             
At night a can

              
dle's brighter

          
 than the sun

[Verse]
            
Takes more tha

             
n combat gear 

              
to make a man
            
Takes more tha

             
n a license fo

        
r a gun
            
Confront your 

             
enemies, avoid

            
 them when you

 
 can
            
A gentleman wi

             
ll walk but ne

    
ver run
            
If, "Manners m

             
aketh man" as 

            
someone said
            
Then he's the 

           
hero of the da

    
y
            
It takes a man

             
 to suffer ign

          
orance and smi


le
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say
            
Be yourself no

             
 matter what t

    
hey say

[Chorus]
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k
          
I'm an alien I

          
'm a legal ali

en
            
I'm an English

          
man in New Yor

k

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