"new york city" by cub from "come out come out" tab file by Scott Simpson, cygnals@interlog.com http://www.cygnals.com/cub/home.html There are two versions of this song...here's the music for the original: (thanks to "amy funaro" for the nice note and the missing chord...duh! :)) verses: G C D chorus: G D C D G Em C D C D G C C D DD "statue.."etc: G D C D And the They Might Be Giants version: verses: E A B chorus: E B A B E C#m A B A B E A A B.. "statue.." etc: E B A B lyrics: you called me last night on the telephone i was glad to hear from you cuz i was all alone you said it's snowing, it's snowing god i hate this weather now i'd walk thru blizzards just to get us back together we met in the springtime at a rock'n'roll show it was in the bowery when it was time to go kissed on the subway in the middle of the night i held your hand, you held mine it was the best night of my life cuz everyone's your friend in new york city and everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see but the best thing about new york city is you and me statue of liberty staten island ferry alphabet city, breakfast at tiffany's (TMBG: "co-op city, katz's & tiffany's) central park, brooklyn bridge the empire state where king kong lives (TMBG: "..dylan lived") coney island and times square rockefeller centre wish i was there you wrote me a letter just the other day said springtime is coming soon so why don't you come and stay packed my stuff i'm on the bus i can't believe it's true i'm three days from new york city i'm three days from you now everyone's my friend in new york city and everything looks beautiful when you're young and pretty streets are paved with diamonds and there's just so much to see but the best thing about new york city is you and me you and me.. you and me .. you and me ..