Hey Manhattan! Chords & Lyrics by Prefab Sprout

Hey Manhattan!

guitar chords lyrics

Prefab Sprout

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Hey Manhattan! - Prefab Sprout
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Prefab Sprout
Hey Manhattan! (1988)
(McAloon)

From: "From Langley Park to Memphis"


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CHORDS

e-B-G-D-A-E
Bm7/9 2-2-2-0-2-x
G#m7 4-4-4-4-6-4
C#6 x-2-3-3-4-x
Esus4 x-x-2-2-2-0
Bm7 2-3-2-4-2-x
C#7 4-6-4-6-4-x
C# 4-6-6-6-4-x
Amaj7 0-2-1-2-0-x
A7 0-2-0-2-0-x
Dmaj7 2-2-2-0-x-x
A/C# x-2-2-2-4-x

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INTRO
| A | % | Bm7 | % |
| A | % | Bm7 | % |


Bm7/9
Guess what! Summer's arrived
G#m7 C#6
I feel the world's on my side
Esus4
The Brooklyn Bridge stretches below me
Bm7 E [Bm7/9]
A billion souls all dying to know me

Bm7/9
Well here I am! Loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
And knee deep in grace
Esus4
What I want is here on my face and
Bm7 E
I feel like I own the whole damn (place)


A C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
Fm7 C#
Call me star-struck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
Strolling Fifth Avenue
E E7 A
Just to think Sinatra's been here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [?]
These myths we can't undo they lie in wait for you
E
We live them till they're ...
A Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo.
A Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo.


Bm7/9
Someday's you've got to get outside
G#m7 C#6
Look there's "The Carlyle"
Esus4
That's the place where Kennedy stayed,
Bm7 E [Bm7/9]
And where were you when he died ?
(Yeah some things are slow to fade.)
Bm7/9
There they were - Loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
Knee deep in fate
Esus4
When what you want shows on your face
Bm7 E
All that's left litters the whole damn (place)


A C#7
Hey Manhattan! Here I am!
Fm7 C#
Call it bad luck Uncle Sam.
Bm7
Scrounging Fifth Avenue
E E7 A
Just to think the poor could live here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [?]
But what are they to do ? These myths belong to you,
E
We live them till they're ...
A Bm7
True, Manhattan, doobie doo.
A Bm7
Hey Manhattan doobie doo.


[Instrumental coda]