NEW YORK CITY SERENADE from The Wild, The Innocent and...
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Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks
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Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac
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Diamond Jackie she's so intact
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As she falls so softly beneath him
Bm
Jackie's heels are stacked
F#m
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Bm
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway
F#m
And come back home with their loot
Bm
It's midnight in Manhatten
D
This is no time to get cute
E
It's a mad dogs promenade
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So walk tall
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Better don't walk at all
A F#m
Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady
Bm D
She baits them tenament walls
A F#m
She wont take corner boys, ain't got no money
Bm D
And they're so easy
A
I said hey babe, ah really
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Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway
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Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah
A
I'm a young man I talk it real loud
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Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya
D
Ah, so shake it away
A F#m
So shake away your street life, shake away your city life
Bm
And hook up to the train
D
Ah, hook up to the night train
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Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train
Bm
But I know that she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
No, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
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(No, she wont take the train)
D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
A F#m
So long
Bm D A F#m Bm D
Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk
A F#m
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man
Bm D
Ah, play me your serenade
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Any deeper blues, you'll be playing in your grave
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the darlin' year inside, boy
Bm
Straight for the church note ringin'
D
Vibes man sting a trashcan
E
Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man
listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man
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He's singing, singing
Bm D
He's singing, singing
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
All dressed up in satin walking down the alley
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Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m Bm D until end
Watch out for your junk man!
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CHORDS: EADGBE
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ADD A COMMENT:
MAURO
20/3/2006 - 23:45:30the best springsteen song ever.
JORGE
12/9/2005 - 17:24:01 impresionante
FABIO
1/5/2005 - 20:23:24 Great Song!
The best intro ever
This song is a dream !
GEORGE
19/4/2002 - 17:35:25 the most perfect intro ever and just about the most perfectly formed song ever. beautiful vocals.