Intro
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[Verse 1]
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Bright lights, the big city, went straight to my baby's head.
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She never listened to a word of what her daddy said.
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The music and the parties and the laughter turned her on.
G# Fm
She lost herself in running
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And all we had was gone.
[Chorus]
G# C# G# C#
That's the year my dream died in New York City.
G# C# D#
That's the year I had to leave that town.
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That's the year, people, my dream died in New York City.
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That's the year I left without a sound.
[Verse 2]
G# Fm G#
Bottles are all empty and we sang an awful song.
G# Cm A#m7 D#
Thank the lord that New York City people love the strong.
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I think of all the good times when my cup has overflowed.
Fm
Ain't it funny, baby
A#m D# G#
That we've taken different roads.
[Chorus]
G# C# G# C#
That's the year my dream died in New York City.
G# C# D#
That's the year I had to leave that town.
G# C# G# C#
That's the year, people, my dream died in New York City.
G# C# D# G#
That's the year I left without a sound.
[Instrumental]
G# Cm Fm C# D# G#
[Verse 3]
G# Fm G#
There'll always be a little New York City in my heart
G# Cm A#m D#
Though this country soul of mine I knew right from the start.
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The Saints of stone are lonely in the old cathedral hall.
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Perhaps they knew before the rest that I had to leave it all.
[Chorus]
G# C# G# C#
That's the year my dream died in New York City.
G# C# D#
That's the year I had to leave that town.
G# C# G# C#
That's the year, people, my dream died in New York City.
G# A#m D# G# C#
That's the year I left without a sound.
[Outro]
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My dream died in New York City.
G# C# D#
That's the year I...
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That's the year my dream died in New York City.
G# C# D# G#
That's the year I had to leave that town.
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Fade