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New Yorks A Lonely Town

Tradewinds

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A #32 hit for the Tradewinds (probably a studio aggregation) in March,
1965; remade over a decade later by Dave Edmunds as 'London's A Lonely
Town'.  -- AWR


                       "New York's A Lonely Town"
                    (Pete Andreoli - Vinnie Poncia)

Intro:

	Cmaj7         F/C           [2X]
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

Verse 2:

	Cmaj7          F/C                  Cmaj7   F/C
	My folks moved to New York from California
	Cmaj7         F/C                           Gsus4 G  Gsus4  G
	I should have listened when my buddy said "I warn ya (warn ya)
	F        F6    Fmaj7    F6
	There'll be no surfin' there
	Cmaj7       A7
	And no one even cares"

Chorus:

	Dm7 [N.C.]     G7
	My woody's outside
	             Cmaj7            A7 [N.C.]
	Covered with snow (nowhere to go now)
	              Dm7    G7
	New York's a lonely town
	Dm7  G7             Dm7  G7    Ebmaj7  Dm7  G7
	    When you're the only surfer boy
	 Cmaj7  F/C
	Around

Verse 2:

	From Central Park to Pasadena's such a long way
	I feel so out of it walkin' down Broadway (Broadway)
	I feel so bad each time
	I look out there and find

[repeat chorus]

Break:

	Ebmaj7        Fm7   Bb7
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

	Ebmaj7        Dm7    G7
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /

[repeat last two lines of verse 2]

[repeat chorus]

Coda (repeat to fade):

	Cmaj7         F/C
	  /  /  /  /   /  /  /  /


-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers