[Intro]
[E5] [D5] [E5] [D5] [E5] [D5] [E5] [D5]

[E5]                            [D5]
Broadway lights and taxi cabs
[E5]                            [D5]
Everybody's moving fast
[E5]                            [D5]
Uptown, downtown, what's your thing?
[E5]                            [D5]
She can take what she can bring

[C]               [Am]
She gave me a life
[Em]
Came up through the inner city
[C]                 [Am]                    [Em]
She raised me up and taught me to fight, yeah
[C]                 [Am]
She opened my mind
[Em]
I got to the knitty gritty
[C]                 [Am]                [B]
The greatest time that you'll ever find


[Chorus]
[Em]             [D]
She is my heart
   [C]            [D]
I love New York City
[Em]               [D]
She's lived and died
         [C]       [D]
So many times, yeah!
[Em]             [D]
Life is always tough
             [C]        [D]
On New York City, oh lord
[Em]             [D]                [C]        [D]
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!

[E5]                               [D5]
She's a queen that stands her ground
[E5]                     [D5]
Nobody can take her down
[E5]                               [D5]
Good times, bad times, she can swang
[E5]                   [D5]
And did anyone a thang


[C]          [Am]
She is a rock
[Em]
As we pull but she is steady
[C]                       [Am]            [Em]
And no one can take her freedom away, yeah
(Can't take her freedom)
[C]               [Am]
I love her style
[Em]
Whether she is clean or dirty
[C]                       [Am]                     [B]
She's the greatest town that you'll ever find, yeah!


[Chorus]
[Em]             [D]
She is my heart
   [C]            [D]
I love New York City
[Em]               [D]
She's lived and died
         [C]       [D]
So many times, yeah!
[Em]             [D]
Life is always tough
             [C]        [D]
On New York City, oh lord
[Em]             [D]                [C]        [D]
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!


[Chorus Variation]
 [Em]                     [D]
You know she's my heart
          [C]             [D]
I really love New York City
[Em]                 [D]
She's lived and died
         [C]    [D]
so many times
[Em]                         [D]
You know life can be real tough
               [C]       [D]
On my New York City
[Em]             [D]             [C]        [D]
But she's fine, she always survives Yeah!
 [Em]             [D]
She is my heart
   [C]            [D]
I love New York City
[Em]               [D]
She's lived and died
         [C]       [D]
So many times, yeah!
[Em]             [D]
Life is always tough
             [C]        [D]
On New York City, oh lord
[Em]             [D]                [C]        [D]
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!

[Em]             [D]
She is my heart
   [C]            [D]
I love New York City
[Em]               [D]
She's lived and died
         [C]       [D]
So many times, yeah!
[Em]             [D]
Life is always tough
             [C]        [D]
On New York City, oh lord
[Em]             [D]                [C]        [D]
But she is fine, she always survives, yeah!

[Outro]
[E5] [D5] (intro)