New York's Not My Home
Jim Croce
Jim Croce
You Don't Mess Around With Jim
1972
A person e-mailed me the other day asking how to play this song,
so here it is. It is relatively easy, with some cool sounds to it.
Jim seems to like these descending bass runs. Enjoy!
Lyrics
Chords
Here's the intro:
A A/G# Em6 F#m7 C#m
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
B:-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|
G:---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-------|
D:-7-----7-----7---|-6-----6-----6---|-5-----5-----5---|-4---------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-----3---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Bm Fº A
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----2-----2-----|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-------------------|
B:-----3-----3-----|-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-------------------|
G:---4-----4-------|---1-----1-----1-|---2-----2-----2-|-------------------|
D:-------4---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A:-2-----------2---|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-2h4p2-0-----|
E:---------------0-|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-0-2-----------2-0-|
This is the verse tab:
the things...spinning round me and all my thoughts were cloudy
A A/G# Em6 F#m7 C#m
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
B:-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|
G:---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-------|
D:-7-----7-----7---|-6-----6-----6---|-5-----5-----5---|-4---------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-----3---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
and I had begun... all the things that were me
Bm Fº A
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----2-----2-----|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-------------------|
B:-----3-----3-----|-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-------------------|
G:---4-----4-------|---1-----1-----1-|---2-----2-----2-|-------------------|
D:-------4---------|-----------------|-----------------|-------------------|
A:-2-----------2---|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-----0-2h4p2-0-----|
E:---------------0-|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|-0-2-----------2-0-|
been in so many places you know I've run so many races
A A/G# Em6 F#m7 C#m
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|
B:-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|-----5-----5-----|
G:---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-----6-|---6-----6-------|
D:-7-----7-----7---|-6-----6-----6---|-5-----5-----5---|-4---------------|
A:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------4-----3---|
E:-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
and looked... empty faces of the people... and something...not right
Bm Fº A Bm E
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----2-----2-----|-----------------|-----0-----0-----|-----2-------0---|
B:-----3-----3-----|-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-----3-------0---|
G:---4-----4-------|---1-----1-----1-|---2-----2-----2-|---4-------1-----|
D:-------4---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A:-2-----------2---|-----------------|-0-----0-----0---|-2-----2---------|
E:---------------0-|-1-----1-----1---|-----------------|---------0-----0-|
This is the chorus:
cause I...gotta get outta here I'm so alone
A F#m A F#m
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|
D:-------2---------|-------4---------|-------2---------|-------4---------|
A:-0-----------0---|-----------------|-0-----------0---|-----------------|
E:-----------------|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-2-----------2---|
don't you... gotta get...cause New York's not my home
A F#m D A
+ + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
e:-----0-----0-----|-----2-----2-----|-2---------------|-----0---0-0---0-|-----0-----------|
B:-----2-----2-----|-----2-----2-----|-3---------------|-----2---3-2---0-|-----2-----------|
G:---2-----2-----2-|---2-----2-----2-|-2---------------|---2-------------|---2-----2-------|
D:-------2---------|-------4---------|-0---------------|-----------------|-------2---------|
A:-0-----------0---|-----------------|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-0---------------|
E:-----------------|-2-----------2---|-----------------|-----------------|-----------0h2-4-|
LYRICS:
Well things were spinnin' round me
And all my thoughts were cloudy
And I had begun to doubt all the things that were me
Been in so many places
You know I've run so many races
And looked into the empty faces of the people of the night
And something is just not right
CHORUS
Cause I know that I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
'Cause New York's not my home
Though all the streets are crowded
There's something strange about it
Lived there 'bout a year and I never once felt at home
I though I'd make the big time
I learned a lot of lessons awful quick
And now I'm tellin' you that they were not the nice kind
And it's been so long since I have felt fine
CHORUS
That's the reason that I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
'Cause New York's not my home
SOLO
play verse tab 2x
CHORUS
That's the reason that I gotta get out of here
I'm so alone
Don't you know that I gotta get out of here
'Cause New York's not my home
SOLO
play verse tab 2x and fade
CHORDS:
A/G# xx6650
Em6 xx5650
Fm7 xx4650
C#m x4x650
Fº 1xx10x
F#m 244222
For other chords, go to my key to chords.
To learn why these chords are named this way, check Dansm's Guitar Chord Theory.
Created on 12-5-97 by Daniel E. Smith.