John Lennon - New York City: Guitar Chords
Learn to play "New York City" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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Learn New York City Guitar Chords and Lyrics by John Lennon
This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "New York City" smoothly on your guitar.
For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.
E Standing on the corner Just me and Yoko Ono B We was waiting for Jerry to land B Up come a man with a guitar in his hand E Singing, "Have a marijuana if you can" A His name was David Peel And we found that he was real He sang, "The Pope smokes dope every day" Up come a policeman shoved us up the street Singing, B "Power to the people today!" Chorus: A New York City... E New York City... A New York City D Que pasa New York? Que pasa New York? Well down to Max's City Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band Laid something down as the news spread around About the Plastic Ono Elephants Memory Band! We played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti" Singing "Long Tall Sally's A man" Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher Singing "God's a red herring in drag!" Chorus: New York City... New York City... New York City Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey hey Hey, New York City All right, New York City New York City Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey hey Well we did the Staten Island Ferry Making movies for the telly Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom Tried to shake our image Just a cycling through the Village But found that we had left it back in London Well nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us We decided to make it our home If the man wants to shove us out We gonna jump and shout The Statue of Liberty said "Come!" Chorus: New York City... New York City... New York City Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey hey Hey New York City Back in New York City Hey New York City Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey City Down in the Village Hey what a city Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey walk on Yeah Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey what a bad, bad city Bad-ass city Bad-ass city Que pasa New York?... Que pasa New York? Hey New York City You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA  D  E  B  Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "New York City" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "New York City" by John Lennon.