New York Song Chords
New York Song by Dark Dark Dark is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm. It uses the chords Dm, C, F, Gm, A, Bb and Bbm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Dm C F Gm A Dm C F A
Dm A Dm F Dm A Gm A Gm A
Dm C F
In the winter it was so, so cold
Gm A
The fish all died, the harbour froze
Dm C F A
There was nothing left for the crows to do but wait
Gm Bb A
And they said....
Dm
They said being here is better than wishing we'd stayed
A
Yes, being here is seeming to be the way
Dm F Bb A
Oh being here is better than wishing we had stayed...
Dm A Dm F Dm Bbm Gm A Gm A
Dm C F
They stayed under water for so,so long
Gm A
They wait for the spring when the ice will thaw
Dm C F
And frozen parts will be filled with song
Gm F A
And the sun filtered down through all them waves
Gm A
And they said...
Dm
They said being here is better than wishing we'd stayed
A
Yes, being here is seeming to be the way
Dm F Bb
Being here is like breathing on the hottest day
Gm A
I think I would rather suffocate
Gm A Gm A
Dm C F
Last summer they said it was so, so hot
Gm F A
Two lovers did drown, their dreams were sunk
Dm C F
While their bodies were lost, their souls stayed around
Gm A
They stayed underwater; most go underground.
Gm A
And they said...
Dm
They said being here is better than wishing we'd stayed
A
Yes, being here is seeming to be the way (x3)
Dm F Bb A
Oh, being here is better than wishing, wishing, wishing we had stayed
Dm A Dm F Dm Bbm Gm A Gm A Dm