New York Girls Chords
New York Girls by Steeleye Span is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, E7, A, Bm7 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
D E7 A Bm7 E A
D E7 A Bm7 E A
Verse
D
As I walked down through Chatham Street
E7 A
A fair maid I did meet
Bm7
She asked me to see her home
E7 A
She lived in Bleecker Street
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
And when we got to Bleecker Street
E7 A
We stopped at forty-four
Bm7
Her mother and her sister there
E7 A
To meet her at the door
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
And when we got inside the house
E7 A
The drinks were passed around
Bm7
The liquor was so awful strong
E7 A
My head went round and round
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
And then we had another drink
E7 A
Before we sat to eat
Bm7
The liquor was so awful strong
E7 A
I quickly fell asleep
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Instrumental
D E7 A Bm7 E A
D E7 A Bm7 E A
Verse
D
When I awoke next morning
E7 A
I had an aching head
Bm7
There was I, Jack all alone
E7 A
Stark naked in me bed
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
My gold watch and my pocketbook
E7 A
And lady friend were gone
Bm7
And there was I, Jack all alone
E7 A
Stark naked in the room
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
On looking round this little room
E7 A
There's nothing I could see
Bm7
But a woman's shift and apron
E7 A
That were no use to me
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?
Verse
D
With a flour barrel for a suit of clothes
E7 A
Down Cherry Street, forlorn
Bm7
There Martin Churchill took me in
E7 A
And sent me 'round Cape Horn
D
And away you santy
E7 A
My dear honey
Bm7
Oh, you New York girls
E7 A
Can't you dance the polka?