New Amsterdam Chords

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New Amsterdam by Travis is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords G, Am7, C and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Capo II 
 G                Am7   C             D  
 Jean-Michel Basquiat, Francois Truffaut, 
 G      Am7       C        D  
 Robert Zimmerman and de Niro 
 G      Am7     C          D  
 Paris, Texas - end of the world 
 G         Am7  
 New York, New York, 
 C        D  
 good bye girl 
          G  
 And they meet 
           Am7  
 on Blaker Street 
        C               D  
 or the Park that is Central 
    G  
 oh no 
   Am7         C      D  
 I watched the sun go down 
 G    Am7   C           D  
 down down beneath the ground 
            G  
 and it's a new day, 
        Am7  
 it's a new dawn, 
    C   D     G  
 in New Amsterdam. 
     G        Am7    C   D  
 The stranger in the moonlight, 
       G        Am7    C   D  
 looks stranger in the moonlight 

 ( C   Am7   C   D ) 

          G  
 And they meet 
           Am7  
 on Blaker Street 
        C            D  
 or the Park that is Central 
    G  
 oh no 
   Am7         C      D  
 I watched the sun go down 
 G    Am7   C           D  
 down down beneath the ground 
            G  
 and it's a new day, 
        Am7  
 it's a new dawn, 
    C   D     G  
 in New Amsterdam. 
        G  
 And we meet 
           Am7  
 on Blaker Street 
        C            D  
 or the Park that is Central 
    G  
 oh no 
   Am7         C      D  
 I watched the sun go down 
 G    Am7   C           D  
 down down beneath the ground 
            G  
 and it's a new day, 
        Am7  
 it's a new dawn, 
    C   D     G  
 in New Amsterdam. 


    	

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