Standard (EADGBE)

Intro riff

you play that repeatedly through the verse.

Verse 1

  You know I've been to New York

/6

Uptown and down

And [A7#3]if you been there

/6

Well you've been around

  And I couldn't care less

/6

If you lov'd me or not,

  A7#3 /6

Oh yes, But I almost forgot

Chorus

  How are the people back home?

  Tell them I've got a show of my own

  Don't say

  You think that I've grown.

Verse 2

  I've grown used to the people

/6

Tellin' me I'm pretty

And [A7#3]used to the nights

/6

With the boys in the city,

  And they couldn't care less

/6

If I loved them or not,

I've been [A7#3]looking real hard,

/6

But I don't know for what

Chorus

  How are the people back home?

  Tell them I got a show of my own

  But sometimes I wish I'd never left home.

Verse 3

  I've been to New York

/6

Uptown and Down

And [A7#3]if you been there

/6

Well you've been around

  And I couldn't care less

/6

If you lov'd me or not,

No I [A7#3]couldn't care less

  /6 /6 A7#3

But I guess care a whole lot

  I've been to New York

/6

Uptown and down,

And [A7#3]if you been there

/6

Well you've been around

  And I couldn't care less

/6

If you lov'd me or not,

  A7#3 /6

Oh yes, I guess

  I care a whole

  /6 A7#3 /6

Lot.

  /6 A7#3

Yeah, I wouldn't be here if I didn't care

  /6 /6 A7#3 /6

a whole lot.