Leaving New York

by REM · posted by waltp

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

LEAVING NEW YORK
By: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
REM
Key: Em

 7   -9  -8  8   7   -9 -7*   7
It’s qui-et now and what it brings 
7  9   -9   9     6    -9  -8   7
Is ev-‘ry-thing comes call-ing back
6  -9   -7*    7    7    9  -9  9
A bril-liant night I’m still a-wake
-3* -7  -8  -8  -8  -7* -7* 8  -7*  -7
I looked a-head I’m sure I saw you there
-3*   -7   -8  -8 -8 -7*  -7* -7*
You don’t need me to tell you now
 7    -9   9  -7*  9  -7*
That noth-ing can com-pare

Chorus:
 7   -9    -9    -9    9 -8  -8  -7
You might have laughed if I told you
-9   -9    -9   9  -8 -7 7 -7
You might have hid-den a frown
 7   -9    -9  -9   -9  9  -8  -8   -7  7
You might have suc-ceed-ed in chang-ing me
-9  -9   -9   9     -8  -7  7 -7
I might have been turned a-round
 7   -9  -9  -9  -9    9   -8 -8  -7  -8  -7
It’s eas-ier to leave than to be left be-hind
 -9  -9  -9   9  -8 -7 7 -7
Leav-ing was nev-er my proud
 -8  -8  -8   -8   8  -8 -8  -8 -7
Leav-ing New York nev-er was eas-y
-9 -9 -9    9   -8  -7  7-7
I saw the light fad-ing out

Now, life is sweet and what it brings
I try to take
But lonliness, it wears me out
It lies in wait
And all not lost, still in my eye
The shadow of a necklace across your thigh
I might’ve lived my life in a dream
But I swear, this is real
Memory fuses and shatters the glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It’s you, it’s what I feel

 7   -9  9  -8  -7   -7  
You find it in your heart
 7    -9   9  -8 -7  7
It’s pull-ing me a-part
 7   -9  9  -8  -7   -7
You find it in your heart
7  -9  -8   7  -9 -8 -5 -9  -7  -5  -9 -7
I told you for-ev-er I love you for-ev-er
7  -9   9 -7  -9   9
I told you I love you
7  -9   9   7  -9 9
I love you for-ev-er
7  -9   9   7  -9 9
I love you for-ev-er

7   -9  9  -8  -7   -7  
You find it in your heart
 7    -9   9  -8 -7  7
It’s pull-ing me a-part
 7   -9  9  -8  -7   -7
You find it in your heart
7  -9  -8   7  -9 -8 -5 -9  -7  -5  -9 -7
I told you for-ev-er I love you for-ev-er
7  -9   9 -7  -9   9
I told you I love you
7  -9   9   7  -9 9
I love you for-ev-er

 -8  -8  -8   -8   8  -8 -8 -7
Leav-ing New York nev-er eas-y
-9 -9 -9    9   -8  -7  7-7
I saw the light fad-ing out
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