Empire State Of Mind (Part II) Broken Down By Alicia Keys

Intro

EOoh, NewAmaj7 York  x2

Verse 1

EGrew up in a town that is famous as a place of movie Amaj7scenes

ENoise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are Amaj7mean

EIf I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that’s what they sAmaj7ay

ESeeing my face in lights or my name on marquees found down on BroaAmaj7dway

Pre-Chorus

G#Even if it ain’t all it seems

I got a pocketful of dreams

Chorus

Baby, I’m from Amaj7New York

Concrete jungle where dreams are made Eof

There’s nothing you Bcan’t do

Now you’re in NAmaj7ew York

These streets will make you feel Ebrand-new

Big lights will insBpire you

Let’s hear it for New YAmaj7ork, New York, New York

Verse 2

EOn the avenue, there ain’t ever a curfew, ladies work Amaj7so hard

ESuch a melting pot, on the corner sellin’ rock, preachers pray to God Amaj7

EHail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn BridAmaj7ge

ESomeone sleeps tonight with a hunger far more than an empty fridgAmaj7e

Pre-Chorus

G#I’m make it by any means

I got a pocketful of dreams

Chorus

Baby, I’m from Amaj7New York

Concrete jungle where dreams are made Eof

There’s nothing you Bcan’t do

Now you’re in NAmaj7ew York

These streets will make you feel Ebrand-new

Big lights will insBpire you

Let’s hear it for New YAmaj7ork, New York, New York

Bridge

Amaj7One hand in the air for the big city

Street lights, big dreams, all looking prettyB

No place in the world that can compareC#m

Put your lighters in the aG#ir

Everybody say, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah”

Chorus

In New Amaj7York

Concrete jungle where dreams are made oFf

There’s nothing you Bcan’t do

Now you’re in NeAw York

These streets will make you feeEl brand-new

Big lights will insBpire you

Hear it for NewAmaj7 York, New York, New York  E