Queen Of New York City
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste: Sem capotraste
As recorded by Matchbox Twenty
(From the 2023 Album WHERE THE LIGHT GOES)
[Intro]
G Cmaj7 G Cmaj7
[Verse 1]
G Cmaj7
There's a rhythm to her heart
G Cmaj7
And a world inside her head
G Cmaj7
She'll tell you from the start
Em Cmaj7
Boy, you don't know her yet
G Cmaj7 Em
She's like a constellation
Cmaj7 D
Of stars that don't connect
[Pre-Chorus]
C D
And she's dancing on the sidewalk
C
Just like all the neon signs are spotlights, she says
[Chorus]
G C
"Ain't I the queen of New York City?
G
I'll take 'em all down with me
C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G C
She's got some kind of way about her
Em
One look and you don't doubt her
C
Seeing's believing now
G C
Don't you believe her now?
[Verse 2]
G C
She says, "Man, I'm gonna leave this town
G C
'Cause I got wings under my feet"
G C
Then she tells you she gets vertigo
Em C D
When she goes above 14th Street
[Pre-Chorus]
Am D
And then she smiles at you the way that people smile
C
When they're trying not to cry, and she says
[Chorus]
G C
"Ain't I the queen of New York City?
G
I'll take 'em all down with me
C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G C
She's got some kind of way about her
Em
One look and you don't doubt her
C
Seeing's believing now
G
Don't you believe her now?
[Interlude]
C G C
[Pre-Chorus]
G C
"Well, ain't I the queen of New York City?
G
I'll take 'em all down with me
N.C.
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
[Out-Chorus]
G C
"Hey, I'm the queen of New York City?
G
I'll take 'em all down with me
C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G C
She's got some kind of way about her
Em
One look and you don't doubt her
C
Seeing's believing now
G
Don't you believe her now?
C
Don't you believe her now?
G
Yeah, don't you believe her now?
C
Don't you believe her now?
G
Hell, I believe her now, yeah
C
Don't you believe her now?
G C
Queen of New York City
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