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Manahattan - Rogers and Hart
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Tabbed by: Mike Lydiat
E-mail: mike@docsworkshop.co.uk
Tuning: EADGBE
VOCAL INTRO CHORD SHAPES VERSE CHORD SHAPES
[D] [Bm7] [Adim] [F#dim] [Em7] [A7] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7] [A7+] [F#] [F] [E7] [F#m] [B7] [Gdim] [E9] [E9]
e|3-2---5----3-----3---0--|-2-1----0---0--3-----0-----2--1-0--2---2--3----2--7--|
B|3-3---4----2-----0---2--|-3-0----0---2--3-----2-----2--1-0--2---4--2----0--7--|
G|2-4---5----3-----0---0--|-2-1----0---0--3-----2-----3--2-1--2---2--3----1--7--|
D|0-4---4----2-----0---2--|-0-0----0---2--0-----3-----4--3-0--2---4--2----2--6--|
A|x-2---x----x-----2---0--|-0-x----2---0--0-----0-----4--3-2--4---2--x----2--7--|
E|x-2---x----x-----0---x--|-x-x----0---x--x-----x-----2--1-0--2---2--x----0--7--|
[VOCAL INTRO]
[D] [Bm7] [D] [Bm7]
Summer journeys to Niag'ra and to other places aggra-
[Adim] [F#dim] [Em7] [A7]
vate all our cares, we'll save our fares;
[D] [Bm7] [D] [Bm7]
I've a cozy little flat in what is known as Old Manhattan,
[Adim] [F#dim] [Em7] [A7]
We'll settle down right here in town
VERSE 1
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island too.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
It's lovely going through the Zoo.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Bm7]
It's very fancy On old De - lancey Street you know.
[F#] [F] [E7] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [A7] [A7+]
The subway charms us so, When balmy breezes blow to and fro.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
And tell me what street compares with Mott Street in July?
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [F#m] [B7] [Fdim] [B7]
Sweet pushcarts gently gli - ding by. The great big
[Em7] [Gdim] [F#m] [Bm7] [E9]
city's a wondrous toy just made for a girl and boy
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.
VERSE 2
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
We'll go to Greenwich, where modern men itch to be free,
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
And Bowling Green you'll see with me.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Bm7]
We'll bathe at Brighton, the fish you'll frighten when you're in,
[F#] [F] [E7] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [A7] [A7+]
Your ba-thing suit so thin will make the shellfish grin, fin to fin.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
I'd like to take a sail on Ja-maica Bay with you,
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [F#m] [B7] [Fdim] [B7]
And fair Can-arsie's Lakes we'll view The ci - ty's
[Em7] [Gdim] [F#m] [Bm7] [E9]
bustle cannot destroy the dreams of a girl and boy
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.
VERSE 3
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
We'll go to Yonkers, where true love conquers in the wilds
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7]
And starve together, dear, in Childs'.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Bm7]
We'll go to Coney and eat bologny on a roll,
[F#] [F] [E7] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [A7] [A7+]
In Central Park we'll stroll where our first kiss we stole, soul to soul.
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
And South Pacific is a terrific show they say,
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [A7+] [F#m] [B7] [Fdim] [B7]
We both may see it close some day. The ci - ty's
[Em7] [Gdim] [F#m] [Bm7] [E9]
clamour can never spoil the dreams of a boy and goil
[D] [Fdim] [Em7] [A7] [Dmaj7]
We'll turn Manhattan into an isle of joy.
