Alicia Keys - Empire State of Mind Part 2 (Broken Down)
Tabbed by E. Jay Apaga
If you can hit the notes in the original notes here it is for you
If you can't, ALTERNATE CHORDINGS ARE AT THE BOTTOM!!!
Original Key Capo 2
Intro
[E] [Amaj7]
Ooohh New York x2
Verse
[E] [Amaj7]
Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes
[E] [Amaj7]
Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
[E] [Amaj7]
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say
[E] [Amaj7]
Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway
Chorus 1
[G#]
Even if it ain't all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams
[Amaj7]
Baby, I'm from New York
[E]
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[B]
There's nothing you can't do
[Amaj7]
Now you're in New York
[E]
These streets will make you feel brand new
[B]
Big lights will inspire you
[Amaj7]
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!
Verse
[E] [Amaj7]
On the avenue, there ain't never a curfew, ladies work so hard
[E] [Amaj7]
Such a melting pot, on the corner selling rock, preachers pray to God
[E] [Amaj7]
Hail a gypsy cab, takes me down from Harlem to the Brooklyn Bridge
[E] [Amaj7]
Some will sleep tonight with a hunger for more than an empty fridge
Chorus 2
[G#]
I'm gonna make it by any means, I got a pocketful of dreams
[Amaj7]
Baby, I'm from New York
[E]
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[B]
There's nothing you can't do
[Amaj7]
Now you're in New York
[E]
These streets will make you feel brand new
[B]
Big lights will inspire you
[Amaj7]
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
Bridge
[Amaj7]
One hand in the air for the big city,
[Amaj7]
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
[B]
No place in the world that can compare
[C#m] [G#]
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Chorus 3
[Amaj7]
In New York
[E]
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[B]
There's nothing you can't do
[Amaj7]
Now you're in New York
[E]
These streets will make you feel brand new
[B]
Big lights will inspire you
[Amaj7]
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New Yoooork!
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ALTERNATE CHORDING
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If you're a dude like me and you dig Ms. Keys but can't hit the notes well enough
in the orginal key try the following and move the capo up and down the neck until
you hit a range that you think you can handle.
For this example we'll play it down so even the high parts rest comfortably within a male range.
Alternate Key Capo 2
Intro
[G] [Cmaj7]
Ooohh New York x2
Verse
[G] [Cmaj7]
Grew up in a town that is famous as the place of movie scenes
[G] [Cmaj7]
Noise is always loud, there are sirens all around and the streets are mean
[G] [Cmaj7]
If I can make it here, I can make it anywhere, that's what they say
[G] [Cmaj7]
Seeing my face in lights or my name in marquees found down on Broadway
Chorus 1
[B]
Even if it ain’t all it seems, I got a pocketful of dreams
[Cmaj7]
Baby, I'm from New York
[G]
Concrete jungle where dreams are made of
[D]
There's nothing you can't do
[Cmaj7]
Now you're in New York
[G]
These streets will make you feel brand new
[D]
Big lights will inspire you
[Cmaj7]
Let's hear it for New York, New York, New York
-Second Verse
-Second Chorus
-Bridge Before Last Chorus
Bridge
[Cmaj7]
One hand in the air for the big city,
[Cmaj7]
Street lights, big dreams all looking pretty
[D]
No place in the world that can compare
[E] [B]
Put your lighters in the air, everybody say yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
