good night new york nanci griffith
G D Bm C
my mother came to america
C G D
sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
G D
back in the thirties
Bm C
with the streets paved in gold
C G D
and the sky laced with moonbeams
C G C G
mothers and daughters , fathers and sons
C G D
here in the free world , we’re the lucky ones
chorus :
D C G
all of my yearning
G D
all of my hunger
D C G
maybe i’m learning
G D
sometimes i wonder
D G F C
good night , new york
G D
before the kennedys
Bm C
before the beatles
C G D
before the vietnam war
G D Bm C
back to a time when anything was possible
C G D
having less meant knowing more
C G C G
brothers and sisters , uncles and aunts
C G D
here in the free world , for that second chance
D G F C
good night , new york
G D Bm C
my mother came to america
C G D
sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
G D
and here in the future
Bm C
i hope i’ve not failed her
C G D
cause nothing’s the way that it seems
chorus :
D C G
all of my yearning
G D
all of my hunger
D C G
maybe i’m learning
G D
sometimes i wonder
D G F C
good night , new york
good night new york nanci griffith
G D Bm C
my mother came to america
C G D
sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
G D
back in the thirties
Bm C
with the streets paved in gold
C G D
and the sky laced with moonbeams
C G C G
mothers and daughters , fathers and sons
C G D
here in the free world , we’re the lucky ones
chorus :
D C G
all of my yearning
G D
all of my hunger
D C G
maybe i’m learning
G D
sometimes i wonder
D G F C
good night , new york
G D
before the kennedys
Bm C
before the beatles
C G D
before the vietnam war
G D Bm C
back to a time when anything was possible
C G D
having less meant knowing more
C G C G
brothers and sisters , uncles and aunts
C G D
here in the free world , for that second chance
D G F C
good night , new york
G D Bm C
my mother came to america
C G D
sailed through the harbor of hopes and of dreams
G D
and here in the future
Bm C
i hope i’ve not failed her
C G D
cause nothing’s the way that it seems
chorus :
D C G
all of my yearning
G D
all of my hunger
D C G
maybe i’m learning
G D
sometimes i wonder
D G F C
good night , new york
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