Prefab Sprout - Hey Manhattan

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hey manhattan! – prefab sprout
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tabbed by : maguri
tuning : standard

prefab sprout
hey manhattan! ( 1988 )
( mcaloon )

from : “from langley park to memphis”

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chords

E – B – G – D – A – E
Bm7/9 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – 2 –
xg#m7 4 – 4 – 4 – 4 – 6 – 4
C#6 x – 2 – 3 – 3 – 4 –
xesus4 x – x – 2 – 2 – 2 – 0
Bm7 2 – 3 – 2 – 4 – 2 –
xc#7 4 – 6 – 4 – 6 – 4 –
xc# 4 – 6 – 6 – 6 – 4 –
xamaj7 0 – 2 – 1 – 2 – 0 –
xa7 0 – 2 – 0 – 2 – 0 –
xdmaj7 2 – 2 – 2 – 0 – x –
xa/C# x – 2 – 2 – 2 – 4 –

x – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – –

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| A | % | Bm7 | % |
| A | % | Bm7 | % |

Bm7/9
guess what! summer’s arrived
G#m7 C#6
i feel the world’s on my side
Esus4
the brooklyn bridge stretches below me
Bm7 E [ Bm7/9 ]
a billion souls all dying to know me

Bm7/9
well here i am! loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
and knee deep in grace
Esus4
what i want is here on my face and
Bm7 E
i feel like i own the whole damn ( place )

A C#7
hey manhattan! here i am!
Fm7 C#
call me star – struck uncle sam .
Bm7
strolling fifth avenue
E E7 A
just to think sinatra’s been here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [ ? ]
these myths we can’t undo they lie in wait for you
E
we live them till they’re . . .
A Bm7
true , manhattan , doobie doo .
A Bm7
hey manhattan doobie doo .

Bm7/9
someday’s you’ve got to get outside
G#m7 C#6
look there’s “the carlyle”
Esus4
that’s the place where kennedy stayed ,
Bm7 E [ Bm7/9 ]
and where were you when he died ?
( yeah some things are slow to fade . )
Bm7/9
there they were – loaded with promise
G#m7 C#6
knee deep in fate
Esus4
when what you want shows on your face
Bm7 E
all that’s left litters the whole damn ( place )

A C#7
hey manhattan! here i am!
Fm7 C#
call it bad luck uncle sam .
Bm7
scrounging fifth avenue
E E7 A
just to think the poor could live here too
Amaj7 A7 Dmaj7 A/C# [ ? ]
but what are they to do ? these myths belong to you ,
E
we live them till they’re . . .
A Bm7
true , manhattan , doobie doo .
A Bm7
hey manhattan doobie doo .

[ instrumental coda ]