Bb
And
n
Eb/Bb
ow I
Bb
know
D7
Spanish
Ha
Gm
rlem
ar
Bb/F
e
not
Eb
just pretty w
Bb/D
ords to s
Cm
ay
Bb
I
Eb/Bb
thought I
Bb
knew
Bbsus4
Bb
D7
But now I k
Gm
now little
Bb/F
rose
trees
Eb
never grow in
Bb/D
New York Ci
Cm7
ty
Bb/D
Eb
Until you’ve
Bb/D
seen this
Cm7/F
trash can dream come
Bb
true
Eb
You stand at the ed
Bb/D
ge while p
F
eople run you t
Bb
hrough
Eb
And I thank the
Bb/D
Lord there’s
Eb/F
people out there like
Bb
you
Eb
I thank the Lord there’s
Bb/D
people out there like
Cm
you
F
{soc}
While Mona L
Bb
isas and Mad
Ab
Hatters
Sons of
Eb/G
bankers, sons of
Bb/F
lawyers
Turn
Bb
around and say good morning to the n
Eb
ight
For un
D7
less they see the sk
Gm
y
Bb/F
But they
Eb
can’t and
Bb/F
that is w
C
hy
They k
Eb
now not if it’s da
F
rk outside or l
Eb
ight
{eoc}
Bb
This
Eb/Bb
Broadway’s
Bb
got
D
It’s got a
D7/F#
lot of s
Gm
ongs to
Bb/F
sing
Eb
If I knew the t
Bb/D
unes I might join
Cm
in
Bb
I’ll go my
Eb/Bb
way
a
Bb
lone
D
Grow my o
Gm
wn, my
Bb/F
own seeds
Eb
shall be sown
Bb/D
in New York
Cm7
City
Bb/D
Eb
Subway’s no
Bb/D
way for a
Cm7/F
good man to go
Bb
down
Eb
Rich man can
Bb/D
ride and the
F
hobo he can
Bb
drown
Eb
And I thank the
Bb/D
Lord for the
Eb/F
people I have fou
Bb
nd
Eb
I thank the Lord for the
Bb/D
people I have
Cm7
found
F
{soc}
While Mona L
Bb
isas and Mad
Ab
Hatters
Sons of
Eb/G
bankers, sons of
Bb/F
lawyers
Turn
Bb
around and say good morning to the n
Eb
ight
For un
D7
less they see the sk
Gm
y
Bb/F
But they
Eb
can’t and
Bb/F
that is w
C
hy
They k
Eb
now not if it’s da
F
rk outside or l
Eb
ight
{eoc}
Bb
And
n
Eb/Bb
ow I
Bb
know
D7
Spanish
Ha
Gm
rlem
ar
Bb/F
e not
Eb
just pretty w
Bb/D
ords to s
Cm
ay
Bb
I
Eb/Bb
thought I
Bb
knew
Bbsus4
Bb
D7
But now I k
Gm
now that
Bb/F
rose trees
Eb
never grow in
Bb/D
New York Ci
Cm7
ty
Bb/D
Eb
Subway’s no
Bb/D
way for a
Cm7/F
good man to go
Bb
down
Eb
Rich man can
Bb/D
ride and the
F
hobo he can
Bb
drown
Eb
And I thank the
Bb/D
Lord for the
Eb/F
people I have fou
Bb
nd
Eb
I thank the Lord for the
Bb/D
people I have
Cm7
found
F
{soc}
While Mona L
Bb
isas and Mad
Ab
Hatters
Sons of
Eb/G
bankers, sons of
Bb/F
lawyers
Turn
Bb
around and say good morning to the n
Eb
ight
For un
D7
less they see the sk
Gm
y
Bb/F
But they
Eb
can’t and
Bb/F
that is w
C
hy
They k
Eb
now not if it’s da
F
rk outside or l
Eb
ight
{eoc}
For un
D7
less they see the sk
Gm
y
Bb/F
But they
Eb
can’t and
Bb/F
that is w
C
hy
They k
Eb
now not if it’s da
F
rk outside or l
Eb
ight
This website is great! Thanks for the chords.
Elton recorded this song in the key of C, though, a full step higher than you have here. Much easier to play than all these flats (although Elton loves the flat keys!).