----------------------------------------------------------------------= New York City Serenade-Bruce Springsteen ----------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail:BlindTerry333@gmai.com Tuning:EADGBE Originally from 1973's "The Wild, the Innocent,and The E Street Shuffle" but I've also included some of the variances of how it was played live. Intro(Fig. 1) e|-5/7---7-7-7--------5-7-7-7-7b--7p5---------------------------------------| B|-5/7---7-7-7--5-7-7-----------------------------------------5-7-----------| G|--------------------------------------------2-2-4-4-5---5-7---------------| D|------------------------------------2-2-4-4-------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-9p7--9p7--9--9/7-------5--7-7b-5-------------------------------------------| B|-7-7--7----7--7/5----7------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------| A F#m Bm D Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks A F#m Bm D Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac A F#m Bm D Diamond Jackie she's so intact A F#m Bm D As she falls so softly beneath him Bm Jackie's heels are stacked F#m Billy's got cleats on his boots Bm Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway F#m And come back home with their loot Bm It's midnight in Manhattan D This is no time to get cute E It's a mad dogs promenade A Bmm So walk tall D Dmm Better don't walk at all A F#m Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady Bm D She baits them tenament walls A F#m She wont take corner boys, ain't got no money Bm D And they're so easy A I said hey babe, ah really F#m Bm D (w/Fig. #2) Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway A F#m Bm D (w/Fig. #2) Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah A I'm a young man I talk it real loud F#m Bm Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya D Ah, so shake it away A F#m So shake away your street life, shake away your city life Bm And hook up to the train D Ah, hook up to the night train A F#m Bm D Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train Bm But I know that she wont take the train F#m (No, she wont take the train) Bm No, she wont take the train F#m (No, she wont take the train) Bm Oh, she wont take the train F#m (No, she wont take the train) Bm Oh, she wont take the train F#m (No, she wont take the train) D She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down E And when she turns this boy'll be gone A F#m So long Bm D A Dmm Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk A F#m Hey vibes man, hey jazz man Bm D Ah, play me your serenade A F#m Bm D Any deeper blues, you'll be playing in your grave Bm Save your notes F#m Don't spend 'em on the blues boy Bm Save your notes F#m Don't spend 'em on the darlin' year inside, boy Bm Straight for the church note ringin' D Vibes man sting a trashcan E Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man A F#m He's singing, singing Bm D He's singing, singing A F#m He's singing, singing Bm D All dressed up in satin walking down the alley A F#m Singing, singing Bm D Sing, yeah, sing, yeah A F#m Singing, singing Bm D Sing, yeah, sing, yeah A F#m Bm D until end Watch out for your junk man! Clarence (Fig. #2) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-10---------------------------10------------------------------------------| G|----11--9-11--11-9-11-9----------11--9-11--11-9-11-9----------------------| D|-------------------------11---------------------------11------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| "Jackie's heels are stacked..." (Fig. #3) e|------------------------------------------------------2---0---------------| B|------------------------------------------------------3---0---------------| G|---------4-----------4--------------------------------2---1---------------| D|-----4---------4---4--------------4------------4------0---2---------------| A|-2-2---2---2-2---2----------4-----------4----4--------0---2---------------| E|-----------------------2-2----2-----2-2---2-----------x---0---------------| Live/Violins/Piano (Fig. #4) e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------2--------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----2--4----2---------2--------------------------------------------------| D|-2h4------------4--2h4----------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|