title: Leaving New York
key: Pop
harp type: Chromatic
genre: G
skill: Any

LEAVING NEW YORK
By: Peter Buck, Mike Mills, Michael Stipe
REM
Key: Em
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It’s qui-et now and what it brings
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Is ev-‘ry-thing comes call-ing back
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A bril-liant night I’m still a-wake
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I looked a-head I’m sure I saw you there
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You don’t need me to tell you now
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That noth-ing can com-pare
Chorus:
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You might have laughed if I told you
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You might have hid-den a frown
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You might have suc-ceed-ed in chang-ing me
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I might have been turned a-round
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It’s eas-ier to leave than to be left be-hind
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Leav-ing was nev-er my proud
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Leav-ing New York nev-er was eas-y
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I saw the light fad-ing out
Now, life is sweet and what it brings
I try to take
But lonliness, it wears me out
It lies in wait
And all not lost, still in my eye
The shadow of a necklace across your thigh
I might’ve lived my life in a dream
But I swear, this is real
Memory fuses and shatters the glass
Mercurial future, forget the past
It’s you, it’s what I feel
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You find it in your heart
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It’s pull-ing me a-part
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You find it in your heart
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I told you for-ev-er I love you for-ev-er
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I told you I love you
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I love you for-ev-er
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I love you for-ev-er
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You find it in your heart
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It’s pull-ing me a-part
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You find it in your heart
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I told you for-ev-er I love you for-ev-er
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I told you I love you
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I love you for-ev-er
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Leav-ing New York nev-er eas-y
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I saw the light fad-ing out
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