These are the chords for Working Boy In New York City by Belle and Sebastian on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard
[Intro]
C Bm C G
C Bm C G
[Verse 1]
G5 B5
Pray, hey!
E5
You're a working boy
D5
in New York City
G5 C5
You took the train
B5
to liberate your body
A5
And liberate your heart
D5
You are trying to find a
G Bm
Home, soon
Em7
Always the saddest when
D
a friend can't make it
G C
Love everyone along the way
Bm7 C
You never had a chance to tell them
Am
What you would like to do
G D
If the love permits you
[Chorus]
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at making heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at making heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
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[Verse 2]
G5 B5
Pray, gay
E5
You are the holy boy
D5
outside the scriptures
C5
Far and away from all
B5
the brightest sunbeams
A5
You chose to stay and fight
D5
from the inside outside
G Bm
Don't fight
Em7
Make like the cutest owl
D
and use your feathers
C
Make like the elephant and
Bm7 C
use your memory to pick a path
Am
Make like the sleeping bird
G D
Dreaming of the morning
[Chorus]
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at seeing heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at seeing heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
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[Instrumental]
G Bm Em7 D
C Bm7 Am7 D
G Bm Em7 D
C Bm7 Am7 G D
[Verse 3]
G5 B5
Pray, hey
E5
God doesn't care about
D5
the way you're leaning
C5
Once you are happy and
B5
you know yourself
A5
Peace can come in your heart
G5 D5
You can make a new start
G Bm
One day
Em7
We will be justified
D
without the struggle
C Bm7
We will be recognised for what we do
Am7
Not criticised or hated just
for the way you are
G D
You will be a star
[Chorus]
C
Listen to the music of
Bm
the traffic in the city
C G
Singing to the hope inside you
C
Listen to the music of
Bb
the traffic in the city
C G
Singing to the hope
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at making heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
C Bm
Everybody gets an even shot
at making heaven
C G
Wide is the gate
[Outro]
G