Big Apple Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][F][C][G][C][G][C][G]
[F][G][F][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]City streets where
[C]the steam and the heat never [G]goes [F]to sleep[C][Am]
[G]What a sight all the yel[C]low and tans
and [F]the black [G]and [F]whites[C]
There's also a dark shade of [Bb]blue[F]
[C]struttin' along two by [Bb]two[F]
Their [G]guns hangin' low like the cow
[C]boys you dig in [G]the old gunfights
Chorus [F]But

[Verse 2]
[C]still I got[D] hooked on them
[C]big apple [G]blues[F][G][F][G]
And I got [D]hung up on them [C]big
apple [G]blues[F][G][F][G]
And I got [D]strung up on them
[C]big apple [Bb]blues[Bbm][Bb]
[C]I ain't got nothin' to [F]los[G]e
[F][G][F][G][F][G][F][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]Them hot licks from the hick[C]s satisfy
[G]the Manhattan chick[F]s[C]
[G]Them cool schmucks get their hoo[C]ks on
the bucks with [G]their sexy [F]looks[C]
They all know how to [Bb]do wh[F]at
[C]good little girls shouldn't [Bb]do[F]
[G]I don't care 'bout evas[C]ion cos
all o' that [G]hassle sucks
[F]Chorus

[Verse 4]
[C]But still I got[D] hooked on them
[C]big [G]apple [F]blues[G]
And I got [D]hung up on them
[C]big apple [G]blues[F][G]
And I got [D]strung up on
them [C]big [G]apple [Bb]blues
[C]I ain't got not[F]hin' to lose

[Verse 5]
Break I [G]got got turned on
I got [F]got[G][F][Bb][G][F]
[G]tur[F]ned[Bb] on[G]
I got got [Bb]turned on
I got got [C]turned on
I got got [G]turned on
I got [Bb]got turned on
I got [C]got [G]turned on
I got got turned on
I got got turned on
I got got [Bb]hooked on
I got got [C]switched on
I got got [G]turned on
I got got turned on
I got got [Bb]hooked on
I got got [C]switched on
I got got [G]turned on yeah

[Interlude 1]
[F][Em]
[D][C][Bb][C][F][C][F][G][F][G]

[Verse 6]
[G]City streets where the [C]steam and [F]the
heat nev[G]er goes to [F]sleep[C]
[G]And city walls standing [C]tall if you [F]fall
no- one [G]hears you [F]call[C]
There are bodies all filled up with [Bb]wine[F]
sayin' [C]buddy have you got [Bb]a di[F]me
The [G]apple ain't bad it's just [C]bruised and
I'm glad that it's [G]there at [F]all
[C]Chorus [Em]But still I

[Verse 7]
[D]
got hooked on them [C]big
apple [G]blues[F][G][F][G]
And I got [D]hung up on them
[C]big apple [G]blues[F][G][F][G]
I got [D]strung on switched on [C]hooked
on them big apple [G]blues[F][C][F][G]
I [D]got hooked on snooked on cooked
[C]on them big apple [G]blues[F][G]
Why I [D]got to hang on to hang on [C]to hang
on to hang on to them [G]blues[F][G]
Why [D]I got hooked on cooked on
[C]snooked on them big apple blu[G]es[F][G]
And I got [D]hooked on them [C]big apple [Bb]blues
[C]I ain't got nothin' to lose

[Outro 1]
[F][E][D][C][Bb][F][G]