City Boy, Country Born Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]I l[Dsus4]ook out o[G]n[Dsus4][G]
the [D]grey of New York [Em]City
[C]To see some children [G]playing
in [D]the snow
[G]Central Park in [D]winter should look [Em]pretty
But [C]New York ain't a place
[G]for kids to gro[D]w

[Verse 2]
And my [C]memory takes me [D]back again
to [G]winters that I've [Em]seen
[C]Fields and wooded [D]hills where snow
could [G]fall and keep it's [Em]clean
Where I'd [C]wake unto [D]the wonder of
the [G]West Vir[D]ginia [Em]morn'[G][C]
City [D]boy, country [G]born
[Dsus4][G]

[Verse 3]
[Dsus4]
And I [G]watch the garbage [D]scows
plow up the [Em]river
[C]Filled with things New [G]Yorkers throw [D]away
I watch the [G]skinny dipping
[D]children [Bm]and I s[Em]hiver
Lord, [G]that [C]Hudson River
[G]ain't no place to play
[D]

[Verse 4]
And my [C]memory takes me [D]back again
to [G]rivers that I've [Em]seen
[C]Lazy country [D]rivers that just
[G]flow and feed [Em]the green
You can [C]fish 'em, you can [D]drink 'em,
you can [G]swim 'em [Bm]when you're [Em]warm[G][C]
City [D]boy, country [G]born
[Dsus4][Ab]

[Verse 5]
[Eb]
And I [Ab]see the heart at N[Cm]ew
York City [Fm]mothers
As [Ab]they [Db]hurry home across
[Ab]the Brooklyn Bridg[Eb]e
To feed their [Ab]children dixie cups
[Eb]of insta[Cm]nt cof f[Fm]ee
And [Db]frozen TV [Ab]dinners front the fridge
[Eb]

[Verse 6]
And my [Db]memory takes me [Eb]back again
to [Ab]dinners that I've [Fm]seen
[Db]Home cured crispy [Eb]ba con,
buttered [Ab]corn and country [Fm]beans
And [Db]a cup of mama's cof[Eb]fee,
cooking [Ab]stoves [Cm]that kept me [Fm]warm[Db]
City [Eb]boy, [Ab]country [Fm]born

[Verse 7]
[Db]Oh, big city b[Eb]oy, country [Ab]born[Fm]
Yeah, big city boy