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Daddy Don't Live in That New York City No More Chords

Music by: Steely Dan
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[Intro 1]
[Am][D][Am][D][Am][D][Am]
[D][Am]

[Verse 1]
[D]Daddy
don't [Am]live in that [D]New York [Am]City
No more
He don't cel[D]ebrate [Am]Sunday
on [D]a Saturday night
[Am]No more
[Gm]Daddy don't need no lock and key
For the [F]piece he [C]stowed
[F]Out on [Eb]Avenue D
[D]Daddy don't [Am]live in that New York [C]City
No [Gm]more[Bb][F][Bb][Aaug]
[D]Daddy don't [Am]drive in that [D]Eldor[Am]ado
No more
He don't [D]travel on [Am]down to
[D]the neighborhood
[Am]Liquor [C]store
[Gm]Lucy still loves her coke and rum
But [F]she sits alone
Cause her [Eb]daddy can't come
[D]Daddy don't [Am]drive in that Eldor[C]ado[Gm]

[Interlude 1]
No more
[Bb][F][Bb][F][D][Am][D]

[Verse 2]
[F#m]Driving like a fool [A]out to
[D]Hackensack[Am]
[Bm]Drinking his dinner [D]from a [G#m]paper sack
[C#]He says I gott[F#m]a see a joke[A]r
And I'll [D]be right [Am]back[Gm][F]
[E][Eb]

[Interlude 2]
[Dm][Am][D][Am][D]
[Am]

[Verse 3]
[D]Daddy don't [Am]live in [D]that New York [Am]City
No more
He can't [D]get tight [Am]every night
[D]Pass out on [Am]the barroom floor
[Gm]Daddy can't get no fine cigar
But we [F]know you're [C]smoking
[F]Wherever [Eb]you are
[D]Daddy don't [Am]live in that New York [C]City

[Outro 1]
No more
[Gm][Bb][F][Bb][F]
[D]
[Dm][D]
[D]
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