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On my way to harlem Chords

Music by: Gregory Porter
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[Intro 1]
[G][F]
[G][F]

[Verse 1]
[G]I found out on
my way to [Bm]Harlem[G]
[F]Ellington you don't live 'round here
He [C]moved [D]away [G]one [Bm]day so t[G]hey say
[D]Fro[Bm]m Har[G]lem[Am]
[F]I can hear his e[C]chos s[F]till
Now now [Am]now you can't keep me away
[C]from [Am]where I was born[Em][Am][Em]
[Am]I wa[Bm]s baptized by my[D]
[G]dad[Bm]dy's horn
Now now [Am]now you can't [Em]keep my
away from [Am]where [Em]I was born[Am]
[C]I w[Bm]as baptized by[D]
[Bm]the jazz man's horn[G]
I found out on my way [D]to [Bm]Harlem[G][D]
[F]Langston Hughes he
don't live [C]'round [F]here
He moved [G]away one day from
[D]his way [Bm]here in [G]Harlem
I [F]know that Marvin Gaye [C]use
to play right in [F]here
Some body say [Am]you can't keep me [Em]away
[Am]from where I was [Em]born[Am][Em]
[Bm]I was baptized by my daddy's horn
[Am]No you cant keep me aw[C]ay
from where I [Em]was b[Am]orn
[Bm]I was baptized to the [D]sound of horns[Bm].

[Interlude 1]
[Bm][G][D][G][Bm][G][F]
[G][F][Am][F][Am]
[F][Am][Em][Am][Bm][A][Bm]
[Am][Em][Am][Em][Am][Bm][D][A][Bm]
[G][Bm][G][F]
[G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][F][Am]
[Bm][D][Bm][F#][Am]
[Bm][D][G][C][G]
[D][Bm][G][F][G][Bm]
[G][Bm][G][Bm][G][F][Am]
[Em][Am][G][Bm][D][Bm][A][Em]
[Am][Asus4][G][Bm][D][Bm][A]

[Verse 2]
[Bm]I fo[G]und out on my way
to [D]Har[G]lem[Bm]
[F]Ellington you don't live 'round here
He [Am]moved [G]away one day so [Bm]they [D]say
Away [G]from Harlem
[C]I c[F]an hear his echos clear
OH now [Am]you can't k[Em]eep me away
[G]fro[Am]m whe[Em]re i was bor[Am]n
[Bm]I wa[D]s ba[A]ptized by my
daddy's [Bm]horn[Bm]
Now now now [F]now [Am]you can't [Em]keep
me away from where I was born
[Bm]I was baptized by the sound of horns
[D]Oh [G]I found out on my w[G]ay
[Bm]to Harle[Bm]m[G]
Mar[Bm]vin G[G]aye used t[G]o play what
s going [G]on right [Bm]over [G]there
I so [G]could [G]use some of those blues
from Lang[G]ston [G]Hughes[Bm]
[Bm]Hey there [Bm]goes the A train
[Bm]Hey there goes the A train
Through Har[Bm]lem
[Bm]Hey [Bm]there goes
[Bm]the A [Bm]train
[D]Hey there goes the A train
[Bm]Hey [G]there goes[G] the A train

[Outro 1]
[G]
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