[Intro]
F    Em  G 
Woo, woo 
F   Em   G 
Woo, woo
[Verse]
            F       Em            
And if the city's skyscrapers rise
 G 
 over this island 
And if the city's skyscrapers rise over this island 
             F          Em        
Would you be glad to see Manhattan
     G 
 for once? 
Would you be glad to see Manhattan for once? 
            F              Em       
I knew the dream, it died, JMZ line,
  G 
 Myrtle, and Broadway 
I knew the dream, it died, JMZ line, Myrtle, and Broadway 
           F             Em         
But I'd be glad to see Manhattan for
 G 
 once
But I'd be glad to see Manhattan for once
[Chorus]
      C 
Woah-woah, living life in the city 
      Em                           
Woah-woah, it will never be pretty,
   F   G 
 oh, oh 
Woah-woah, it will never be pretty, oh, oh 
      C 
Woah-woah, we can plan if we make it
 
Woah-woah, we can plan if we make it 
      Em 
Woah-woah, we won't let 'em 
                            F      
They won't take it from me, no, oh,
      G            F 
 oh, woah (2, 3, 4)
They won't take it from me, no, oh, oh, woah (2, 3, 4)
[Post-Chorus]
 Em    G   F 
Woo, woo 
  Em    G 
Woo, woo
[Verse]
           F                 Em     
And if you leave, don't leave me all
  G 
 alone 
And if you leave, don't leave me all alone 
                F              Em    
'Cause I'll be scared, I'll be naked,
          G 
 I'll get cold 
'Cause I'll be scared, I'll be naked, I'll get cold 
               F         Em    
And I miss my dad and Cleopatra
              G 
 sitting on a phone 
And I miss my dad and Cleopatra sitting on a phone 
           F             Em          
So take me back off these streets and
         G        G7 
 we'll never be apart 
So take me back off these streets and we'll never be apart 
G                  G7 
Together from the start 
G 
Never, never falling back alone
[Chorus]
    C 
Oh-oh, Living life in the city 
    Em                           F 
Oh-oh, it will never be pretty, oh,
  G 
 oh 
Oh-oh, it will never be pretty, oh, oh 
   C 
Oh-oh, we can plan if we make it 
       Em 
Woah-woah, we won't let 'em 
                            F      
They won't take it from me, no, oh,
      G 
 oh, woah
They won't take it from me, no, oh, oh, woah
[Bridge]
           C                 F  
And if the sun don't shine on me
 C 
 today 
And if the sun don't shine on me today 
            C                F      
And if the subways flood and bridges
 C 
 break 
And if the subways flood and bridges break 
              Am            F      
Will you just lay down and dig your
 C 
 grave? 
Will you just lay down and dig your grave? 
             C                 F  
Or will you rail against your dying
 C 
 day?
Or will you rail against your dying day?
[Outro]
          C           F    C 
Da-da-da-da, da, da, da-ah-da 
          C     F       C 
Da-da-da-da-ah, da, da, da 
          C           F    C 
Da-da-da-da, da, da, da-ah-da 
          C     F       C 
Da-da-da-da-ah, da, da, da