Biography:
Suzanne Vega (born Suzanne Nadine Vega on 11 July 1959 in Santa Monica, California) is an American singer-songwriter noted for her eclectic folk-inspired music. Two of Vega's songs (both from her second album Solitude Standing, 1987) reached the top 10 of various international chart listings: " Luka" and "Tom's Diner".
Though born in California, Vega has lived most of her life in New York City. There, she attended the High School of the Performing Arts (the school seen in the feature film musical Fame), where she studied modern dance.
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Other songs:
- Marlene On The Wall
- Tom's Diner
- Angels Doorway
- Bad Wisdom
- Caramel
- Fools Complaint
- Frank Ava
- Frank Eva
- Freeze Tag
- Gypsy
- I Never Wear White
- In Liverpool
- Ironboundfancy Poultry
- Knight Moves
- Language
- Left Of Center
- Luka
- New York Is A Woman
- Night Vision
- Ny Is A Woman
- Penitent
- Pornographers Dream
- Queen And The Soldier
- Rock In This Pocket
- Rosemary
- Small Blue Thing
- Solitude Standing
- Songs In Red And Gray
- Straight Lines
- The Man Who Played God
- Toms Diner
- Undertow
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Title: NY Is a Woman
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Album: Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places
Method: Fingerpicking
Tempo: Andante moderato
Capo on 1st fret
* When fingerpicking start playing each chord by accentuating the root note of that chord,
this will add a lot of dynamic to your playing method.
* If you're not fingerpicking, feel free to substitute D/A with a regular D chord.
[Chords]
D xx0232
D/A x00232
Baug x2100x
G/B x2000x
Em/C# x4200x
[Intro]
^ ^
e|--------2-------|-----5--3-------|--2--0----------|--------------------------2----|
B|-----0--0-------|--------5-------|--0-----0-------|--------------------0----------|
G|--------2-------|--------4-------|--0--------0----|-----------2-------------------|
D|--2-----1-------|--0----(0)------|--0-------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|--2----------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
(let ring throughout ->)
[Verse 1]
G D/A E
New York city spread herself before you
C G D G
With her bangles and her spangles and her stars
D/A E
You were impressed, with the city so undressed
C D G
You had to go out cruising all the bars
[Verse 2]
G D/A E
Your business trip extended through the weekend
C G D
Suburban boy here for your first time
G D/A E
From the 27th floor, above the midtown roar
C D G
You were startled, by her beauty, and her crime
[Chorus]
Dm Cmaj7
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Dm Cmaj7
She's every dame you've ever known on late night TV
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
B7
Endlessly
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D/A G
And to her you're just another guy
[Verse 3]
G D/A E
Look down and see her ruined places
C G D
Smoke and ash still rising to the sky
G D/A E
She's happy that you're here but when you disappear
C D G
She won't know that you're gone to say goodbye
[Instrumental]
Dm Cmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7 B7
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D G
And to her you're just another guy
[Chorus]
Dm Cmaj7
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Dm Cmaj7
She's every dame you've ever known on late night TV
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
B7
Desperately
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D G
And to her you're just another guy
[Outro]
C D G
Artist: Suzanne Vega
Album: Close-Up Vol. 2, People & Places
Method: Fingerpicking
Tempo: Andante moderato
Capo on 1st fret
* When fingerpicking start playing each chord by accentuating the root note of that chord,
this will add a lot of dynamic to your playing method.
* If you're not fingerpicking, feel free to substitute D/A with a regular D chord.
[Chords]
D xx0232
D/A x00232
Baug x2100x
G/B x2000x
Em/C# x4200x
[Intro]
^ ^
e|--------2-------|-----5--3-------|--2--0----------|--------------------------2----|
B|-----0--0-------|--------5-------|--0-----0-------|--------------------0----------|
G|--------2-------|--------4-------|--0--------0----|-----------2-------------------|
D|--2-----1-------|--0----(0)------|--0-------------|-------------------------------|
A|----------------|----------------|--0-------------|--2----------------------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|-------------------------------|
(let ring throughout ->)
[Verse 1]
G D/A E
New York city spread herself before you
C G D G
With her bangles and her spangles and her stars
D/A E
You were impressed, with the city so undressed
C D G
You had to go out cruising all the bars
[Verse 2]
G D/A E
Your business trip extended through the weekend
C G D
Suburban boy here for your first time
G D/A E
From the 27th floor, above the midtown roar
C D G
You were startled, by her beauty, and her crime
[Chorus]
Dm Cmaj7
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Dm Cmaj7
She's every dame you've ever known on late night TV
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
B7
Endlessly
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D/A G
And to her you're just another guy
[Verse 3]
G D/A E
Look down and see her ruined places
C G D
Smoke and ash still rising to the sky
G D/A E
She's happy that you're here but when you disappear
C D G
She won't know that you're gone to say goodbye
[Instrumental]
Dm Cmaj7 Dm Cmaj7
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7 B7
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D G
And to her you're just another guy
[Chorus]
Dm Cmaj7
And she's every girl you've seen in every movie
Dm Cmaj7
She's every dame you've ever known on late night TV
Em Baug G/B Em/C# Cmaj7
In her steam and steel is the passion you feel
B7
Desperately
[Refrain]
G D/A E
New York is a woman she'll make you cry
C D G
And to her you're just another guy
[Outro]
C D G
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