New York City Blues
By Merle Haggard
Written by Merle Haggard
Album: It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) (1972)
Tabbed by Larry Mofle
5/15/2016


Capo 1

     D                            G  
Everyone in New York City's got a frowning face
    D                                   A
And I'm sure glad that I'm just passing through
         D                                G
This old country boy from Okie sure feels out of place
               D             A             D 
That's why I'm singing these New York City blues

    D                       G
Now southern hospitality is far behind
  D                                   A 
A thing these yankee folks don't ever use
           D                                 G
And you'll find it somewhere down below that Dixon Line
           D         A             D
Oh Lord I got these New York City blues


This old town sure gets lonely late at night
When your only friend's a rotgut jug of booze
But come daylight in the morning I'll be out of sight
Lord I got these New York City blues.

Chorus 2:
Yeah, southern hospitality will soon be mine
'Cause I'm going back where the sidewalks fit my shoes
Mmm, mhm ,mhm, mhm, mhm
I got these New York City blues...