SOMEWHERE BETWEEN OLD AND NEW YORK
Steve Wariner
Album: I Should Be With You
Submitted by: Christopher R.
11/2/2023

Capo 3rd Fret (to match original recording)

NOTE: During the verses, I believe the (G) shifts between (G) and (Gadd2) / (G2)

Intro: (G) (C) (F) (Dm) (G) (C) (F) (Dm)

For (G) 60 years he shined shoes in the same spot in the shadow of Yankee (C) Stadium
As he (G) shines he hears the game, and in his mind, he hears his name as if he (C) played for them
(D) Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, and it's (Em) gone

  (A) Back through the (D) years he's gone
  To (Em) take the field with (A) Ruth and Gehrig, (D) bring the pennant home
  He (Dm) sees himself in (G) pinstripes, in a (C) lineup of his (F) own
  He's (Bb) stranded on a (F) basepath, some(D)where between old and New (G) York 

As a (G) customer asks for the shine, he snaps his cloth, another inning (C) ends
(G) Dodgers come to bat, there's a drive, he makes the catch two quarters (C) tossed at him
His (D) cloth becomes a glove, as he's done with every customer he's (Em) known

  (A) Back through the (D) years he's gone
  To (Em) take the field with (A) Maris and Mantle, (D) bring the pennant home
  He (Dm) sees himself in (G) pinstripes, in a (C) lineup of his (F) own
  He's (Bb) stranded on a (F) basepath, some(D)where between old and New (G) York 

(SOLO)

(D) Takes his turn at bat, there's the pitch, he swings at it, and it's (Em) gone

  (A) Back through the (D) years he's gone
  (Em) Ride a ticker (A) tape parade with (D) Joe DiMaggio
  As he (Dm) patiently signs an (G) autograph with a (C) spitshine on a (F) toe
  He's (Bb) stranded on a (F) basepath, some(D)where between old and New (G) York