How to Play New York on Guitar?

Ed Sheeran - New York can be played in the key of C using the C, G, Am, F chords. For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D. For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E. For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G. For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G. Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat. You can play New York with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.

Ed Sheeran - New York Chords

Chord reference C, G, Am, F

Rhythm tips ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑

[C]Five drinks in, a [G]Friday [C]night We only came to [G]dry your eyes [Am]And get you [F]out of your [C]room [G] [C] [C]Now this bars closed [G]its [C]doors I found my hand [G]just holding yours [Am]Do you [F]wanna go home so [C]soon

[G]Maybe we should take a ride [F]through the [C]night Sing [G]along to [Am]every song Thats on the [F]radio in [C]the back of the [G]taxi cab in Brooklyn oh no no [F]Sun could [C]rise burnin[G]g all the street lamp[Am]s out at 3am [F]Sodj [C]play it [G]again

Until the [C]night turns [F]into [Am]morning, you’ll [G]be in my [C]arms and [F]we’ll keep [Am]driving [G]along the boulevard [C]And if i [F]kiss you [Am]darling, [G]please don’t be alarmed [F]Its just the [G]start of everything if you[C]want [F]New[C]love in Ne[G]w York[C]New[G]York

[C]Yesterday [G]gave me [C]a call Stressing out [G]about it all [Am]Said The[F]world is moving too [C] [G]fast [C] [C]You don’t know where [G]to [C]begin cos you spent a lifetime [G]fitting in [Am]Please Don’t [F]wind up on the [C][G]other side by yourself

[F]And there’ll be [C]days screaming [G]out to all the [Am]people that you [F]used to know [C]from your window [G]that looks upon the manhattan skyline [F]It’s just the [C]way that life [G]goes And you hear it in [Am]every song you know [F]Sodj pl[C]ay it aga[G]in

Until the [C]night turns [F]into [Am]morning You’ll be [G]in my [C]arms and [F]we’ll keep [Am]driving [G]along the boulevard [C]And if I [F]kiss you [Am]darling, [G]please don’t be alarmed [F]Its just the s[G]tart of everything if you[C]want [F]New [C]love in [G]New York [C]

And every [F]song that [C]plays is just [G]like the [Am]day you had [F]It’s [C]okay to cry [G]when I’m saying [Am]maybe that [F]It’s a waste of [C]all you know [G]I’m here [Am]for you [F]Back of the taxi cab [G]tonight In New York

[C]Its just [F]reached the [Am]morning And [G]you’re still in my [C]arms so [F]we stopped [Am]driving [G]down the boulevard [C]And I [F]just [Am]kissed you darling, i [G]hope you went alarmed [F]It’s just the [G]start of everything if you [C]want

A [F]new [C]love in [G]New [Am]York A [F]new [C]life in [G]New York. [C]

Artist Ed Sheeran

Album x

Genres Pop

Year 2014

Key C

Ed Sheeran - New York can be played in the key of C using the C, G, Am, F chords.

For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
For G, To play G, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 2, let D, G, B ring open, mute low E, high E.
For Am, To play Am, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute D, G.
For F, To play F, barre fret 1 from the B string to the high E string with finger 1, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 4, let A ring open, mute D, G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play New York with the ↓-↓↑-↑↓↑ strumming pattern.