Artist: Bellowhead
Song: New York Girls
Album: Hedonism (2010)
Tabbed by Bryn Portas, aka, Stud_Muffin
An absolutely cracking song, by one of the most talented and entertaining bands around
today, I hope you enjoy strumming along with the song, and to make it sound better
unaccompanied, I have included the chords that I use in DADGAD tuning, to add more
ringing open strings.
Any comments or rates are welcomed, and feel free to use my tab as a basis to work out
your own. So here it is, Bellowhead's version of New York Girls, ENJOY!!!
Chords used:
STANDARD DADGAD
D :xx0232 D5 :000200
A :x02220 Asus4:x02200
G :320033 Gsus2:550000
Bm:x24432 Bm7 :x24400
Build Up
D
Intro/Polka section 1
D G A
Verse
D G
As I walked down to New York town,
A D
A fair maid I did meet
Bm G
She asked me back to see her place
A D
She lived on Barrack Street
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 2
D G
And when we got to Barrack Street,
A D
we stopped at forty-four
Bm G
Her mother and her sister
A D
were waiting at the door
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka Section 2
D G D A
Verse 3
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/bellowhead/new_york_girls_crd.html ]
D G
And when I got inside the house,
A D
the drinks were passed around
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
my head went round and round
D G
And then we had another drink
A D
before we sat to eat
Bm G
The liquor was so awful strong,
A D
I quickly fell asleep
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Verse 4
D G
When I awoke next morning,
A D
I had an aching head
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in me bed
D G
My gold watch and my money
A D
and my lady friend were gone
Bm G
And there was I Jack all alone,
A D
stark naked in the room
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
Verse 5
D G
Oh looking round that little room,
A D
there's nothing I could see
Bm G
But a woman's shift and apron
A D
that were no use to me
D G
With a barrel for a suit of clothes,
A D
down Cherry Street forlorn
Bm G
Where Martin Churchill took me in
A D
and he sent me round Cape Horn
D G A D
So sailor lads, take warning when you land on New York shore
Bm G A D (stop)
You'll have to get up early to be smarter than a whore
Chorus
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
D G
And away, Santy
A D
My dear Annie
D G A D
Oh, you New York girls, can't you dance the polka?
Polka section 2
D G D A
