Stacey Kent

Manhattan(Chords)

Stacey Kent

Key: D

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	        Intro: Verse 

D      F#m7    Bm7   A7     D     A7     G/B   A7   F#m7         Bm5-/7 
Summer journeys to Niag'ra and to other places aggravate all our cares  
       Em7       A7/9- 
We'll save our fares 
D      F#m7  Bm7     A7     D       A7      G/B     A7    
I've a cozy little flat in what is known as old Manhattan 
C9            B9  Bb9    Em7    A7/9- 
We'll settle down right here in town 

Melody: 

D            Fdim    Em7            A7/13    D9 
We'll have Manhattan, the Bronx and Staten Island, too 
      Fdim  Em7    A7     A7/13-  D Fdim  Em7  A7 
It's lovely going through the   zoo 
D         Fdim Em7          A7/13    Bm7 
It's very fancy    on old Delancy Street, you know 
G7  F#7 F7   E7      F7  E7            A7          G/B    A7 
The subway charms us so    when balmy breezes blow to and fro 
D  Am7      B7         Em7              A7/13      D7M 
And tell me what street   compares with Mott Sreet in July 
F#m7   Fdim     Em7    G/B A7/13- F#m7 
Sweet pushcarts gently gliding   by 
B7  Fdim  B7  Em7      G/B      Gdim Edim     F#m        Bm7      E9 
The great big city's a wond'rous toy     just made for a girl and boy 
D            Fdim    Em7     A7/13 A7/9-  D6 Fdim Em7 A7 
We'll turn Manhattan into an   isle  of  joy 
D            Fdim    Em7              A7/13    D9 
We'll go to Yonkers, where true love conquers in the wilds 
      Fdim  Em7    A7     A7/13-  D Fdim  Em7  A7 
And starve together, Dear, in   Childs' 
D         Fdim Em7          A7/13    Bm7 
We'll go to Coney and eat baloney on a roll 
G7  F#7 F7   E7      F7  E7            A7          G/B    A7 
In Central Park we'll stroll where our first kiss we stole, soul to soul 
D  Am7      B7         Em7              A7/13     D7M/9 
And 'My Fair Lady' is a terrific show, they say 
F#m7   Fdim     Em7    G/B   A7/13- F#m7 
We both may see it close someday 
B7  Fdim  B7  Em7      G/B      Gdim Edim     F#m        Bm7      E9 
The city's clamour can never spoil the dreams of a boy and goil 
D            Fdim    Em7     A7/13 A7/9-  D6  Fdim  Em7  A7/9-  D6 
We'll turn Manhattan into an   isle  of  joy
	        

Written by Lorenz Hart and Richard Rodgers

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