Some Time In New York City
John Lennon
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- Some Time in New York City - John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant’s Memory Plus Invisible Strings --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Album chords and tabs by: maguri Tuning: Standard ALBUM INFO Released 12 June 1972 Recorded Studio: December 1971 - 20 March 1972 Genre Rock Label Apple Producer John Lennon Yoko Ono Phil Spector TRACK LIST 1 Woman Is the Nigger of the World 5:15 2 Sisters O Sisters (Ono) 3:46 3 Attica State 2:54 4 Born in a Prison (Ono) 4:03 5 New York City (Lennon) 4:30 6 Sunday Bloody Sunday 5:00 7 The Luck of the Irish 2:56 8 John Sinclair (Lennon) 3:28 9 Angela 4:06 10 We’re All Water (Ono) 7:11 All songs by Lennon/Ono except as indicated. MUSICIANS John Lennon - guitars vocals Yoko Ono - vocals Jim Keltner - drums percussion Elephant’s Memory: Stan Bronstein - saxophone flute Wayne ’Tex’ Gabriel - guitar Richard Frank Jr. - drums percussion Adam Ippolito - piano organ Gary Van Scyoc - bass guitar John La Boosca - piano --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Woman is the Nigger of the World - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time signature: 4/4 (except for all F#m chords: 3/4) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS E7 0-2-0-1-0-0 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | [Chorus] Woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is think about it Woman is the nigger of the world Think about it do something about it [Verse 1] We make her paint her face and dance If she won’t be a slave we say that she don’t love us If she’s real we say she’s trying to be a man While putting her down we pretend that she’s above us [Chorus] Woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is. If you don’t believe me take a look at the one you’re with Woman is the slave of the slaves Ah yeah better scream about it hit it! [Solo] | | | | | | | | | | [Verse 2] We make her bear and raise our children And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen We tell her home is the only place she should be Then we complain that she’s too unworldly to be our friend [Chorus] Oh woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is. If you don’t believe me take a look at the one you’re with Oh woman is the slave to the slaves Yeah alright ... hit it! [Guitar Solo] | | | | | | | | | | [Verse 3] We insult her every day on TV And wonder why she has no guts or confidence When she’s young we kill her will to be free While telling her not to be so smart we put her down for being so dumb [Chorus] Oh well woman is the nigger of the world Yes she is. If you don’t believe me take a look at the one you’re with Woman is the slave to the slaves Yes she is. If you believe me better scream about it [Chorus] (instrumental] [Outro] 3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4 (instrumental] We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance We make her paint her face and dance (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. Sisters O Sisters - Yoko Ono & John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ono: No chauvinist pig engineer! Lennon: Right on sister ... [Intro] We lost our green land We lost our clean air We lost our true wisdom And we live in despair [Verse] (instrumental] [Verse 1] Sisters O sisters Let’s stand up right now It’s never too late To start from the start [Verse 2] O Wisdom O wisdom That’s what we ask for And yes my dear sisters We must learn to ask [Chorus] Wisdom O wisdom That’s what we ask for That’s what we live for no-o-ow Wisdom O wisdom That’s what we ask for That’s what we live for no-o-ow [Verse 3] Sisters yes sisters Let’s wake up right on It’s never too late To shout from our hearts [Verse 4] O Freedom O freedom That’s what we fight for And yes my dear sisters We must learn to fight [Chorus] Freedom O freedom That’s what we ask for That’s what we live for no-o-ow O Freedom O freedom That’s what we ask for That’s what we live for no-o-ow [Solo] | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | [Verse 5] Sisters O sisters Let’s give up no more It’s never too late To build a new world [Verse 6] O New world O New world That’s what we live for And yes my dear sisters We must learn to live [Chorus] New world O New world That’s what we live for That’s what we must now learn to build New world O New world That’s what we live for That’s what we must now learn to build [Chorus] New world O New world That’s what we live for That’s what we must now learn to build New world O New world That’s what we live for That’s what we must learn to build --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Attica State - John Lennon & Yoko Ono --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: John Lennon/Yoko Ono From: “Some Time in New York City” (1972) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard Verse pattern 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|0-0-------0---3-|--0-------0-----|3-0-------------|--------|--0-------0-----|--0-------0-----| B|0-0---3---0---0-|--0---3---0-----|0-0---3---0-----|--------|--0---3---0-----|--0---3---0-----| G|x-----x---------|------x---------|x-----x---x---2-|--0-----|--x---x---x-----|--x---x---x-----| D|2-----2---------|------2---------|2-----2---2---2-|--2---2-|------2--------0h2------2---------| E|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|------0-|0---------------|0---------------| CHORDS E5 0-2-2-x-0-0 E5(add7) 0-2-2-x-3-x --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | (add7) | % | % | % | [Verse 1] What a waste of human power What a waste of human lives Shoot the prisoners in the towers Forty-three poor widowed wives [Chorus] Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State [Verse 2] Media blames it on the prisoners But the prisoners did not kill "Rockefeller pulled the trigger" That is what the people feel [Chorus] Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State [Verse 3] Free the prisoners jail the judges Free all prisoners everywhere All they want is truth and justice All they need is love and care [Chorus] Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State [Verse 4] They all live in suffocation Let’s not watch them die in sorrow Now’s the time for revolution Give them all a chance to grow [Chorus] Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State [Verse 5] Come together join the movement Take a stand for human rights Fear and hatred clouds our judgement Free us all from endless night [Outro] Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State Attica State Attica State we’re all mates with Attica State Attica State Attica State Attica Attica Attica State --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. Born in a Prison - Yoko Ono & John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | [Verse 1] We’re born in a prison raised in a prison Sent to a prison called school We cry in a prison we love in a prison We dream in a prison like fools [Chorus] Wood becomes a flute when it’s loved Reach for yourself and your battered mates Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate [Interlude] | | | | | [Verse 2] We live with no reason kicked round for no reason Thrown out without reason like tools Work in a prison and hate in a prison And die in a prison as a rule [Chorus] Wood becomes a flute when it’s loved Reach for yourself and your battered mates Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate [Interlude] | | | | | [Verse 3] We live in a prison among judges and wardens And wait for no reason or use We laugh in a prison go through all four seasons And die with no vision of truth [Chorus] Wood becomes a flute when it’s loved Reach for yourself and your battered mates Mirror becomes a razor when it’s broken Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate [Interlude] Born in a prison! Born in a prison! [instrumental) | | | | | Born in prison! Born in prison! Born in prison! Born in a prison! [instrumental) (repeat and face) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. New York City - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Riff] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + ---|----------------|----------------| ---|----------------|-----------(9)--| ---|7-7---7---------|7-7---7----(9)--| -9-|7-7-9-7-------9-|7-7-9-7----(9)--| -9-|----9---------9-|----9-----------| (Intro only) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] (riff) [Verse 1] Standing on the corner just me and Yoko Ono We was waiting for Jerry to land Up come a man with a guitar in his hand Singing "Have a marijuana if you can" His name was David Peel we found that he was real He sang "The Pope Smokes Dope Everyday" Up come the policeman shoved us up the street Singin "Power to the People today!" [Chorus] New York City New York City New York City Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) Hey hey [Verse 2] Well down to Max’s City Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band Laid something down as the news spread around About the Plastic Ono Elephant#s Memory Band! Played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti" Singing "Long Tall Sally’s a man" Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher Singing "God’s a red herring in drag!" [Chorus] New York City New York City New York City Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) Hey hey [Solo] | | % | % | | | | % | % | | | | % | % | % | | | % | | % | [Chorus] Hey New York City All right New York City New York City Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) Hey hey [Verse 3] Well we did the Staten Island Ferry Making movies for the telly Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom Tried to shake our image Just a cycling through the Village But found that we had left it back in London Well nobody came to bug us hustle us or shove us We decided to make it our home If the man wants to shove us out We gonna jump and shout The Statue of Liberty said "Come!" [Chorus] New York City New York City New York City Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) Hey hey [Solo] | | % | % | | | | % | % | | | | % | % | % | | | % | | % | [Chorus] New York City Back in New York City Hey New York City Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) [Chorus] Hey City Down in the Village Hey what a city Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) [Chorus] Hey rock on Ahh Suki Yeah Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) [Chorus] Hey what a bad bad city Bad-ass city Bad-ass city Que pasa New York? (= riff) Que pasa New York? (= riff) [fade out] --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Sunday Bloody Sunday - John Lennon & Yoko Ono --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | N.C. | % | % | % | | N.C. | % | % | % | | | % | | % | | | % | | | [Verse 1] Well it was Sunday bloody Sunday When they shot the people there The cries of thirteen martyrs Filled the free Derry air Is there any-one among you Dare to blame it on the kids? A N.C. Not a soldier boy was bleeding N.C. When they nailed the coffin lids! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Verse 2] You claim to be majority Well you know that it’s a lie You’re really a minority On this sweet emerald isle. When Stormont bans our marchers They’ve got a lot to learn A N.C. Internment is no answer N.C. It’s those mother’s turn to burn! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Solo] | | % | % | % | (break) [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Verse 3] You Anglo pigs and Scotties Sent to colonize the north You wave your bloody Union Jacks And you know what it’s worth! How dare you hold to ransom A people proud and free A N.C. Keep Ireland for the Irish N.C. Put the English back to sea! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Solo] | | % | % | % | (break) [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Verse 4] Well it’s always bloody Sunday In the concentration camps Keep Falls Road free forever From the bloody English hands Repatriate to Britain All of you who call it home A N.C. Leave Ireland to the Irish N.C. Not for London or for Rome! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! [Chorus] Sunday bloody Sunday Bloody Sunday’s the day! (fade out) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. The Luck of the Irish - John Lennon & Yoko Ono --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Time signature: 6/8 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | % | % [Verse 1] If you had the luck of the Irish You’d be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you’d wish you was English instead [Verse 2] A thousand years of torture and hunger Drove the people away from their land A land full of beauty and wonder Was raped by the British brigands - goddamn goddamn [Bridge] If you could keep voices like flowers there’d be shamrock all over the world If you could drink dreams like Irish streams Then the world would be high as the Mountains of Mourne [Verse 3] In the ’Pool they told us the story How the English divided the land of the pain the death and the glory And the poets of old Ireland [Bridge] If we could make chains with the morning dew the world would be like Galway Bay Let’s walk over rainbows like leprechauns the world would be one big Blarney stone [Verse 4] Why the hell are the English there anyway? As they kill with God on their side Blame it all on the kids and the IRA As the bastards commit genocide - aye aye genocide [Verse 5] If you had the luck of the Irish You’d be sorry and wish you were dead You should have the luck of the Irish And you’d wish you was English instead Yes you’d wish you was English instead --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. John Sinclair - John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Gotta gotta-Lick] 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + e|----------------| B|----------------| G|0---0---0---0---| D|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-| A|----------------| E|----------------| --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 3/4 | | % | % | [Verse 1] It ain’t fair John Sinclair In the stir for breathing air Won’t you care for John Sinclair? In the stir for breathing air Let him be set him free Let him be like you and me [Chorus] They gave him ten for two What else can the judges do? We gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta set him free [Verse 2] If he was a soldier man Shooting gooks in Vietnam If he was the CIA Selling dope and making hay He’d be free they’d let him be Breathing air like you and me ah-hah [Chorus] They gave him ten for two What else can the judges do? We gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta set him free [Solo] 3/4 | | % | % | [Chorus] They gave him ten for two They got ole Leotis too We gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta set him free [Verse 3] Was he jailed for what he done Or representing everyone? Free John now if we can From the clutches of the man Let him be lift the lid Bring him to his wife and kids - all right [Chorus] They gave him ten for two What else can the bastards do? We gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta Gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta gotta set him free - free! [Solo] | | % | | % | | | % | % | % | [Outro] (repeat and fade) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Angela - John Lennon & Yoko Ono --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | | | | [Verse 1] Angela they put you in prison Angela they shot down your man Angela you`re one of the millions Of political prisoners in the world [Verse 2] Sister there’s a wind that never dies Sister we’re breathing together Sister our love and hopes forever Keep on moving oh so slowly in the world. [Chorus] They gave you sunshine They gave you sea They gave you everything 3/4 But the jailhouse key. They gave you coffee They gave you tea They gave you everything But equality [Solo] | | | | | | | | | | | | | / | | [Verse 3] Angela can you hear the earth is turning? Angela the world watches you Angela you soon will be returning To your sisters and brothers of the world. [Verse 4] Sister you`re still a people teacher Sister your word reaches far Sister there`s a million different races But we all share the same future in the world. [Chorus] They gave you sunshine They gave you sea They gave you everything But the jailhouse key. They gave you coffee They gave you tea They gave you everything But equality [Verse 1] Angela they put you in prison Angela they shot down your man Angela you`re one of the millions Of political prisoners in the world --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10. We’re all Water - Yoko Ono and John Lennon --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | | % | | % | | | % | | % | | | % | [Verse 1] There may be not much difference Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon If we strip them naked There may be not much difference Between Marylin Monroe and Lenny Bruce If we check their coffins. There may be not much difference Between White House and Hall of People If we count their windows There may be not much difference Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin If we hear their heartbeat [Chorus] We’re all water from different rivers That’s why it’s so easy to meet We’re all water in this vast vast ocean Someday we’ll evaporate together [Instrumental] | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | [Verse 2] There may be not much difference Between Eldridge Cleaver and Queen of England If we bottle their tears There may be not much difference Between Manson and the Pope If we press their smile There may be not much difference Between Rockefeller and you If we hear you sing There may be not much difference Between you and me If we show our dreams [Chorus] We’re all water from different rivers That’s why it’s so easy to meet We’re all water in this vast vast ocean Someday we’ll evaporate together [Instrumental] Hey! Not much difference! | | % | % | % | | | % | % | % | What’s the difference? What’s the difference? (repeat and fade)
