Verse 1
C Em C Am
To know what it's like to love
somebody the way I love you
Em
To know what it's like to love some
Bm C
body the way I love you
To know how it feels to kill your
Am Em
self with bad habits
To know what you want,
Bm G
know you'll never truly have it
Verse 2
C
New York City,
D
please go easy on me tonight
Em
New York City,
Bm
please go easy on this heart of mine
G C
'Cause I'm losing my lover
D
to the arms of another
Em
New York City,
Bm G
please go easy on me tonight
Interlude 1
C D
Verse 3
Em Bm
New York City, please go easy on me,
Interlude 2
tonight
C D Em Bm
C
Verse 4
C
When I went away,
Am
saw your face in my rear-view
Em Bm
I I know that look on your face,
Verse 5
that I had lost you
C
New York City,
D
please go easy on me tonight
G Em
New York City,
Bm
please go easy on this heart of mine
C
'Cause I'm losing my lover
D
to the arms of another
Em
New York City,
Bm C
please go easy on me tonight
Verse 6
C D Em Bm C
You
promised, I promised
D
I never knew I could be
Em
this selfish
Nights downtown, it's a new town
Bm
But I keep thinking I see
your face in the crowd
C
But you're not here and you won't be
D
'Cause you love me enough
Interlude 3
to let go of me
Em Bm
Verse 7
C
New York City,
D
please go easy on me tonight
Em
New York City,
Bm
please go easy on this heart of mine
C
'Cause I'm losing my lover
D
to the arms of another
Em
New York City,
Bm
please go easy on me tonight
Outro 1
C Am Em
Oh!
I meant - ah!
No, I didn't mean that at all
Here in the streets of American nights
Rise to the bottom of the meaning of life
Studied all the rules, and I want no part
But I let you in just to break this heart
Even though it was only one night
It was fuckin' strange
Nina's in the bedroom
She says, "Time to go now"
But leavin' it ain't easy
I've got to let go
Oh, I've got to let go
And the hours they went to slow
I said every night
She just can't stop sayin', "New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart"
Just kill me now 'cause I'll let you down
I swear one day we're gonna leave this town
Stop
Yes, I'm leaving 'cause this just won't work
They act like Romans, but they dress like Turks
Soft time in your prime
See me, I like the summertime
But hey
Nina's in the bedroom
She says, "Time to go now"
But leaving it ain't easy
Oh, I've got to let go
I've got to let go
Oh, trapped in an apartment
She would not let them get her
She wrote it in a letter, "I've got to come clean
The authorities, they've seen
Darling, I'm somewhere in between"
I said every night
She just can't stop sayin', "New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart
New York City cops
New York City cops
New York City cops
They ain't too smart"
From the album
Is This It
The Strokes · 2001 · Track 0