Sidewalks of New York, On the…

Nat King Cole

[CHORUS] - - - - [D] East side, West side    [G] All around the [D] town
[G] The tots sang [D] 'Ring-a-Rosie'   'London [E7] Bridge is falling [A7] down!  [D] Boys and girls together   [G] Me and Mamie [D] O'Rorke.  [G] Tripped the [D] light fantastic;   [A7] On the side- [D] walks of New York
 
[Verse] - - - [D] Down in front of Casey's     [G] Old brown [D] wooden stoop.  [G] On a summer's [D] evening      We [E7] formed a merry [A7] group;  [D] Boys and girls together     [G] We would [D] sing and waltz
While the [G] "Ginnie" played the [C] organ    [A7] On the side- [D] walks of [B7]  New York 

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[CHORUS] - - - - [F] East side, West side       [A#] All around the [F] town
[A#] The tots sang [F]  'Ring-a-Rosie'    'London [G7] Bridge is falling [C7] down!  [F] Boys and girls together      [A#] Me and Mamie [F] O'Rorke
[A#] Tripped the [F] light fantastic    [C7] On the side- [F] walks of New York


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[F] That’s where Johnny Casey, [A#] little Jimmy [F] Crowe
[A#] Jakey Krause, the [F] baker, who [G7] always had the [C7] dough
[F] Pretty Nellie Shannon [A#] with a dude as light as [F] cork
[A#] She first picked [F] up the waltz step [C7] on the side- [F] walks of New York

[F] Things have changed since [A#] those times, some are up in [F] “Gee”
[A#] Others they are [F] wand’rers but they [G7] all feel just like [C7] me
[F] They’d part with all they’ve [A#] got, could they once more [F] walk
[A#] With their best [F] girl and have a twirl [C7] on the side- [F] walks of New York

[CHORUS] – – – – [F] East side, West side [A#] All around the [F] town [A#] The tots sang [F] ‘Ring-a-Rosie’ ‘London [G7] Bridge is falling [C7] down! [F] Boys and girls together [A#] Me and Mamie [F] O’Rorke [A#] Tripped the [F] light fantastic [C7] On the side- [F] walks of New York]

We tripped the [F] light fantastic [C7] On the side- [F] walks of New York.