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Some Time In New York City Full Album by John Lennon and Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band with Elephant's Memory + Invisible Stings
Some Time In New York City Full Album
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
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 –
Time signature: 4/4 (except for all F#m chords: 3/4)
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
E7 0-2-0-1-0-0
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[Intro]
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E |
[Chorus]
E G# C#m E E7
Woman is the nigger of the world
A Am E
Yes, she is, think about it
E G# C#m E E7
Woman is the nigger of the world
A Am | E G A |
Think about it, do something about it
[Verse 1]
F#m D
We make her paint her face and dance
A E
If she won't be a slave, we say that she don't love us
F#m D
If she's real, we say she's trying to be a man
G B7
While putting her down, we pretend that she's above us
[Chorus]
E G# C#m E E7
Woman is the nigger of the world
A Am E
Yes, she is. If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
E G# C#m E E7
Woman is the slave of the slaves
A Am E
Ah, yeah, better scream about it, hit it!
[Solo]
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E |
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E G A|
[Verse 2]
F#m D
We make her bear and raise our children
A E
And then we leave her flat for being a fat old mother hen
F#m D
We tell her home is the only place she should be
G B7
Then we complain that she's too unworldly to be our friend
[Chorus]
E G# C#m E E7
Oh, woman is the nigger of the world
A Am E
Yes, she is. If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
E G# C#m E E7
Oh, woman is the slave to the slaves
A Am E
Yeah, alright ... hit it!
[Guitar Solo]
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E |
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E G A|
[Verse 3]
F#m D
We insult her every day on TV
A E
And wonder why she has no guts or confidence
F#m D
When she's young, we kill her will to be free
G B7
While telling her not to be so smart, we put her down for being so dumb
[Chorus]
E G# C#m E E/
Oh well, woman is the nigger of the world
A Am E
Yes, she is. If you don't believe me, take a look at the one you're with
E G# C#m E E7
Woman is the slave to the slaves
A Am E
Yes, she is. If you believe me, better scream about it
[Chorus]
| E G# | C#m E E7 | A Am | E G A|
(instrumental]
[Outro]
3/4 4/4 3/4 4/4
| F#m | D7 | F#m | D7 |
(instrumental]
F#m D7
We make her paint her face and dance
F#m D7
We make her paint her face and dance
F#m D7
We make her paint her face and dance
(repeat and fade)
2. Sisters, O Sisters
Ono: No chauvinist pig engineer!
Lennon: Right on, sister ...
[Intro]
C
We lost our green land
Bb
We lost our clean air
C
We lost our true wisdom
Bb G7
And we live in despair
[Verse]
| C | F | C | F |
(instrumental]
[Verse 1]
C F
Sisters, O sisters
C F
Let’s stand up right now
C F
It's never too late
C F
To start from the start
[Verse 2]
C F
O Wisdom, O wisdom
C F
That's what we ask for
C F
And yes, my dear sisters
C F
We must learn to ask
[Chorus]
F G
Wisdom, O wisdom
C Am
That's what we ask for
F G C F C7
That's what we live for no-o-ow
F G
Wisdom, O wisdom
C Am
That's what we ask for
F G C F C
That's what we live for no-o-ow
[Verse 3]
C F
Sisters, yes, sisters
C F
Let's wake up right on
C F
It's never too late
C F
To shout from our hearts
[Verse 4]
C F
O Freedom, O freedom
C F
That's what we fight for
C F
And yes, my dear sisters
C F
We must learn to fight
[Chorus]
F G
Freedom, O freedom
C Am
That's what we ask for
F G C F C7
That's what we live for no-o-ow
F G
O Freedom, O freedom
C Am
That's what we ask for
F G C F C
That's what we live for no-o-ow
[Solo]
| C | % | % | % |
| C | % | % | % |
[Verse 5]
C F
Sisters, O sisters
C F
Let's give up no more
C F
It's never too late
C F
To build a new world
[Verse 6]
C F
O New world, O New world
C F
That's what we live for
C F
And yes, my dear sisters
C F
We must learn to live
[Chorus]
F G
New world, O New world
C Am
That's what we live for
F G C F C7
That's what we must now learn to build
F G
New world, O New world
C Am
That's what we live for
F G C F C
That's what we must now learn to build
[Chorus]
F G
New world, O New world
C Am
That's what we live for
F G C F C7
That's what we must now learn to build
F G
New world, O New world
C Am
That's what we live for
F G | C F | % | % | % | C C
That's what we must learn to build
3. Attica State
Tuning: Standard
Verse pattern
[E5
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---------|
A|2---------------|----------------|2---------------|------2-|2-------------- |2---------------|
E|0---------------|----------------|0---------------|------0-|0---------------|0---------------|
CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
E5 0-2-2-x-0-0
E5(add7) 0-2-2-x-3-x
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[Intro]
| E5 E5(add7) E5 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1]
E5
What a waste of human power
E5
What a waste of human lives
E5
Shoot the prisoners in the towers
E5
Forty-three poor widowed wives
[Chorus]
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
[Verse 2]
E5
Media blames it on the prisoners
E5
But the prisoners did not kill
E5
"Rockefeller pulled the trigger"
E5
That is what the people feel
[Chorus]
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
[Verse 3]
E5
Free the prisoners, jail the judges
E5
Free all prisoners everywhere
E5
All they want is truth and justice
E5
All they need is love and care
[Chorus]
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
[Verse 4]
E5
They all live in suffocation
E5
Let's not watch them die in sorrow
E5
Now's the time for revolution
E5
Give them all a chance to grow
[Chorus]
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
[Verse 5]
E5
Come together, join the movement
E5
Take a stand for human rights
E5
Fear and hatred clouds our judgement
E5
Free us all from endless night
[Outro]
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, we're all mates with Attica State
E5 G A E5
Attica State, Attica State, Attica, Attica, Attica State
4. Born in a Prison
[Intro]
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
[Verse 1]
C Cm7
We're born in a prison, raised in a prison
C C7
Sent to a prison called school
F Fm
We cry in a prison, we love in a prison
C D
We dream in a prison, like fools
[Chorus]
E C#m
Wood becomes a flute when it's loved,
A B
Reach for yourself and your battered mates
E C#m
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
A B
Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
[Interlude]
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
[Verse 2]
C Cm7
We live with no reason, kicked round for no reason
C C7
Thrown out without reason like tools
F Fm
Work in a prison and hate in a prison
C D
And die in a prison as a rule
[Chorus]
E C#m
Wood becomes a flute when it's loved
A B
Reach for yourself and your battered mates
E C#m
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
A B
Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
[Interlude]
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
[Verse 3]
C Cm7
We live in a prison among judges and wardens
C C7
And wait for no reason or use
F Fm
We laugh in a prison, go through all four seasons
C D
And die with no vision of truth
[Chorus]
E C#m
Wood becomes a flute when it's loved
A B
Reach for yourself and your battered mates
E C#m
Mirror becomes a razor when it's broken
A B
Look in the mirror and see your shattered fate
[Interlude]
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
Born in a prison!
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
Born in a prison!
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
[instrumental)
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
Born in a prison! Born in a prison! Born in a prison!
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
Born in a prison!
| C | Cm7 | G | A |
[instrumental)
(repeat and face)
5. New York City
[Riff]
[B [D [B[D [B [D [B[D (E)
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
E ---|----------------|----------------|
B ---|----------------|-----------(9)--|
G ---|7-7---7---------|7-7---7----(9)--|
D -9-|7-7-9-7-------9-|7-7-9-7----(9)--|
A -9-|----9---------9-|----9-----------|
E ---|----------------|----------------|
(Intro only)
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[Intro]
| D B D B | D B D E |
(riff)
[Verse 1]
E
Standing on the corner, just me and Yoko Ono
E B
We was waiting for Jerry to land
B
Up come a man with a guitar in his hand
E E
Singing "Have a marijuana if you can"
A
His name was David Peel, we found that he was real
A
He sang "The Pope Smokes Dope Everyday"
A
Up come the policeman shoved us up the street
B
Singin "Power to the People today!"
[Chorus]
A
New York City
E
New York City
A
New York City
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
| A | % |
Hey hey
[Verse 2]
E
Well down to Max's City
E B
Put down the nitty gritty with the Elephants Memory Band
B
Laid something down as the news spread around
E
About the Plastic Ono Elephant#s Memory Band!
A
Played some funky boogie and laid some "Tutti Frutti"
A
Singing "Long Tall Sally's a man"
A
Up come a preacher man trying to be a teacher
B
Singing "God's a red herring in drag!"
[Chorus]
A
New York City
E
New York City
A
New York City
D B D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D B D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
| D | % |
Hey hey
[Solo]
| E | % | % | B |
| B | % | % | E |
| A | % | % | % |
| A | % | B | % |
[Chorus]
A
Hey, New York City
E
All right, New York City
A
New York City
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
| A | % |
Hey hey
[Verse 3]
E
Well, we did the Staten Island Ferry
E
Making movies for the telly
B
Played the Fillmore and Apollo for freedom
B
Tried to shake our image
B
Just a cycling through the Village
E
But found that we had left it back in London
A
Well, nobody came to bug us, hustle us or shove us
A
We decided to make it our home
A
If the man wants to shove us out
A
We gonna jump and shout
B
The Statue of Liberty said "Come!"
[Chorus]
A
New York City
E
New York City
A
New York City
D B D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D B D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
| D | % |
Hey hey
[Solo]
| E | % | % | B |
| B | % | % | E |
| A | % | % | % |
| A | % | B | % |
[Chorus]
A
New York City
E
Back in New York City
A
Hey New York City
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
[Chorus]
A
Hey City
E
Down in the Village
A
Hey what a city
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
[Chorus]
A
Hey rock on
E
Ahh Suki
A
Yeah
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
[Chorus]
A
Hey what a bad, bad city
E
Bad-ass city
A
Bad-ass city
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
D
Que pasa New York? (= riff)
[fade out]
6. Sunday Bloody Sunday
[Intro]
| N.C. | % | % | % |
| N.C. | % | % | % |
| B | % | A | % |
| G | % | B | |
[Verse 1]
E
Well it was Sunday, bloody Sunday
E
When they shot the people there
E
The cries of thirteen martyrs
E
Filled the free Derry air
G
Is there any-one among you
G
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]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Verse 2]
E
You claim to be majority
E
Well, you know that it's a lie
E
You're really a minority
E
On this sweet emerald isle.
G
When Stormont bans our marchers
G
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]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Solo]
| E | % | % | % |
| G | % | A | % |
(break)
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Verse 3]
E
You Anglo pigs and Scotties
E
Sent to colonize the north
E
You wave your bloody Union Jacks
E
And you know what it's worth!
G
How dare you hold to ransom
G
A people proud and free
A N.C.
Keep Ireland for the Irish
N.C.
Put the English back to sea!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Solo]
| E | % | % | % |
| G | % | A | % |
(break)
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Verse 4]
E
Well, it's always bloody Sunday
E
In the concentration camps
E
Keep Falls Road free forever
E
From the bloody English hands
G
Repatriate to Britain
G
All of you who call it home
A N.C.
Leave Ireland to the Irish
N.C.
Not for London or for Rome!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
[Chorus]
B A
Sunday, bloody Sunday
G B
Bloody Sunday’s the day!
(fade out)
7. The Luck of the Irish
Time signature: 6/8
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[Intro]
| G | % | %
[Verse 1]
G C G
If you had the luck of the Irish
Bm D7
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
G C G
You should have the luck of the Irish
Bm D7 G
And you'd wish you was English instead
[Verse 2]
G C G
A thousand years of torture and hunger
Bm D7
Drove the people away from their land
G C G
A land full of beauty and wonder
Bm D7 G C G C G
Was raped by the British brigands - goddamn, goddamn
[Bridge]
G C G
If you could keep voices like flowers,
C D
there'd be shamrock all over the world
G C G
If you could drink dreams like Irish streams
C D G
Then the world would be high as the Mountains of Mourne
[Verse 3]
G C G
In the 'Pool they told us the story
Bm D7
How the English divided the land
G C G
of the pain, the death and the glory
Bm D7 G
And the poets of old Ireland
[Bridge]
G C G
If we could make chains with the morning dew,
C D
the world would be like Galway Bay
G C G
Let's walk over rainbows like leprechauns,
C D G
the world would be one big Blarney stone
[Verse 4]
G C G
Why the hell are the English there anyway?
Bm D7
As they kill with God on their side
G C G
Blame it all on the kids and the IRA
Bm D7 G C G C G
As the bastards commit genocide - aye, aye, genocide
[Verse 5]
G C G
If you had the luck of the Irish
Bm D7
You'd be sorry and wish you were dead
G C G
You should have the luck of the Irish
Bm D7 G
And you'd wish you was English instead
Bm D7 G
Yes, you’d wish you was English instead
8. John Sinclair
[Gotta, gotta-Lick]
[G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|
B|----------------|
G|0---0---0---0---|
D|0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-|
A|----------------|
E|----------------|
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[Intro]
| E | % | A | % |
3/4
| E | % | % |
[Verse 1]
E
It ain't fair, John Sinclair
E
In the stir for breathing air
A
Won't you care for John Sinclair?
A
In the stir for breathing air
E
Let him be, set him free
E
Let him be like you and me
[Chorus]
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can the judges do?
G
We gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
E
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
[Verse 2]
E
If he was a soldier man
E
Shooting gooks in Vietnam
A
If he was the CIA
A
Selling dope and making hay
E
He'd be free, they'd let him be
E
Breathing air, like you and me, ah-hah
[Chorus]
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can the judges do?
G
We gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
E
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
[Solo]
| E | % | A | % |
3/4
| E | % | % |
[Chorus]
B
They gave him ten for two
A
They got ole Leotis too
G
We gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
E
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free
[Verse 3]
E
Was he jailed for what he done
E
Or representing everyone?
A
Free John now, if we can
A
From the clutches of the man
E
Let him be, lift the lid
E
Bring him to his wife and kids - all right
[Chorus]
B
They gave him ten for two
A
What else can the bastards do?
G
We gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta
E
Gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta, gotta set him free - free!
[Solo]
| E | % | A | % |
| E | % | % | % |
[Outro]
| E | % | % | % |
(repeat and fade)
9. Angela
[Intro]
| C | F | C | F |
[Verse 1]
C F
Angela, they put you in prison
C F
Angela, they shot down your man
C F
Angela, you`re one of the millions
F | C G/B Am G | F |
Of political prisoners in the world
[Verse 2]
C F
Sister, there's a wind that never dies
C F
Sister, we're breathing together
C F
Sister, our love and hopes forever
F | C G/B Am G | F |
Keep on moving oh so slowly in the world.
[Chorus]
C
They gave you sunshine
G/B
They gave you sea
Am G
They gave you everything
3/4
F G | C G/B Am G | F |
But the jailhouse key.
C
They gave you coffee
G/B
They gave you tea
Am G
They gave you everything
F G | C G/B Am G | F |
But equality
[Solo]
| C | F | C | F |
| C | F | C | F |
| F | | C G/B Am G | F |
[Verse 3]
C F
Angela, can you hear the earth is turning?
C F
Angela, the world watches you
C F
Angela, you soon will be returning
F | C G/B Am G | F |
To your sisters and brothers of the world.
[Verse 4]
C F
Sister, you`re still a people teacher
C F
Sister, your word reaches far
C F
Sister, there`s a million different races
F | C G/B Am G | F |
But we all share the same future in the world.
[Chorus]
C
They gave you sunshine
G/B
They gave you sea
Am G
They gave you everything
F G | C G/B Am G | F |
But the jailhouse key.
C
They gave you coffee
G/B
They gave you tea
Am G
They gave you everything
F G | C G/B Am G | F |
But equality
[Verse 1]
C F
Angela, they put you in prison
C F
Angela, they shot down your man
C F
Angela, you`re one of the millions
F | C G/B Am G | F | C
Of political prisoners in the world
10. We're all Water
[Intro]
| D | % | Bm | % |
| D | % | Bm | % |
| D | % |
[Verse 1]
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Chairman Mao and Richard Nixon
D
If we strip them naked
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Marylin Monroe and Lenny Bruce
D
If we check their coffins.
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between White House and Hall of People
D
If we count their windows
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Raquel Welch and Jerry Rubin
D
If we hear their heartbeat
[Chorus]
D Bm
We're all water from different rivers
G A
That's why it's so easy to meet
D Bm
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
G D
Someday we'll evaporate together
[Instrumental]
| D | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | % |
[Verse 2]
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Eldridge Cleaver and Queen of England
D
If we bottle their tears
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Manson and the Pope
D
If we press their smile
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between Rockefeller and you
D
If we hear you sing
D
There may be not much difference
Bm
Between you and me
D
If we show our dreams
[Chorus]
D Bm
We're all water from different rivers
G A
That's why it's so easy to meet
D Bm
We're all water in this vast, vast ocean
G D
Someday we'll evaporate together
[Instrumental]
| D | % | % | % |
Hey! Not much difference!
| D | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | % |
| D | % | % | % |
What’s the difference? What’s the difference?
(repeat and fade)
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