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Version 1
Manhattan
Blossom Dearie
Written by Richard Rodgers & Lorenz Hart
Tab by Marco Foster
[Intro]
Abmaj7 B7 Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9
[Verse 1]
Abmaj7 Bdim7
I'll take Manhattan
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Abmaj7 Db9 Cm7
The Bronx and Staten Island too
Fm7 Bbm7 F+ Bbm7
It's lovely going through
Eb7b9 Abmaj7 B7 Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9
The zoo
[Verse 2]
Abmaj7 Bdim7
It's very fancy
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Abmaj7 Db9 Cm7
On old Delancey Street, you know
Fm7 Bb13 Fm7 Ab/Bb
The subway charms us so
Bb13 Bbm7 Eb9 Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9
When balmy breezes blow, to and fro
[Verse 3]
Abmaj7 Bdim7
And tell me what street
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Abmaj7 Db9 Cm7
Compares with Mott Street In July?
Fm7 Bbm7 F+ Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Cm7b5 F7b9 Cdim7 F9 F7b9
Sweet pushcarts gently, gliding by
[Chorus 1]
Bbm7 Dbm7 Gb9 Gb7b9
The great big city's a wondrous toy
Abmaj7 Fm7 Bb7 Bdim7
Made for a girl and boy
Cm7 F9
We'll turn Manhattan
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Abmaj7 B7 Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9
Into an isle of joy
[Verse 4]
Abmaj7 Bdim7
Tell me what street
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Abmaj7 Db9 Cmadd9
Compares with Mott Street in July
Fm7 Bbm7 F+ Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 Cm7b5 F7b9 Cdim7 F9 F7b9
Sweet pushcarts gently, gliding by
[Chorus 2]
Bbm7 Dbm7 Gb9 Gb7b9
The great big city's a wondrous toy
Abmaj7 Fm7 Bb7 Bdim7
Made for a girl and boy
Cm7 Bdim7
We'll turn Manhattan
Bbm7 Eb9 Eb7b9 C7#5 F9 F7b9
Into an isle of joy
Bbm7
I'll take Manhattan
Eb9sus Eb7b9 Ab6sus2
I'll take Manhattan