G                 D                 C
Walking through a crowd the village is aglow
   G            D               C
Kaleidoscope of loud heartbeats under coats
G         D           C
Everybody here wanted something more
G               D               C   
Searching for a sound we hadn't heard before


[Chorus]
             G*             D*   C*
And it said: Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G*             D*            C*
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
G              D    C
Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York

 
G               D
It's a new soundtrack
                      C 
I could dance to this beat, beat
        Em
Forever more
                  D
The lights are so bright
                     C 
But they never blind me, me


G              D    C
Welcome to New York, it's been waiting for you  
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
 
G


[Verse 2]
     G                    D        C
When we first dropped our bags on apartment floors
G                      D         C
Took our broken hearts, put them in a drawer
G         D                C
Everybody here was someone else before
            G            D           
And you can want who you want 
C
boys and boys and girls and girls


[Chorus] 
G              D    C
Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
G              D    C
Welcome to New York

It's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
 

G               D
It's a new soundtrack
                      C 
I could dance to this beat, beat 
        Em
Forever more
                  D
The lights are so bright
                     C 
But they never blind me, me
 

G              D    C
Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York

 
[Bridge]
Em*      D*        C*
Like any great love, it keeps you guessing
Em*          D*    C*
Like any real love, it's ever changing
Em*      D*       C*
Like any true love, it drives you crazy
G                D              
But you know you wouldn't change 
C                 C*
Anything anything any-thing

 
[Chorus]
G              D    C
Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
G              D    C
Welcome to New York,  it's been waiting for you
G              D             C
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York
 
G      D        C
It's a new soundtrack
                      G 
I could dance to this beat    
           D      C
The lights are so bright
                     G
But they never blind me, (welcome to New York)
D         C                                 G
New soundtrack, it's been waiting for you (welcome to New York)
    D             C                           G
The lights are so bright but they never blind me
 
G        
Welcome to New York 

So bright they never blind me 
                                    G*
Welcome to New York, welcome to New York