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Billy Joel has short gray hair and short grey beard-- it was shocking to me when I first found him on Youtube again several years ago. Time keeps on slipping into the future-- I don't even recognize him anymore. It's possible, in my opinion, that he's been replaced. Look at these results from Google picture search and tell me we're looking at the same person. [+] I personally don't think so. In this latest version of New York State of Mind, he puts too far much blues spin on his original tune New York State of Mind. This could very well be a Billy Joel stand-in doing a parody of the original Billy Joel.
Here are the chords... note my comments on the inflections-- the key center changes in the middle of thesong... INTRO: Dm9 Abmaj7 Dm9 Em7 F Dm9 F/G C E7 Am7 Gm7 C F A7 Dm Bb C E7/B Am7 G F C D9 Fmaj7 F/G Am7 D9 Am G F/G C E7 Am7 Gm7 C Some folks like to get away, take a holiday from the neighborhood F A7 Dm Bb Hop a flight to Miami Beach or to Hollywood C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 But I'm taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line Fmaj7 F/G Am D7 Am G F/G I'm in a New York state of mind C E7 Am7 Gm7 C I seen all the movie stars in their fancy cars and their limousines F A7 Dm Bb Been high in the Rockies under the evergreens C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 But I know what I'm needing and I don't want to waste more time Fmaj7 F/G Am D9 Am G E7 I'm in a New York state of mind
Here's where we have key center changes.... from C to G... then F, then A and then back to G and finally swinging back into C...
Am7 D7 Gmaj7 G It was so easy living day by day ... the Am-D7-G are ii-V-I in G Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Out of touch with the rhythm and blues ... the Gm- C7 - F are ii-V-I again in F Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Well, now I need a little give and take ...again... ii-V-I in A Am7 D7 The New York Times Gmaj7 Dm7 G7 The Daily News..that was ii-V-I in G again... the Dm-G are ii-V in C... so we had key center
movement all over the place... based on the Vof I , the IVof I , the VI of I , the Vof I and finally the I.
C E7 Am7 Gm7 C It comes down to reality and it's fine with me cause I've let it slide F A7 Dm Bb Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind Fmaj7 F/G Am D9 Am G F/G I'm in a New York state of mind SOLO: C E7 Am7 Gm7 C F A7 Dm Bb C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 Fmaj7 F/G Am D7 Am G E7 Am7 D7 Gmaj7 -- G It was so easy living day by day Gm7 C7 Fmaj7 Out of touch with the rhythm and blues Bm7 E7 Amaj7 Well, now I need a little give and take Am7 D7 The New York Times Gmaj7 Dm7 F/G G7 The Daily News C E7 Am7 Gm7 C It comes down to reality and it's fine with me cause I've let it slide F A7 Dm Bb Don't care if it's Chinatown or on Riverside C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 I don't have any reasons, I've left them all behind Fmaj7 F/G Am D7 Am G I'm in a New York state of mind C E7 Am7 Cmaj7 F C D7 I'm just taking a Greyhound on the Hudson River line Fmaj7 Cos I'm in a F/G I'm in a New York...state of... C E7 Am7 Bb Mind OUTRO: Eb6 Ab C/D Db13#11 D/C
Finally, here's my version based on the chord chart above obtained from ultimateguitar.com... just
google New York State of Mind.
NEW YORK STATE OF MIND
