Working Boy In New York City

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[Verse 1]

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Pray, hey
         Em7                     D
You're a working boy in New York City
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You took the train to liberate your body
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And liberate your heart
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You are trying to find a
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Home, soon
           Em7                         D
Always the saddest when a friend can't make it
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Love everyone along the way
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You never had a chance to tell them
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What you would like to do
            D
If the love permits you


[Chorus]

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Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
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Wide is the gate
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Everybody gets an evеn shot at making heaven
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Wide is thе gate


[Verse 2]

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Pray, gay
            Em7                       D
You are the holy boy outside the scriptures
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Far and away from all the brightest sunbeams
             Am7                       D
You chose to stay and fight from the inside
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Outside
G      D
Don't fight
              Em7                     D
Make like the cutest owl and use your feathers
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Make like the elephant and use your memory
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To pick a path
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Make like the sleeping bird
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Dreaming of the morning


[Chorus]

C                      Bm             G
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
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Wide is the gate
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Everybody gets an even shot at seeing heaven
C           G
Wide is the gate


[Interlude]

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[Verse 3]

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Pray, hey
            Em7                       D
God doesn't care about the way you're leaning
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Once you are happy and you know yourself
                  Am
Peace can come in your heart
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You can make a new start
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One day
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We will be justified without the struggle
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We will be recognised for what we do
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Not criticised or hated just for the way you are
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You will be a star


[Pre-Chorus]

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Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
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Singing to the hope inside you
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Listen to the music of the traffic in the city
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Singing to the hope


[Out-Chorus]

C                      Bm             G
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C           G
Wide is the gate
C                      Bm             G
Everybody gets an even shot at making heaven
C           G
Wide is the gate