Autumn In New York

Words & Music by Vernon Duke, 1934
Recorded by Frank Sinatra, 1958**


Em7/9  Em7 G/B  Em7  F#m  G6            A7  A7+5     D6    Bm7  F#m  B7
Au  - tumn  in  New York -- why does it seem so in - vi - ting?

Em7/9  Em7 G/B  Em7  F#m  G6            A7  A6+5     D6    Bm7  F#m  B7
Au  - tumn in New York -- it spells the thrill of first-nighting.

Em7                    Gm7         C7       FM7
Glittering crowds and shimmering clouds in canyons of steel;

Bm7-5    Am            E7+5 A
They're making me feel I'm home.

    Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7 F#m  G6 
It's au -  tumn in New York 

                A7    A7+5     D6  Bm7  F#m  B7
That brings the prom - ise of new love;

Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7  F#m    Cm7    D7          Gm7    F   Gm6           
Au  - tumn  in New York is often mingled with pain.

Dm            A7+5  A7   Bb   F7  B         F7     Bb
Dreamers with emp - ty hands, may sigh for exotic lands.

Bb9  Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7 F#m  G6              A7-9      Dm
It's  au - tumn  in New York -- it's good to live it again.



Em7/9  Em7 G/B  Em7  F#m  G6              A7    A7+5    D6    Bm7  F#m  B7
Au  - tumn  in  New York,   the gleaming roof - tops at sundown;

Em7/9  Em7 G/B  Em7  F#m  G6           A7  A7+5       D6    Bm7  F#m  B7
Au  - tumn  in  New York, it lifts you up when you're run down.

Em7              Gm7             C7       FM7
Jaded roués and gay di - vor - cees who lunch at the Ritz

Bm7-5    Am            E7+5 A
Will tell you that it's divine.

     Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7  F#m  G6                A7    A7+5  D6 Bm7 F#m B7
This Au  - tumn  in  New York    transforms the slums into Mayfair;


Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7  F#m   Cm7              D7          Gm7   F  Gm6           
Au  - tumn  in  New York -- you'll need no castles in Spain.

Dm           A7+5  A7  Bb  F7  B          F7     Bb
Lovers that bless the dark on benches in Central Park

Bb9   Em7/9  Em7 G/B Em7 F#m  G6              A7-9      Dm
Greet au -  tumn in  New York -- it's good to live it again.


*Requested by...well, by more visitors than I can count. This one has been requested far more frequently than any song I've ever attempted -- and has been the source of nearly endless frustration as I tried, and failed, time and time again to evolve a chart that I felt worthy of posting. For that matter, I'm not going to claim that this one is "worthy" either, but at least it's as close as I think I can get.

**While credited here to Sinatra's version, that selection is even more arbitrary than my usual lax standards will allow. I've listened to so many versions in recent years, in an attempt to get a feel for a chord progression I could handle, that it is virtually impossible to say "it was mainly this one."



 
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