Queen Of New York City — Matchbox Twenty

QUEEN OF NEW YORK CITY
As recorded by Matchbox Twenty
(From the 2023 Album WHERE THE LIGHT GOES)


[Intro]
G  Cmaj7  G  Cmaj7


[Verse 1]
G                       Cmaj7
There's a rhythm to her heart
G                      Cmaj7
And a world inside her head
G                        Cmaj7
She'll tell you from the start
Em                      Cmaj7
Boy, you don't know her yet
G                   Cmaj7  Em
She's like a constellation
                       Cmaj7  D
Of stars that don't connect


[Pre-Chorus]
          C                       D
And she's dancing on the sidewalk
                  C
Just like all the neon signs are spotlights, she says


[Chorus]
G                              C
"Ain't I the queen of New York City?
                       G
I'll take 'em all down with me
                          C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G                           C
She's got some kind of way about her
                       Em
One look and you don't doubt her
                   C
Seeing's believing now
                      G    C
Don't you believe her now?


[Verse 2]
           G                         C
She says, "Man, I'm gonna leave this town
G                           C
'Cause I got wings under my feet"
G                           C
Then she tells you she gets vertigo
Em                       C      D
When she goes above 14th Street


[Pre-Chorus]
             Am                                D
And then she smiles at you the way that people smile
             C
When they're trying not to cry, and she says


[Chorus]
G                              C
"Ain't I the queen of New York City?
                       G
I'll take 'em all down with me
                          C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G                           C
She's got some kind of way about her
                       Em
One look and you don't doubt her
                   C
Seeing's believing now
                      G
Don't you believe her now?


[Interlude]
C  G  C


[Pre-Chorus]
       G                             C
"Well, ain't I the queen of New York City?
                       G
I'll take 'em all down with me
                          N.C.
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"


[Out-Chorus]
G                               C
"Hey, I'm the queen of New York City?
                       G
I'll take 'em all down with me
                          C
'Cause I'm gonna run this town"
G                           C
She's got some kind of way about her
                       Em
One look and you don't doubt her
                   C
Seeing's believing now
                      G
Don't you believe her now?
                      C
Don't you believe her now?
                            G
Yeah, don't you believe her now?
                      C
Don't you believe her now?
                    G
Hell, I believe her now, yeah
                      C
Don't you believe her now?
                  G    C
Queen of New York City