(This is the piano version on the album. The guitar version she recorded as a demo that
was released as a bonus track is up a half-step.)
Intro: B E B F# G#m C#m
GF#BE
Goodnight, New York New York
B
Goodnight, goodnight
F#G#m
I'll see you all on the other side
C#mG#mF#
After I am a different man with different eyes
BEB
Goodnight, you canyons of steel and light
F#G#m
Twist and turn where your alleyways hide
CGF#G#mE
Swaying trains sheltering dreams and little white lies
BF#
Goodnight, goodnight
E
May you be always heartbreaking
BF#
Take a little more than you give
E
Yeah but when you give, oh my
BF#
Goodnight, goodnight
C#m
I walk away to remember who I am
BE
Somewhere in the woodland
B
Somewhere in streams
F#G#m
Little life shuffles into the day
C#mG#mF#
Folded wings into flattening veins and fluttering eyes
BEB
Somewhere my lifeline still hums and sings
F#G#m
In the mess of all I have thrown away
C#mG#mF#E
Hungry now, I am gathering seeds to throw wide
BF#
Goodnight, goodnight
E
May you be always breathtaking
BF#
Cold winter, sink your teeth in me
E
June sun, beat me blind
BF#
Goodnight, goodnight
C#m
I'm on my way to remembering who I am
EB
And in your way you remain
F#G#m
You will claim all this space
EB
In my way I'll remain
F#G#m
Even as it takes my place
EB
In your life, at your side
F#B
You were right
F#G#mE
I'll say goodnight but it's never goodbye
BE
Goodnight, goodnight
BE
Goodnight, goodnight
BF#
Goodnight, goodnight
C#m
May you always start breaking my heart again
BE
Good morning, lover
B
Give me your hand
F#G#m
Today begins and it's all that we have