Intro
C G   C G      C G 
 
Verse 1
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It's a view to the top 
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Of the Empire State Building 
       C       G 
Showed you the world 
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From a different perspective 
 
Chorus
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It didn't mean as much to you as it did to me 
          D               Em        C          G  C G  C  G 
It didn't mean as much to you as it did to me 
 
Verse 2
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I tripped over you 
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At a bar in New Orleans 
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You were bigger than life 
D                  C          G  C G 
Nothing's been the same since 
 
Chorus
              D       Em          C            G  C G 
But it didn't mean to you what it meant to me 
              D       Em          C            G  C G 
No, it didn't mean to you what it meant to me 
 
Bridge
D    G       C 
Love chained me 
   G           Bm   C 
So cruel and unkind___ 
        G      C G 
Yeah, I know 
 
Instrumental
G     D   G     Bm  C  G   C G 
 
Verse 3
C           G 
So, here we are 
D                C           G  C G 
Caught somewhere in between 
   C             G 
In Brooklyn, New York 
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Nashville, Tennessee 
 
Chorus
           D        Em            C            G  C G 
Nothing is clear to you like it's clear to me 
                     D        Em            C           G  C G  C  G 
Oh, nothing was ever clear to you like it's clear to me 
 
Outro
       C           G 
It's a view to the top 
       D            C        G  C G 
Of the Empire State Building