Englishman In New York
Sting


Light offbeat upstrums
4/4 | - u - u - u - u |
      1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
  
Bridge: 16th note strum | dududududududdudud |


Intro
| [Am] | [Am] | [Am] | [Am]
| [Dm] I don't drink [G] coffee I take | [Am] tea my dear
| [Dm] I like my [G] toast done on one | [Am] side
| [Dm] You can [G] hear it in my | [Am] accent when I talk
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York

| [Dm] See me [G] walking down Fifth | [Am] Avenue
| [Dm] A walking [G] cane here at my | [Am] side
| [Dm] I take it [G] everywhere I | [Am] walk
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York

Chorus
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York

| [Dm] If, "Manners [G] maketh man" as | [Am] someone said
| [Dm] Then he's the [G] hero of the | [Am] day
| [Dm] It takes a [G] man to suffer | [Am] ignorance and smile
Be your- | [Dm] self, no [G] matter what they | [Am] say

Chorus
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York

Bridge
| [C↓] Modesty, propriety can | [G↓] lead to notoriety
| [Am↓] You could end up as the only | [E7↓] one...
| [F] Gentleness, sobriety, | [G] rare in this society
At | [E7] night a candle's brighter than the | [Am] sun  [Am↓]

| [Dm] Takes more than [G] combat gear to | [Am] make a man
| [Dm] Takes more than a [G] license for a | [Am] gun
| [Dm] Confront your [G] enemies a- | [Am] void them when you can
A | [Dm] gentleman will [G] walk but never | [Am] run

| [Dm] If, "Manners [G] maketh man" as | [Am] someone said
| [Dm] Then he's the [G] hero of the | [Am] day
| [Dm] It takes a [G] man to suffer | [Am] ignorance and smile
Be your- | [Dm] self, no [G] matter what they | [Am] say
Be your- | [Dm] self, no [G] matter what they | [Am] say
Be your- | [Dm] self, no [G] matter what they | [Am] say

Chorus
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York

Chorus
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York
Wo | [Dm] oh, I'm an [G] alien, | [Am] I'm a legal alien
I'm an | [Dm] Englishman [G] in New | [Am] York
| [Dm] [G] | [Am↓]


#Capo on 2nd fret.
#Last Updated 10/27/17 JJ
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