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Postcard From New York

Track 1Guitar
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Tuning: D A D F# A D

Capo: No capo

BPM: 6

    By Michelle Beavan
    Intro
d|------------0---------|---------------0----|--------------------|0-------------------|-----0--------------|
A|-----------------0----|--------------------|0-------------------|-----0--------------|----------0---------|
F|-------0--------------|0---------0---------|-----0---------0----|----------0---------|0--------------0----|
D|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|----------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|
D|--12------------------|-----11-------------|----------9---------|---------------7----|--------------------|

                                                                         VERSE 1
                                                                         He got a postcard from an old friend he calls "Cheese"
d|------------0---------|--------------------|----------0---------|-----|0-------------------|
A|------------0---------|--------------------|----------0---------|-----|0-------------------|
F|------------5---------|--------------------|----------7---------|-----|5-------------------|
D|------------0---------|--------------------|----------0---------|-----|0-------------------|
A|------------x---------|--------------------|----------x---------|-----|--------------------|
D|------------5---------|--------------------|----------7---------|-----|5-------------------|

[ preview ends at bar 10 — the interactive score has the rest ]

                    They'd know each other for ages, they were two of three musketeers

                                                              He could have sent an email, but instead he wanted her to see

    The blue ink on the cardboard, pressed with his own hand

                                         CHORUS
                                         Manhattan streets roll like a Hollywood feature The neon lights stun every wide eyed creature

          You could spend every minute chasing each and every view

    But tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

          From New York, I am writing to you (go to intro/start of chorus notes, walk down from high

                                                                                        Intro/turnaround

                               Verse 2
                               He was touring the Big Apple with a mate on a holiday

                                                                                   Then a sickness, like a freak wave, knocked him down and ripped his strength away

                    Two weeks later he's in a coma, his family rushes to his side

                                                              He was 21 years old and now he's gone and what heavy tears they cry

    CHORUS
    Manhattan streets roll like a Hollywood feature The neon lights stun every wide eyed creature

                                                                         You could spend every minute chasing each and every view

                                                    But tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

                                                                         From New York, I am writing to

                                                                         BRIDGE
              (go to Bridge)                                             You...

          She holds on to the postcard and wraps her memories around her like a patchwork quilt

                                                                         There's no cure for this pain, except for maybe time and the hope that he's in a

    better place

    Instrumental / turn around chords
    BUILD UP
    But tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

          Tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

                               Tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

                                                    Tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

                                        *let ring   Turnaround/instrumental (quiet)

          OUTRO
          Tonight in New York, I am thinking of you

                               From New York, I am writing    (Pause)

    To you..

                                                    finished:)
                                                    *let ring

                                              Tab created with love by Michelle Beavan
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Details

Instruments
Guitar
Tracks
1
Tempo
6 BPM
Time signature
4/4
Tuning
D A D F# A D
Difficulty
Intermediate
Bars
239
Frets used
Frets 0-12
Techniques
muted notes
Published 14 Apr 2023

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Postcard From New York is a Guitar score arranged by Michelle Beavan. Read it as tablature or as standard sheet music notation, play it back at any tempo, and practise it a bar at a time.

It is written in 4/4 at 6 BPM, tuned D A D F# A D. The arrangement runs 239 bars. We grade it intermediate — it stays between frets 0 and 12 and there are 6 chord shapes to learn. Playing it calls for muted notes.

Chords used: Gadd9, D, D5, Dmaj7, D6, Dsus2. Each one links to its shapes and fingerings.

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