NEW YORK'S NOT MY HOME (Jim Croce)

Written by Jim Croce in the key of A in 4/4 time
Released on the album: You Don't Mess Around with Jim (1972)
Released as a single B-side in Spain in 1973 (Vertigo)
Fingerstyle version for single acoustic guitar
New York's Not My Home on Wikipedia | Lyrics

 Studio Version

thumb: x             Hammer on: h             Bend up: V                   Play or don't: ()
index: a             Pull off: p              Bend down: Λ                 Break: b
dirty: b             Slide up: /              Fret but don't pick: !       Downward stroke: ↑
ring: c              Slide down: \            Staccato: :                  Upward stroke: ↓
pinky: d             Arpeggio: ~~~            Mute: m

To stabilize your picking hand, put your ring on the e-string in the red marked part
Red colored exclamation marks offer additional fretting information
Keep 2a pressed in the green marked part

chord image legend: x = fretted and played
                    o = fretted but not played

Picking patterns that fit most Croce songs in 4/4 time:
x - a - bc - a - x - a - bc - a
x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a
x - a - b - (x)c - b - a - x - a
x - a - b - x - c - b - x - a


INTRO

    A9                                           A9/G#
e------------0-------------0-----------------|------------0------------0------------|  picking pattern:
b------------0-------------0-----------------|------------0------------0------------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a (2x)
g-------6b------------6b------------6b-------|-------6d-----------6d-----------6d---|
D----------------7c------------7c--------\---|---6c-----------6c-----------6c-------|
A---0----------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|

    A9/G                                    A9/F#
e-------------0------------0------------|------------0------------0--------------------|  picking pattern:
b-------------0------------0------------|------------0------------0--------------------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a (2x)
g--------6d-----------6d-----------6d---|-------6d-----------6d-------\-------5d---\---|
D---5b-----------5b-----------5b--------|---4a------------------------\------------\---|
A---------------------------------------|---!------------4a-----------\---3a-------\---|
E---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|

    Bm                                       Fdim
e-------------2a------------2a-----------|-------------1c-------------1c------------|  picking pattern:
b-------------3b------------3b-----------|-------------0--------------0-------------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - x
g--------4d------------4d----------------|--------1b------------1b-------------1b---|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a
D-----------------4c---------------------|------------------0-----------------------|
A---2a--------------------------2a-------|------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------0---|---1a----------------------------1a-------|
    <--------- 5/6 barré -------->

    Amaj7
e-------------0-------------0-------------|--------------------------------------------|  picking pattern:
b-------------2c------------2c------------|--------------------------------------------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a
g--------1a------------1a------------1a---|--------------------------------------------|  x - x - x - x - x - x
D-----------------2b----------------------|--------------------------------------------|
A---0---------------------------0---------|-------------0----2b/4b\2b----0-------------|
E-----------------------------------------|------0h2b------------------------2b----0---|
                                                  ¼             ¼
1ST VERSE (same tab as intro)

... Well, things were spinnin' 'round me ...
... and all my thoughts were cloudy ...
... and I had begun to doubt all the ...
... things that were me ...

2ND VERSE (same tab as 1st verse but now passing into the chorus)

... Been in so many places ...
... you know I've run so many races ...
... and looked into the empty faces of the ...
... people of the night ... and something is just not right ...
    Amaj7                                    F#m                 E 
e-------------0-------------0------------|-------------2a-----------------0---------|  picking pattern:
b-------------2c------------2c-----------|-------------2a-----------------0---------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - x
g--------1a------------1a----------------|--------2a--------2a-------1a--------1a---|  x - a - bc - a - x - a - bc - a
D-----------------2b---------------------|---------------------------!--------------|
A---0---------------------------0--------|------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------0---|---2a------------------0------------------|
                                             <-- full barré ->
CHORUS

I still haven't made up my mind how to play the chorus, so let's keep it an open issue.
Pick and/or strumm ad libitum and/or use one of the typical Croce picking patterns.

... 'Cause I know that I gotta get out of here ...
    A                                          F#m
e-------------0-------------0-------------|------------2a-------------2a-------------|  picking pattern:
b-------------2d------------2d------------|------------2a-------------2a-------------|  x - a - bc - x - a - bc - x - a (2x)
g--------2c-------------2c-----------2c---|--------2a------------2a-------------2a---|
D------------------2b---------------------|-----------------4d-----------------------|
A----0---------------------------0--------|----!-------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------|----0----------------------------0--------|
                                               <---------- full barré ----------->
... I'm so alone ...
... don't you know that I gotta get out of here 'cause ...
    A                                    F#m
e---------0---- -0↑----0-------------|---------2a----2a↑-------------------|  picking pattern:
b---------2d----2d↑--------2b--------|---------2a----2a↑--------------2a---|  x - abc - a~~~ b - b - b
g---------2c----2c↑-------------2a---|---------2a----2a↑---------2a--------|  x - abc - a~~~ x - a - b
D---------------2b↑------------------|---------------4d↑----4d-------------|
A---0------------0↑------------------|---------------4c↑-------------------|
E------------------------------------|---2a--------------------------------|  repeat tab 1x
    ¼          ¼                        ¼          ¼

... New York's not my ...
    D
e-------2b:--------------------|
b-------3c:--------------------|
g-------2a:-----b----b----b----|
D---0----m---------------------|
A------------------------------|
E------------------------------|
                ¼   ¼   ¼
... home ...
    Amaj7                                   Esus4
e-------------0-------------------------|---------------0---------------------|  picking pattern:
b-------------2c-------3dp2c---0--------|-----------0--------0----------------|  x - a - bc - a - (x)b - b - a
g--------1a-------1a---------------2c---|------2c----------------2c------2c---|  x - a - b - xc - b - a - x - a
D---!-----------------------------------|----------------------------2b-------|
A---0-------------------(0)-------------|---------------2a--------------------|
E---------------------------------------|---0---------------------------------|  repeat tab 1x
                        ¼

3RD VERSE (same tab as 1st verse)

... Though all the streets are crowded ...
... there's something strange about it ...
... I lived there 'bout a year and I never once ...
... felt at home ...

4TH VERSE (same tab as 2nd verse)

... I thought I'd make the big time ... I ...
... learned a lot of lessons awful quick ... and now I'm ...
... telling you that they were not the nice kind ...
... and it's been so long since I have felt fine ...

CHORUS (same tab)

... That's the reason that I gotta get out of here ...
... I'm so alone ...
... don't you know that I gotta get out of here 'cause ...
... New York's not my ...
... home ...

OUTRO (same tab as 2nd verse)

Finish the song with a strummed A chord [002b2c2d0]