G C G C On Canal street in April when its 60 and the snow is melting fast G C G C it's still shady in the morning when you're laughing in your t-shirt running past D C In Tompkins Square Park, a couple is meeting D C say what you want but I feel my heart beating G cause I love springtime in New York, C G C springtime in New York I do
G C G C Springtime in New York when it's May and the leaves are on the trees G C G C when demolishing a building brings the smell of 1890 to the breeze D C on first avenue our couple is fighting D C springtime is wild, New York is exciting G and I love springtime in New York, C G C springtime in New York I do
A D A D well springtime in New York, in thirty days will come the sticky summer nights A D A D and if you've been in New York city in July you know when I say sticky I'm right E D on first avenue our couple is breaking up E D evicted too, the lame must be shaken up A but I love springtime in New York, D A springtime in New York I do A springtime in New York, D A springtime in New York I do