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(A5)You can have Man hat tan;
I know it’s for the (Amaj7)best.
I’ll (A5)gath er up the (Amaj9)av e nues and leave them on your (Dsus2)door step.
And I’ll tip toe a (Dsus2)way
so you won’t have to (Asus)say
you heard me (A)leave.
(A5)You can have Man hat tan;
I (F#m7)know it’s what you want:
the (A5)bus tle and the build ings, and drunk the weath er in the (Dsus2)fall.
And I’ll bow out of (Asus2)place er ie; to (Bm7)save could you do you some (Asus)space
for some bod y (Amaj7)new.
(B7)to.
(D6)You can have Man hat tan,
’cause I can’t have (A)you.
(Amaj9)Ah.
(A5)You can have Man hat tan,
the (F#m7)one we used to share,
the (A5)one where we were laugh ing and drunk the on just be ing (Dsus2)there.
And Hang on to the (Asus2)place er ie; to (Bm7)save could you do that for (Asus)me?
’Cause I’m just too (Amaj7)sad
(B7)to.
(D6)You can have Man hat tan,
’cause I can’t have (A)you.
(Amaj9)Ah.
And so
it goes,
one (E)fight af ter the oth er,
till (Dm7)black and white be (Dm9)gin to col (Em7)or in.
And
I know
that (D)hold ing us in (Dmaj9)place is sim ply (Dm)fear
of what’s al read y changed.
(Amaj9)Ah.
(A5)You can have Man hat tan;
I’ll set tle for the (A)beach,
and (A5)sun sets fac ing west ward with sand be neath my (F)feet.
I’ll wish this a (A)way,
this mis sing the days
when (F#m)I was one (C#)half of two.
(D6)You can have Man hat tan,
’cause I can’t have (A5)you.
This page shows “Manhattan” by Sara Bareilles in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of A at 100 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.