Growin'Up
Tom: Csus4
Intro: Csus4 C C9 C
Csus4 C C9 C
Csus4 C C9 C
Well I stood stone like at midnight
Csus4 C C9 C
Suspended in my masquerade
Csus4 C C9 C
And I combed my hair till it was just right
Csus4 C C9 C
And commanded the night brigade
F C G C
I was open to pain and crossed by the rain
F C G C
And I walked on a crooked crutch
F C G C
I strolled all alone through a fallout zone
F C G G C F C
And came out with my soul untouched
F G
I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd
F Am
But when they said sit down I stood up
F G Csus4 C C9 C Csus4 C C9 C
Ooh-ooh growin' up
Csus4 C C9 C
Well The flag of piracy flew from my mast
Csus4 C C9 C
My sails were set wing to wing
Csus4 C C9 C
I had a jukebox graduate for a first mate
Csus4 C C9 C
She couldn't sail but she sure could sing
F C G C
And I pushed B-52 and bombed em with the blues
F C G C
With my gear set stubborn on standing
F C G C
I broke all the rules, strafed my old high school
F C G G C F C
Never once gave thought to landing
F G
I hid in the clouded wrath of the crowd
F Am
But when they said come down I threw up
F G Csus4 C C9 C Csus4 C C9 C
Ooh-ooh growin' up
SOLO: F C G C F C G C
F C G C Am F G
Csus4 C C9 C
Csus4 C C9 C
Csus4 C C9 C
I took month long vacations in the stratosphere
Csus4 C C9 C
And you know it's really hard to hold your breath
Csus4 C C9 C
Swear I lost everything I ever loved or feared
Csus4 C C9 C
I was the cosmic kid in full costume dress
F C G
Well my feet they finally took root in the earth
C F C G C
But I got me a nice little place in the stars
F C G C
And I swear I found the key to the universe
F C G G C F C
In the engine of an old parked car
F G
I hid in the mother breast of the crowd
F Am
But when they said pull down I pulled up
F G Am G
Ooh-ooh growin' up
F G Csus4 C C9 C
Ooh-ooh growin' up
OUTRO NOTES: F E D C B A G chord
Lost in the Flood
Tom: C
Intro: Em D
C D G Bm
The ragamuffin gunner is returnin' home like a hungry runaway
C D
He walks through town all alone
G Bm
He must be from the fort he hears the high school girls say
D D/C Em Bm
His countryside's burnin' with wolfman fairies dressed in drag for homicide
C D G Bm
The hit and run, plead sanctuary, neath a holy stone they hide
C D G Bm
They're breakin' beams and crosses with a spastic's reelin' perfection
C D G Bm
nuns run bald through Vatican halls pregnant, pleadin' immaculate conception
D D/C Em Bm
And everybody's wrecked on Main Street from drinking unholy blood
C D C Bm Em
Sticker smiles sweet as Gunner breathes deep, his ankles caked in mud
C D Em C D Em
And I said Hey, gunner man, that's quicksand, that's quicksand that ain't mud
C D Em C D Em Am D
Have you thrown your senses to the war or did you lose them in the flood?
C D G Bm
That pure American brother, dull-eyed and empty-faced
C D G Bm
Races Sundays in Jersey in a Chevy stock super eight
D D/C
He rides her low on the hip, on the side he's got Bound For Glory
Em Bm
In red, white and blue flash paint
C D C Bm Em D
He leans on the hood telling racing stories, the kids call him Jimmy The Saint
Em G Am Em
Well that blaze and noise boy, he's gunnin' that bitch loaded to blastin' point
G Am Em
He rides head first into a hurricane and disappears into a point
D D/C
And there's nothin' left but some blood where the body fell
Em Bm
That is, nothin' left that you could sell
C D C Bm Em
Just junk all across the horizon, a real highwayman's farewell
C D Em C D Em
And I said Hey kid, you think that's oil? Man, that ain't oil that's blood
C D Em
I wonder what he was thinking when he hit that storm
C D Em Am D D Am Em
Or was he just lost in the flood?
C D G Bm
Eighth Avenue sailors in satin shirts whisper in the air
C D G Bm
Some storefront incarnation of Maria, she's puttin' on me the stare
D D/C Em Bm
And Bronx's best apostle stands with his hand on his own hardware
C D C Bm Em
Everything stops, you hear five, quick shots, the cops come up for air
Em G Am Em
And now the whizz-bang gang from uptown, they're shootin' up the street
G
And that cat from the Bronx starts lettin' loose
Am Em
but he gets blown right off his feet
D D/C Em Bm
And some kid comes blastin' round the corner but a cop puts him right away
C D
He lays on the street holding his leg screaming something in Spanish
C Bm Em
Still breathing when I walked away
C D Em
And somebody said Hey man did you see that?
C D Em
His body hit the street with such a beautiful thud
C D Em C D Em
I wonder what the dude was sayin' or was he just lost in the flood?
C D Em C D Em
Hey man, did you see that, those poor cats are sure messed up
C D Em C D Em Am D
I wonder what they were getting into, or were they all just lost in the flood?
OUTRO: D Am Em Em Am D
D Am Em Em Am D
D Am Em Em Am D
D Am Em Em Am D
D Am Em Em Am D
For You
Tom: F
Intro: F Am Bb C Dm
F Am Bb C Dm
Princess cards she sends me with her regards
Gm Dm Bb C
Oh, barroom eyes shine vacancy to see her you gotta look hard
F Am Bb C Dm
Wounded deep in battle I stand stuffed like some soldier undaunted
Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am
To her Cheshire smile I'll stand on file she's all I ever wanted
Gm Bb C F Am
But you let your blue walls get in the way of these facts
Bb C F Am
Honey, get your carpetbaggers off my back
Bb C F Am
You wouldn't even give me time to cover my tracks
Csus4 C
You said here's your mirror and your ball and jacks
Csus4 C Csus4 C
But they're not what I came for and I'm sure you see that too
Dm Am Gm Bb C Dm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
Am Gm Bb C Dm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F Dm C
and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
F Am Bb C Dm
Crawl into my ambulance your pulse is getting weak
Gm Dm Bb C
Oh, reveal yourself all now to me girl while you've got the strength to speak
F Am Bb C Dm
Cause they're waiting for you at Bellevue with their oxygen masks
Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am
But I could give it all to you now if only you could ask
Gm Bb C F Am
And don't call for your surgeon even he says it's too late
Bb C F Am
It's not your lungs this time it's your heart that holds your fate
Bb C F Am
Don't give me my money, honey, I don't want it back
Csus4 C
You and your pony face and your Union Jack
Csus4 C
Well take your local joker and teach him how to act
Csus4 C
I swear I was never that way even when I really cracked
Csus4 C Dm Am Gm Bb
Didn't you think I knew that you were born with the power of a locomotive
C Dm
Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound
Am Gm Bb
And your Chelsea suicide with no apparent motive
C Dm
You could laugh and cry in a single sound
SOLO: Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
C Bb F
And your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds
C Bb C
Remember how I kept you waiting when it was my turn to be the God
F Am Bb C Dm
Ah, you were not quite half so proud when I found you broken on the beach
Gm Dm Bb C
Oh, remember how I poured salt on your tongue and hung just out of reach
F Am Bb C Dm
And the band they played the homecoming theme as I caressed your cheek
Gm Dm Bb C Bb Am
Yeah, that ragged, jagged melody she still clings to me like a leech
Gm Bb C F Am
But that medal you wore on your chest always got in the way
Bb C F Am
Like a little girl with a trophy so soft to buy her way
Csus4 C
We were both hitchhikers but you had your ear tuned to the roar
Csus4 C
Of some metal tempered engine on an alien distant shore
Csus4 C
So you left to find a better reason than the one we were living for
Csus4 C
And it's not that nursery mouth I came back for
Csus4 C
And it's not the way you're stretched out on the floor
Csus4 C
cause I've broken all your windows and I've rammed through all your doors
Csus4 C
And who am I to ask you to lick my sores
Csus4 C
And you should know that's true
C Bb C Dm Am Gm Bb C Dm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but you did not need my urgency
Am Gm Bb C Dm
I came for you, for you, I came for you, but your life was one long emergency
Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
and your cloud line urges me and my electric surges free
OUTRO: Dm C Bb Bb C
Dm C Bb Bb C
Dm C Bb Bb C
Dm C Bb Bb C
Dm Am Gm Bb
It`s Hard To Be a Saint in the City
Tom:
Intro: A7-3 A7sus4+6 A7 A7sus4+6
A7-3 A7sus4+6 A7 A7sus4+6
A D/A A D/A
A D/A A D/A
F#m D E A D/A A
I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
F#m D E F#m
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
D
I could walk like Brando right into the sun
F#m D
Then dance just like a Casanova
E F#m
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
D E F#m
Silver star studs on my duds like a Harley in heat
D E F#m D E F#m
When I strut down the street I could hear its heartbeat
D E F#m
The sisters fell back and said don't that man look pretty
D E F#m
The cripple on the corner cried out nickels for your pity
D E F#m
Them gasoline boys downtown sure talk gritty
D E A7sus4 A7 A7sus4 A7
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
F#m D E A D/A A
I was the king of the alley, mama, I could talk some trash
F#m D E F#m
I was the prince of the paupers crowned downtown at the beggar's bash
D
I was the pimp's main prophet I kept everything cool
F#m D
Just a backstreet gambler with the luck to lose
E F#m D E F#m
And when the heat came down it was left on the ground
D E F#m
The devil appeared like Jesus through the steam in the street
D E F#m
Showin' me a hand I knew even the cops couldn't beat
D E F#m
I felt his hot breath on my neck as I dove into the heat
D E A7sus4 A7 A7sus4 A7
It's so hard to be a saint when you're just a boy out on the street
A7sus4 A7
And the sages of the subway sit just like the living dead
D7sus4 D7
As the tracks clack out the rhythm their eyes fixed straight ahead
Gsus4 G
They ride the line of balance and hold on by just a thread
Csus4 C
But it's too hot in these tunnels you can get hit up by the heat
Dm Dm/C
You get up to get out at your next stop but they push you back down in your seat
Bb
Your heart starts beatin' faster as you struggle to your feet
Esus4 E
Then you're outta that hole and back up on the street
D E F#m
And them South Side sisters sure look pretty
D E F#m
The cripple on the corner cries out nickels for your pity
D E F#m
And them downtown boys sure talk gritty
D E A7sus4 A7 A7sus4 A7
It's so hard to be a saint in the city
OUTRO: D E F#m D E F#m
D E F#m D E F#m
D E F#m D E F#m
D E F#m D E F#m
The Street Shuffle
Tom: C
INTRO: C
C
Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot
All the little girls' souls grow weak when the manchild gives them a double shot
F
The schoolboy pops pull out all the stops on a Friday night
C
The teenage tramps in skin tight pants do the E Street dance and everything's alright
G
Them kids down there either dancing or hooked up in a scuffle
Am F
Dressed in snake skin suits packed with Detroit muscle
G# G C
They're doing the E Street Shuffle
C
Now those E Street brats in twilight dual flashlight phantoms in full star stream
Down fire trails on silver nights with blonde girls pledged sweet sixteen
F
The newsboys say the heat's been bad since
Power Thirteen gave a trooper all he had in a summer scuffle
C
And Power's girl, Little Angel, been on the corner keeping those crazy boys out of trouble
G
Little Angel steps the shuffle like she ain't got no brains
Am F
She's deaf in combat down on Lover's Lane
G# G C
She drives all them local boys insane, yes she does
Am G Am G Am
Little Angel says oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh
Dm Em Am
Everybody form a line
G Am G Am Dm Em Am E7#9 Dm G
Oh oh oh oh oh, oh oh oh oh oh everybody form a line
C
Sparks fly on E Street when the boy prophets walk it handsome and hot
All them little girls' souls grow weak when the manchild gives them a double shot
F
Little Angel hangs out at Easy Joe's it's a club where all the riot squad
Goes when they're cashing in for a cheap hustle
C
But them boys are still on the corner loose and doing that lazy E Street Shuffle
G Am
As them sweet summer nights turn into summer dreams Little Angel picks up
F G# G C
Power and he slips on his jeans as they move on out down to the scene, all the kids are dancing
C Bb F Ab
GUITAR: Bbm7 Ebm7 Bbm7 Ebm7
Bbm7 Ebm7 Bbm7
OUTRO: Bbm7 Ebm7...repeat until fade
4th OF JULY, Asbury Park(Sandy)
Tom: C
Intro: C F C F C F
C F C Csus4 C C/B
Sandy, fireworks are hailing over Little Eden tonight
Am
Forcing the light into all those stony faces
Gsus4 G
Left stranded on this warm July
C F
Down in town the circuit's full of switchblade lovers
C
So fast so shiny so sharp
C/B Am
As the wizards play down on Pinball Way
Gsus4 G
On the boardwalk way past dark
F G
And the boys from the casino dance with their shirts open
C Am
Like Latin lovers on the shore
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Chasing all them silly New York virgins by the score
CHORUS 1:
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
San...dy the aurora is rising behind us
Csus4 C Csus4 C F
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G
Oh, Love me tonight for I may never see you again, hey Sandy girl
F G C Csus4 C
My, my baby
F G C F C
F
Now the greasers ah, they tramp the streets or get busted
C C/B
For sleeping on the beach all night
Am
Them boys in their high heels
Gsus4 G
Ah Sandy their skins are so white
C F
And me I just got tired of hanging in them dusty arcades
C
Banging them pleasure machines
C/B Am
Chasing them factory girls underneath the boardwalk
Gsus4 G
Where they all promise to unsnap their jeans
F G
And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag
C C/B Am
I got on it last night and my shirt got caught
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
And they kept me spinning, didn't think I'd ever get off
CHORUS 2:
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Oh, San...dy the aurora is rising behind us
Csus4 C Csus4 C F
This pier lights our carnival life on the water
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G
Running, laughing 'neath the boardwalk, oh, with the boss' daughter
F
I remember Sandy girl,
G C Csus4 C
Na na na na na Baby
F G C F C
F C Csus4 C C/B
Sandy that waitress I was seeing lost her desire for me
Am
I spoke with her last night
Gsus4 G
She said she wont set herself on fire for me anymore
C
She work that joint under the boardwalk
F
She was always the girl you saw
C
Bopping down the beach with the radio
C/B Am
The kids say last night she was dressed like a star
In one of them cheap little seaside bars
Gsus4 G
I saw her parked with lover boy out on the Kokomo
F G
D'ya hear the cops finally busted Madame Marie
C C/B Am
For telling fortunes better than they do
Gsus4 G
For me this boardwalk life's through, baby
Gsus4 G
You ought to quit this scene too
CHORUS 3:
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
San...dy the aurora is rising behind us
Csus4 C Csus4 C F
This pier lights our carnival life forever
Csus4 C Csus4 C Gsus4 G Gsus4
Oh love me tonight and I promise I'll love you forever
G F
Oh I mean it Sandy girl
G C Csus4 C
My my my my my baby
F
Yeah I promise Sandy girl
G C F C
Sha la la la la baby
Kitty's Back
Tom: Am7
Intro: Am Em Am Em Ebm
Dm G C Am
Dm G F E7#9
Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7
Catlong sighs holding Kitty's black tooth
Esus4 Am7 E7#9 E7#9 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4
She left to marry some top cat, ain't it the cold truth
Dm7 Am7
And there hasn't been a tally since Sally left the alley
Dm7 Esus4 E Esus4 E
Since Kitty left with Big Pretty things have got pretty thin
Dm7 F
It's tight on this fence since them young dudes are muscling in
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4
Jack Knife cries cause baby's in a bundle
Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7
She goes running nightly, lightly through the jungle
Dm7 Am7
And them tin cans are exploding out in the ninety degree heat
Dm7 Esus4 E Esus4 E
Cat somehow lost his baby down on Bleecker Street
Dm7
It's sad but it sure is cool
Gsus4 G Gsus4 G
Cat shrugs his shoulders, sits back and sighs
C Em F G Am
OOh, what can I do, ooh, what can I do
C Em F G Am
OOh, what can I do, ooh, what can I do
BREAK: Dm Em F Em
Dm Em F E
ORGAN SOLO: Am
GUITAR SOLO: Am
ORGAN SOLO: Dm Am Dm Esus4 E Esus4 E
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Dsus4 D D A F#m E
Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7
Catlong lies back bent on a trash can
Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4 Am7 Esus4
Flashing lights cut the night in the white cities of Maine
Dm7 Am7
Well you better learn to move fast when you're young or you're not long around
Dm7 Esus4 E Esus4 E
Cat somehow lost his Kitty down in the city pound
Dm7 F Esus4 E Esus4 E
So get right, get tight, get down
Esus4 E
Well who's that down at the end of the alley
Esus4 E
She's been gone so long
Esus4
Here she comes, here she comes
E
Here she comes, here she comes
Esus4
Here she comes, here she comes
E
Here she comes, here she comes
F#m
Kitty's back in town, here she comes now
D A A/G#
Kitty's back in town
F#m
Kitty's back in town, here she comes now
D A A/G#
Kitty's back in town
F#m
Kitty's back in town, here she comes now
D A A/G#
Kitty's back in town
Dsus4 D Dsus4 D
Now Cat knows his Kitty's been untrue
Amaj7 F#m
And that she left him for a city dude
D E
But she's so soft, she's so blue
Gsus4 G
When he looks into her eyes
Gsus4 G
He just sits back and sighs
C Em F G Am
Ooh, what can I do, ooh, what can I do
C Em F G Am
Ooh, what can I do, ooh, what can I do
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright oh oh alright
C Em F G Am
Oh oh oh oh oh alright
Incident On 57th Street
Tom: Bb
Intro: Bb Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb F Eb
Bb Eb Bb Eb
Bb Eb F
Spanish Johnny drove in from the underworld last night
Bb Eb
With bruised arms and broken rhythm in a beat-up old Buick
Bb F
But dressed just like dynamite
Bb Eb F
He tried sellin' his heart to the hard girls over on Easy Street
Bb Eb Bb F
But they sighed Johnny it falls apart so easy and you know hearts these days are cheap
Eb Bb
And the pimps swung their axes and said Johnny you're a cheater
Eb Bb
Well the pimps swung their axes and said Johnny you're a liar
Eb Bb
And from out of the shadows came a young girl's voice said Johnny don't cry
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D
Puerto Rican Jane
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D Bb (Octaves: Eb D C Bb)
oh won't you tell me what's your name
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D
I want to drive you down to the other side of town
Eb Eb/D
Where paradise ain't so crowded there'll be
Cm Eb/D Bb
action goin' down on Shanty Lane tonight
F Eb
All them golden-heeled fairies in a real bitch fight
Bb F
Pull thirty eights and kiss the girls good night
CHORUS 1:
Bb Eb F
Oh good night, it's alright Jane
Bb Eb F
Now let them black boys in to light the soul flame
Bb Eb F
We may find it out on the street tonight baby
Bb Eb F
Or we may walk until the daylight maybe
Bb Eb F
Well like a cool Romeo he made his moves, oh she looked so fine
Bb Eb Bb F
Like a late Juliet she knew he'd never be true but then she didn't really mind
Bb Eb F
Upstairs a band was playin' the singer was singin' something about goin' home
Bb Eb Bb F
She whispered Spanish Johnny, you can leave me tonight but just don't leave me alone
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D
And Johnny cried Puerto Rican Jane
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D Bb (Octaves: Eb D C Bb)
Word is down the cops have found the vein
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D
Oh them barefoot boys left their homes for the woods
Eb Eb/D Cm Eb/D
Them little barefoot street boys they say homes ain't no good
Bb F Eb
They left the corners threw away all their switchblade knives
Bb F
And kissed each other goodbye
Bb Eb F
Johnny was sittin' on the fire escape watchin' the kids playin' down the street
Bb Eb
He called down Hey little heroes, summer's long
F
But I guess it ain't very sweet around here anymore
Bb Eb
Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat
F
Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on, dream on
Bb
And the sister prays for lost souls
Eb F
Then breaks down in the chapel after everyone's gone
Bb
Jane moves over to share her pillow
Eb F
But opens her eyes to see Johnny up and putting his clothes on
Eb
She says those romantic young boys
Bb
All they ever want to do is fight
Eb
Those romantic young boys they're callin' through the window
Bb F
Hey Spanish Johnny, you want to make a little easy money tonight?
And Johnny whispered
CHORUS 2:
Bb Eb F
Good night, it's all tight Jane
Bb Eb F
I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane
Bb Eb F
We may find it out on the street tonight baby
Bb Eb F
Or we may walk until the daylight maybe
CHORUS 3:
Bb Eb F
Oh Good night, it's all right Jane
Bb Eb F
I'm gonna meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane
Bb Eb F
Oh we can find it out on the street tonight baby
Bb Eb F
Or we may walk until the daylight maybe
CHORUS 4:
Bb Eb F
Ah Good night, it's all right Jane
Bb Eb F
I'll meet you tomorrow night on Lover's Lane
Bb Eb F
Now we may find it out on...on the street tonight baby
Bb Eb F
Or we may have to walk until the morning light ahhh
OUTRO SOLO: Bb Eb F Bb Eb F Bb Eb F Bb Eb F
OUTRO PIANO: Bb Eb F Bb Eb F Bb Eb Eb/D Eb Eb/D Eb Edim5
Wild Billy`s Circus Story
Tom: C
Intro: G with lick
C D G
The machinist climbs his ferris wheel like a brave
C D G
And the fire eater's lyin' in a pool of sweat, victim of the heatwave
C D G C
Behind the tent the hired hand tightens his legs on the sword swallower's blade
G C G C G
And circus town's on the shortwave
C D G
The runway lies ahead like a great false dawn
C D G
Woh fat lady, big mama, Missy Bimbo sits in her chair and yawns
C D G
And the man-beast lies in his cage sniffin' popcorn
C D G C
As the midget licks his fingers and suffers Missy Bimbo's scorn
G
Circus town's been born
C
Whoa, and a press roll drummer go, ballerina to and fro
G C
Cartwheelin' up on that tightrope with a cannon blast lightin' flash
G
Movin' fast through the tent Mars bent, he's gonna miss his fall
D
Oh God save the human cannonball.
C G
And the flying Zambinis watch Margarita do her neck twist,
C Am D
And the ringmaster gets the crowd to count along Ninety-five, ninety-six, ninety-seven
C D Em
A ragged suitcase in his hand, he steals silently away from the circus grounds
C D
And the highway's haunted by the carnival sounds
Em D C
They dance like a great greasepaint ghost on the wind
Bm Em C
A man in baggy pants, a lonely face, a crazy grin
G F C Em
Runnin' home to some small Ohio town
G D
Jesus send some good women to save all your clowns
C D G
And circus boy dances like a monkey on barbed wire
C D G
And the barker romances with a junkie, she's got a flat tire,
C D G C
And now the elephants dance real funky and the band plays like a jungle fire
G
Circus town's on the live wire
C
And the strong man Sampson lifts the midget little Tiny Tim way up on his shoulders, way up
G C G
And carries him on down the midway past the kids, past the sailors
C G
To his dimly lit trailer
C G Dsus4 D
And the ferris wheel turns and turns like it ain't ever gonna stop
Dsus4
And the circus boss leans over
D Dsus4
And whispers in the little boy's ear
C G
Hey son, you wanna try the big top?
C G G
All aboard, Nebraska's our next stop.
Rosalita (Come out Tonight)
Tom: F
Intro: F Bb F C F Bb F C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Spread out now Rosie doctor come cut loose her mama's reins
F Bb F C F Bb F C
You know playing blind man's bluff is a little baby's game
F Bb F C F Bb F C
You pick up Little Dynamite I'm gonna pick up Little Gun
F Bb F C F Bb F C
And together we're gonna go out tonight and make that highway run
Bb Am Dm
You don't have to call me lieutenant Rosie and I don't want to be your son
C Bb
The only lover I'm ever gonna need's your soft sweet little girl's tongue
C
Ah, Rosie you're the one
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Dynamite's in the belfry baby playing with the bats
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Little Gun's downtown in front of Woolworth's trying out his attitude on all the cats
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Papa's on the corner waiting for the bus
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Mama she's home in the window waiting up for us
Bb
She'll be there in that chair when they wrestle her upstairs
Am Dm
Cause you know we ain't gonna come
C Bb
I ain't here on business baby, I'm only here for fun
C
And Rosie you're the one
CHORUS 1:
F Bb C F Bb C
Rosalita jump a little lighter, senorita come sit by my fire
F Bb C F Bb C
I just want to be your lover ain't no liar, Rosalita you're my stone desire
SAX: F Bb C F Bb C
F Bb C F Bb C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Jack the Rabbit and Weak Knees Willie don't you know they're gonna be there
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Ah sloppy Sue and Big Bones Billie they'll be coming up for air
F Bb F C F Bb
We're gonna play some pool skip some school act real cool
F C F Bb F C
Stay out all night it's gonna feel alright
Bb C
So Rosie come out tonight, baby come out tonight
Bb Am Dm
Windows are for cheaters chimneys for the poor
C Bb
Closets are for hangers winners use the door
C
So use it Rosie that's what it's there for
CHORUS 2
SOLO: C C# D D# E
F C C F C C
F C C F C C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
F
C Gm
Now I know your mama she don't like me cause I play in a rock and roll band
Dm Am
And I know your daddy he don't dig me but he never did understand
C
Your Papa lowered the boom he locked you in your room
Gm
I'm coming to lend a hand
Dm Am
I'm coming to liberate you confiscate you I want to be your man
Bb C F Am
Someday we'll look back on this and it will all seem funny
Dm Bb
But now you're sad your mama's mad
C(N.C.)
And your papa says he knows that I don't have any money
Woh your Papa says he knows that I don't have any money
Woh so your Daddy says he knows that I don't have any money
Dm Eb Bb
Tell him this is last chance to get his daughter in a fine romance
C
Because a record company Rosie just gave me a big advance
F Bb F C F Bb F C
And my tires were slashed and I almost crashed but the Lord had mercy
F Bb F C F Bb F C
My machine she's a dud out stuck in the mud somewhere in the swamps of Jersey
F Bb F C F Bb F C
Hold on tight stay up all night cause Rosie I'm coming on strong
F Bb F C F Bb F C
By the time we meet the morning light I will hold you in my arms
Bb Am Dm
I know a pretty little place in Southern California down San Diego way
C Bb
There's a little cafe where they play guitars all night and day
Am Dm
You can hear them in the back room strumming
C C
So hold tight baby cause don't you know daddy's coming...aah everybody say
CHORUS 3
OUTRO: F Bb C F Bb C
F Bb C F Bb C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
F Bb F C F Bb F C
New York City Serenade
Tom: A
A F#m Bm D
Billy, he's down by the railroad tracks
A F#m Bm D
Sitting low in the back seat of his cadillac
A F#m Bm D
Diamond Jackie she's so intact
A F#m Bm D
As she falls so softly beneath him
Bm
Jackie's heels are stacked
F#m
Billy's got cleats on his boots
Bm
Together they're gonna boogaloo down Broadway
F#m
And come back home with their loot
Bm
It's midnight in Manhatten
D
This is no time to get cute
E
It's a mad dogs promenade
A F#m Bm
So walk tall
D A F#m Bm D
Better don't walk at all
A F#m
Fish lady, oh, Fish lady, Fish lady
Bm D
She baits them tenament walls
A F#m
She wont take corner boys, ain't got no money
Bm D
And they're so easy
A
I said hey babe, ah really
F#m Bm D
Wont you take my hand, waltz with me down Broadway
A F#m Bm D
Oh, mama, take my arm and move with me down Broadway, yeah
A
I'm a young man I talk it real loud
F#m Bm
Yeah babe, I walk it real proud for ya
D
Ah, so shake it away
A F#m
So shake away your street life, shake away your city life
Bm
And hook up to the train
D
Ah, hook up to the night train
A F#m Bm D
Hook it up, hook up to the...hook up to the train
Bm
But I know that she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
No, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
Bm
Oh, she wont take the train
F#m
(No, she wont take the train)
D
She's afraid them tracks are gonna slow her down
E
And when she turns this boy'll be gone
A F#m
So long
Bm D A F#m Bm D
Sometimes you just gotta walk on, walk
A F#m
Hey vibes man, hey jazz man
Bm D
Ah, play me your serenade
A F#m Bm D
Any deeper blues, you'll be playing in your grave
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the blues boy
Bm
Save your notes
F#m
Don't spend 'em on the darlin' year inside, boy
Bm
Straight for the church note ringin'
D
Vibes man sting a trashcan
E
Listen to your junk man, ah, listen to your junk man
listen to your junk man, oh, listen to your junk man
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
He's singing, singing
A F#m
He's singing, singing
Bm D
All dressed up in satin walking down the alley
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m
Singing, singing
Bm D
Sing, yeah, sing, yeah
A F#m Bm D until end
Watch out for your junk man!
NEBRASKA
Tom: G#
Intro: G# C# G# C# F# C# G# C#
G# C# G# C#
I saw her standin' on her front lawn just twirlin' her baton
F# C# G# C#
Me and her went for a ride sir and ten innocent people died
G# C# G# C#
From the town of Lincoln Nebraska with a sawed off .410 on my lap
F# C# G# C# G# C#
Through to the badlands of Wyoming I killed everything in my path
G# C# G# C#
I can't say that I'm sorry for the things that we done
F# C# G# C#
At least for a little while sir me and her we had us some fun
G# C# G# C#
Now the jury brought in a guilty verdict and the judge he sentenced me to death
F# C# G# C#
Midnight in a prison storeroom with leather straps across my chest
G# C# G# C#
Sheriff when the man pulls that switch sir and snaps my poor head back
F# C# G# C#
You make sure my pretty baby is sittin' right there on my lap
HARMONICA: G# C# G# C#
G# C# G# C#
They declared me unfit to live said into that great void my soul be hurled
F# C#
They want to know why I did what I did
G# C#
Well sir I guess there's just a meanness in this world
HARMONICA: G# C# G# C# F# C# G# C#
Atlantic City
Tom: F#m
F#m A D A
Well they blew up the chicken man in Philly last night
F#m A D A
Now they blew up his house too
F#m A D A
Down on the boardwalk they're gettin' ready for a fight
F#m A D A
Gonna see what them racket boys can do
F#m A D A
Now there's trouble busin' in from outta state
F#m A D A
And the D.A. can't get no relief
F#m A D A
Gonna be a rumble out on the promenade
F#m A D E
And the gamblin' commission's hangin' on by the skin of its teeth
CHORUS 1:
F#m A D A
Well now everything dies baby that's a fact
F#m A E F#m
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
A D A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
F#m A D A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
BREAK 1: F#m A D A F#m A D A
F#m A D A
Well I got a job and tried to put my money away
F#m A D A
But I got debts that no honest man can pay
F#m A D A
So I drew what I had from the Central Trust
F#m A D E
And I bought us two tickets on that Coast City bus
CHORUS 2
F#m A D A
Now baby, everything dies baby that's a fact
F#m A D A
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
F#m A D A
Put your makeup on fix your hair up pretty
F#m A D A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
BREAK 2: F#m A D A F#m A D A
F#m A D A F#m A D A
D F#m A E F#m
Now our luck may have died and our love may be cold but with you forever I'll stay
D F#m
We're goin' out where the sand's turnin' to gold
D A D A
So put on your stockin's baby `cause the night's getting cold
D A D A
And everything dies baby that's a fact
D A E D
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
BREAK 3: F#m A D A F#m A D A
F#m A D A
Now I been lookin' for a job but it's hard to find
F#m A
Down here it's just winners and losers
D A
And don't get caught on the wrong side of that line
F#m A D A
Well I'm tired of comin' out on this losin' end
F#m A D E
So honey last night I met this guy and I'm gonna do a little favour for him
F#m A D A
Well I guess everything dies baby that's a fact
F#m A D A
But maybe everything that dies someday comes back
F#m A D A
Put your hair up nice and set up pretty
F#m A D A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A
And meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A
Will you meet me tonight in Atlantic City
F#m A D A F#m A D A
F#m A D A F#m A D A
F#m A D A F#m A D A
Mansion on the Hill
Tom: G
Intro: D G D G D G D A D
G D
There's a place out on the edge of town sir
G D
Risin' above the factories and the fields
G D A D
Now ever since I was a child I can remember that mansion on the hill
G D
In the day you can see the children playing
G D
On the road that leads to those gates of hardened steel
G D A D
Steel gates that completely surround sir the mansion on the hill
G D
At night my daddy'd take me and we'd ride
G D
Through the streets of a town so silent and still
G D
Park on a back road along the highway side
A D
Look up at that mansion on the hill
HARMONICA: D G D A D G A D
G D
In the summer all the lights would shine
G D
There'd be music playin' people laughin' all the time
G D
Me and my sister we'd hide out in the tall corn fields
A D
Sit and listen to the mansion on the hill
G D
Tonight down here in Linden Town
G D
I watch the cars rushin' by home from the mill
G D A D
There's a beautiful full moon rising above the mansion on the hill
HARMONICA: D G D G D G D A D G
JOHNNY 99
Tom: B
Intro: B F# B
B
Well they closed down the auto plant in Mahwah late that month
F#
Ralph went out lookin' for a job but he couldn't find none
B
He came home too drunk from mixin'Tanqueray and wine
F# B
He got a gun shot a night clerk now they call him Johnny 99
Down in the part of town where when you hit a red light you don't stop
F#
Johnny's wavin' his gun around and threatenin' to blow his top
B
When an off duty cop snuck up on him from behind
F# B
Out in front of the Club Tip Top they slapped the cuffs on Johnny 99
E B
Well the city supplied a public defender but the judge was Mean John Brown
F#
He came into the courtroom and stared poor Johnny down
B
Well the evidence is clear gonna let the sentence son fit the crime
F# B
Prison for 98 and a year and we'll call it even Johnny 99
HARMONICA: B E B F# B
E B
A fistfight broke out in the courtroom they had to drag Johnny's girl away
F#
His mama stood up and shouted Judge don't take my boy this way
B
Well son you got any statement you'd like to make
F# B
Before the bailiff comes to forever take you away
Now judge judge I had debts no honest man could pay
F#
The bank was holdin' my mortgage and they was takin' my house away
B
Now I ain't sayin' that makes me an innocent man
F# B
But it was more 'n all this that put that gun in my hand
Well your honour I do believe I'd be better off dead
F#
And if you can take a man's life for the thoughts that's in his head
B
Then won't you sit back in that chair and think it over judge one more time
F# B
And let 'em shave off my hair and put me on that execution line
OUTRO: E B F# B F# B
Highway Patrolman
Tom: D
Intro: D
D G D
My name is Joe Roberts I work for the state
A
I'm a sergeant out of Perrineville barracks number 8
D G D
I always done an honest job as honest as I could
A D
I got a brother named Franky and Frank he ain't no good
G D
Now ever since we was young kids it's been the same come down
A
I get a call on the shortwave Franky's in trouble downtown
D G D
Well if it was any other man, I'd put him straight away
A D
But when it's your brother sometimes you look the other way
CHORUS 1:
G D A G D
Yeah, me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G D
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A D
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
G D
Well Franky went in the army back in 1965
A
I got a farm deferment, settled down, took Maria for my wife
D G D
But them wheat prices kept on dropping 'till it was like we were getting robbed
A D
Franky came home in `68, and me, I took this job
CHORUS 2:
G D A G D
Yea we're laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
Takin' turns dancin' with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G D
I catch him when he's straying, teach him how to walk that line
A D G A D
Man turns his back on his family he ain't no friend of mine
G D
Well the night was like any other, I got a call `bout quarter to nine
A
There was trouble in a roadhouse out on the Michigan line
D G D
There was a kid lying on the floor lookin' bad bleedin' hard from his head
A D
There was a girl crying at a table and it was Frank, they said
G D
Well I went out and I jumped in my car and I hit the lights
A
But I must of done a hundred and ten through Michigan county that night
D G D
It was out at the crossroads, down round Willow bank
A D
Seen a Buick with Ohio plates behind the wheel was Frank
Well I chased him through them county roads
G D
'till a sign said Canadian border five miles from here
A D
I pulled over to the side of the highway and watched his taillights disappear
CHORUS 3:
G D A G D
Me and Franky laughing and drinking nothing feels better than blood on blood
A G D A
Taking turns dancing with Marie as the band played Night of the Johnstown Flood
D G D
I catch him when he's straying like any brother would
A D G D
Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good
State Trooper
Tom: A
Intro: A
A
New Jersey Turnpike riding on a wet night
D A
'neath the refinery's glow, out where the great black rivers flow
D
License, registration, I ain't got none but I got a clear conscience
A
About the things that I done
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
D A D A
Please don't stop me, please don't stop me
Maybe you got a kid, maybe you got a pretty wife
D A
The only thing that I got's been bothering me my whole life
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
D A D A
Please don't you stop me, please don't you stop me
In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy,
D A
Radio relay towers gonna lead me to my baby
Radio's jammed up with talk show stations
D A
It's just talk, talk, talk, talk, till you lose your patience
D A
Mister state trooper, please don't stop me
D A
Oh, Oooh oh
Aint somebody out there, listen to my last prayer
D A
Hiho silver-o, deliver me from nowhere
D
Oh, Ooh
Used Cars
Tom: D
Intro: D
D G D
My little sister's in the front seat with an ice cream cone
A D
My Ma's in the black seat sitting all alone
G D
As my Pa steers her slow out of the lot
A D
For a test drive down Michigan Avenue
G D
Now, my Ma, she fingers her wedding band
A D
And watches the salesman stare at my old man's hands
He's telling us all about the break he'd give us
G D
If he could, but he just can't
A D
Well if I could, I swear I know just what I'd do
CHORUS 1:
G
Now, mister, the day the lottery I win I ain't
D A D
Ever gonna ride in no used car again
G D
Now, the neighbors come from near and far
A D
As we pull up in our brand new used car
G D
I wish he'd just hit the gas and let out a cry
A D
And tell 'em all they can kiss our asses goodbye
HARMONICA: G A
D G D
My dad, he sweats the same job from mornin' to morn
A D
Me, I walk home on the same dirty streets where I was born
Up the block I can hear my little sister in the
G D
Front seat blowing that horn
A D
The sounds echoing all down Michigan Avenue
CHORUS 2:
G
Now, mister, the day my numbers comes in I ain't
D A D
Ever gonna ride in no used car again
HARMONICA OUTRO: G D A D
G D A D A D
Open all Night
Tom: F#
Intro: F#
Well, I had the carburettor, baby, cleaned and checked
With her line blown out she's humming like a turbojet
B
Propped her up in the backyard on concrete blocks
F#
For a new clutch plate and a new set of shocks
C#
Took her down to the carwash, check the plugs and points
F#
Well, I'm going out tonight I'm gonna rock that joint
Early North Jersey industrial skyline
I'm a all-set cobra jet creeping through the nighttime
B
Gotta find a gas station, gotta find a payphone
F#
This turnpike sure is spooky at night when you're all alone
C#
Gotta hit the gas, baby, I'm running late
F#
This New Jersey in the morning like a lunar landscape
BREAK: B C#
F#
Now, the boss don't dig me, so he put me on the nightshift
Takes me two hours to get back to where my baby lives
B
In the wee wee hours your mind gets hazy
F#
Radio relay towers, won't you lead me to my baby?
C#
Underneath the overpass, trooper hits his party light switch
F#
Goodnight good luck one two power shift
I met Wanda when she was employed behind the counter at route 60
B
Bob's Big Boy Fried Chicken on the front seat, she's sitting in my lap
F#
We're wiping our fingers on a Texaco roadmap
C# F#
I remember Wanda up on scrap metal hill with them big brown eyes
That make your heart stand still
BREAK: B C#
F#
Well, at five AM oil pressure's sinking fast
I make a pit stop, wipe the windshield, check the gas
B
Gotta call my baby on the telephone
F#
Let her know that her daddy's coming on home
C#
Sit tight, little mama, I'm a coming round
F#
I got three more hours, but I'm covering ground
Your eyes get itchy in the wee wee hours
Sun's just a red ball rising over them refinery towers
B
Radio's jammed up with gospel stations
F#
Lost souls calling long distance salvation
C#
Hey, mister DJ, wont ya hear my last prayer
F#
Hey, ho, rock'n'roll, deliver me from nowhere
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
B
Hey a lay da di da lay da di da da yodle
My Father`s House
Tom: G
Intro: D A D
G D
Last night I dreamed that I was a child
A
Out where the pines grow wild and tall
D G D
I was trying to make it home through the forest
A D
Before the d..arkness falls
G D
I heard the wind rustling through the trees
A
And ghostly voices rose from the fields
D G D
I ran with my heart pounding down that broken path
A D
With the devil snappin' at my heels
G D
I broke through the trees and there in the night
A
My father's house stood shining hard and bright
D G D
The branches and brambles tore my clothes and scratched my arms
A D
But I ran till I fell, shaking in his arms
HARMONICA: D A D
G D
I awoke and I imagined the hard things that pulled us apart
A
Will never again, sir, tear us from each other's hearts
D G D
I got dressed, and to that house I did ride
A D
From out on the road, I could see its windows shining in light
G D
I walked up the steps and stood on the porch
A
A woman I didn't recognize came and spoke to me through a chained door
D G D
I told her my story and who I'd come for
A D
She said I'm sorry, son, but no one by that name lives here anymore
HARMONICA: G D A D
G D A D
G D
My father's house shines hard and bright
A
It stands like a beacon calling me in the night
D G D
Calling and calling so cold and alone
A D
Shining across this dark highway where our sins lie unatoned
Reason to Believe
Tom: B
Intro: F#
B F#
Seen a man standing over a dead dog by the highway in a ditch
C#
He's looking down kinda puzzled poking that dog with a stick
F# B F#
Got his car door flung open he's standin' out on highway 31
B F# C# F#
Like if he stood there long enough that dog'd get up and run
B F# C# F#
Struck me kinda funny seem kinda funny sir to me
B F# C# F#
Still at the end of every hard day people find some reason to believe
B F#
Now Mary Lou loved Johnny with a love mean and true
C#
She said baby I'll work for you every day and bring my money home to you
F# B F#
One day he up and left her and ever since that
B F# C# F#
She waits down at the end of that dirt road for young Johnny to come back
B F# C# F#
Struck me kinda funny seemed kind of funny yeah indeed
B F# C# F#
How at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
HARMONICA: B C# F#
B C# F#
B F#
Take a baby to the river Kyle William they called him
C#
Wash the baby in the water take away little Kyle's sin
F# B F#
In a whitewash shotgun shack an old man passes away
B F# C# F#
Take his body to the graveyard over him they pray
B F# C# F#
Lord won't you tell us, tell us what does it mean
B F# C# F#
At the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
B F#
Congregation gathers down by the riverside
C#
Preacher stands with his Bible groom stands waiting for his bride
F# B F#
Congregation gone the sun sets behind a weeping willow tree
C# F#
Groom stands alone and watches the river rush on so effortlessly
B F# C# F#
Wondering where can his baby be
B F# C# F#
Still at the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe
HARMONICA OUTRO: B F# C# F#
B F# C# F#
Thunder Road
Tom: F
Intro: F Dm F Bb F Am Bb C
F Bb F
The screen door slams, Mary's dress waves
C Bb
Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays
C
Roy Orbison singing for the lonely
F Bb
Hey that's me and I want you only
F C
Don't turn me home again, I just can't face myself alone again
F Bb F
Don't run back inside, darling you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared and you're thinking
C Bb
That maybe we ain't that young anymore
C
Show a little faith, there's magic in the night
F Bb
You ain't a beauty, but hey you're alright
F C
Oh and it's alright with me
F Dm
You can hide neath your covers and study your pain
F Bb
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
F Am
Waste your summer praying in vain
Bb C
For a saviour to rise from these streets
F Dm
Well now I'm no hero, that's understood
F Bb
All the redemption I can offer, girl, is beneath this dirty hood
F Am
With a chance to make it good somehow
Bb C
Hey what else can we do now?
F Bb F Bb F
Except roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night's busting open
Am Bb
These two lanes will take us anywhere
C
We got one last chance to make it real
F Bb
To trade in these wings on some wheels
F C
Climb in back heaven's waiting down on the tracks
F Dm
Oh oh come take my hand
F Bb
We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land
F Am Bb C
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road, oh Thunder Road,
F Dm
Lying out there like a killer in the sun
F Bb
Hey I know it's late we can make it if we run
F Am Bb C F
Oh oh oh oh Thunder Road, sit tight take hold, Thunder Road
F Am Bb C F
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
Dm Bb C
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long walk
Bb C
From your front porch to my front seat
Am Dm
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
Bb Bb/A Gm F
And I know you're lonely for words that I ain't spoken
C Bb Am Gm
But tonight we'll be free, all the promises'll be broken
F Bb F Bb F
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys you sent away
They haunt this dusty beach road
Am Bb
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
C
They scream your name at night in the street
F Bb
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet and in the
Am Bb
Lonely cool before dawn you hear their engines roaring on but when you
Gm C Bb Gm
Get to the porch they're gone on the wind so Mary climb in
Bb C F
It's a town full of losers and I'm pulling out of here to win
OUTRO: F C F Bb F C Bb C
F C F Bb F C Bb Bb/A Gm F C Bb Am Gm....until fade
Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
Tom: F
Intro: D9 Dm C9 C Bbsus2 Bb
F Dm F Dm F Dm F Dm
F Dm F Dm F Dm F Dm
F Dm
Tear drops on the city
F Dm F Dm F
Bad Scooter searching for his groove
Dm Bb Gm
Seem like the whole world walking pretty
Bb Gm F Dm F Dm
And you can't find the room to move
C
Well everybody better move over, that's all
Bb
Cause I'm running on the bad side and I got my back to the wall
CHORUS 1:
F Dm F Dm
Tenth Avenue freeze out
F Dm F Dm
Tenth Avenue freeze out
F Dm
Well I was stranded in the jungle
F Dm F Dm F Dm
Trying to take in all the heat they was giving
Bb Gm
Till the night is dark but the sidewalk's bright
Bb Gm F Dm F Dm
And lined with the light of the living
C
From a tenement window a transistor blasts
Bb
Turn around the corner things got real quiet real fast I walked into a
CHORUS 2
D9 Dm C9 C Bbsus2 Bb Bb Bb/A Bb Bb/A Bb/G Bb
And I'm al...l alo..ne, I'm all alo....ne, and kid you better get the pic..ture
D9 Dm C9 C Bbsus2 Bb
And I'm o...n my ow..n, I'm on my ow......n
C
And I can't go home
PRE-VERSE: F Dm F Dm F Dm F Dm
F Dm
When the change was made uptown
F Dm F Dm F Dm
And the Big Man joined the band
Bb Gm
From the coastline to the city
Bb Gm F Dm F Dm
All the little pretties raise their hands
C
I'm gonna sit back right easy and laugh
Bb F
When Scooter and the Big Man bust this city in half with a...
CHORUS 3
CHORUS 4...repeat and fade