Intro
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C F
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez
G/F F C F/C C
And it's Eastertime too
And your gravity fails
F G/F F C F/C C
And negativity don't pull you through
F
Don't put on any airs
C
When you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
G7
They got some hungry women there
C F/C C
And they really make a mess outa you.
C
Now if you see Saint Annie
F G/F F C F/C C
Please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move
F G/F F C F/C C
My fingers are all in a knot
F
I don't have the strength
C
To get up and take another shot
G7
And my best friend, my doctor
C F/C C
Won't even say what it is I've got.
C
Sweet Melinda
F C F/C C
The peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English
F G/F F C F/C C
And she invites you up into her room
F
And you're so kind
C F/C C
And careful not to go to her too soon
G7
And she takes your voice
C F/C C
And leaves you howling at the moon.
C
Up on Housing Project Hill
F C
It's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other
F G/F F C F/C C
Though neither of them are to be what they claim
F
If you're lookin' to get silly
C F/C C
You better go back to from where you came
G7
Because the cops don't need you
C F/C C
And man they expect the same.
C
Now all the authorities
F G/F F C F/C C
They just stand around and boast
F
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms
G/F F C F/C C
Into leaving his post
F
And picking up Angel who
C F/C C
Just arrived here from the coast
G7
Who looked so fine at first
C F/C C
But left looking just like a ghost.
Solo ||: C | F G/F F | C F/C | C :||
| F | F | C F/C | F |
| G7 | G7 | C F/C | C ||
C
I started out on burgundy
F G/F F C F/C C
But soon hit the harder stuff
F
Everybody said they'd stand behind me
G/F F C F/C C
When the game got rough
F
But the joke was on me
C F/C C
There was nobody even there to bluff
G7
I'm going back to New York City
C F/C C
I do believe I've had enough.
Coda | Gsus2 G | G/F F | C F/C | C :||
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