Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E5E5 D5D5 E5E5 G5G5 (x2)
Verse 1:
B7B7
New York City soothing my
Itchy, itchy month of May
Time has passed for Ms. Onassis
Decay on display
Chorus:
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD
I don't want to go down
BB A augmentedA D5D5 C5C5
I don't want to go down
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD BB A augmentedA C majorC
I don't want to go down like she did
BB A augmentedA D MajorD
And I can't understand why
BB A augmentedA B5B5 A augmentedA D5D5 BB A augmentedA C majorC
Something good's got to die, before we miss it
Verse 2:
B7B7
Mumbled talk through pigeon park
And Hastings is wasting away
Religiously, they seem to sin
Buy, sell or trade for amens
Chorus:
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD
I just don't want to feel
BB A augmentedA D5D5 C5C5
I just don't want to feel
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD B5B5 A augmentedA C5C5
I just don't want to feel like they feel
BB A augmentedA D MajorD
Hollow body for sound
BB A augmentedA
Trade my coat for a gown
Bridge 1:
E MajorE G+G A augmentedA E MajorE G+G
You're now way up in my arms, you know I love you
A augmentedA E minor 7Em7
Just a little bit, little bit, little bit more
Solo:
E minorEm D5D5 E5E5 D5D5 (x2)
E minor 7Em7 E minor 7Em7
Verse 3:
B7B7
Raisin' nose down to chin
Smoke after smoke, they all trickle in
Anything for anything
And ending up with nothing
Chorus:
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD
Simple, pimpled young man
BB A augmentedA D5D5 C5C5
Sores all over his hands
B5B5 A augmentedA D MajorD BB A augmentedA C majorC
He's sleeping, not so silently
BB A augmentedA D MajorD
I'll mop the floors for you all
BB A augmentedA BB A augmentedA D5D5
I'm that fly on the wall
BB A augmentedA C majorC
Really big and listenin'
Outro:
E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA B5B5
Burned the hand of a friend of mine
E MajorE F# minorF#m A augmentedA
And know, Bub, I know that you could fly a mile high
B5B5 E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
You told me nothing's ever gonna come between
B5B5
An' nothing's ever gonna come between
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
An' nothing's ever gonna come between
B5B5
My dumptruck and me