West 4th Street And Jones Chords by Ralph Mctell

West 4th Street And Jones by Ralph Mctell

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:

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Verse 1:
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February sixty three the cold would chill your bones
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There's a couple walking down the road West 4th Street and Jones
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Shoulders hunched against the cold
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They walked through melting snow
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She smiles for the camera
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And he affected not to know
Verse 2:

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His hands deep in his pockets, his head was slightly bowed
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All the studied nonchalance, the weather would allow
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Her arms wrapped around him like a shawl
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To keep him from the cold
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Love so warm can melt away
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What once she had to hold

Verse 3:

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Spring came late in sixty three and faded like a kiss
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Winter came in early, landed like a fist
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When Kennedy got shot
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In that Lincoln Limousine
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Drenched us all in bl;ood and splintered bone

G      D        G
Right on our TV screen

Verse 4:

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When I kissed my girl on Gower Street how was I to know
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That we'd begun to drift apart as I stumbled through Soho
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In the unforgiving neon light
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The words she could not speak
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Were written in her mascara
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That dried upon my cheek

Verse 5:

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But the world will keep on turning, young lovers drift apart
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Bob and Suzy's rhyming steps leave footprints on the heart
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In the jingle jangle morning
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Dylan and Rottollo
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In a freeze frame photograph
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Eternally, tomorrow.

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