Metropolitan Avenue chords by Christy Moore

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Verse 1:

D                  C
First days in the loft I thought I might live
D     Em
New faces and new streets
D               C
No cash in the hand was making me think
D      Em
What now,what's coming next



🎸 Pre-Chorus:

C
That's not to say I wasn't welcomed,I was welcomed
   G
I was taken in.
 C
I took the bait when I was hunted I was wretched
   G
I waS freezing

🎸 Chorus:

Em       D   C          D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter snow
   C         Em
I'll be back with you before I go.

🎸 Verse 2:

D                C
Don"t run like a dog I know how it feels
    D      Em
Without heat without love
D               C
Ran free in the park like Jekyll and Hyde
D         Em
Me and Pete, me and Pete

Pre 🎸 Chorus:

C
Up half the night unwilling witness to some
     G
Strangers fued
C
Deep underground I hear the notes of some
      G
old gmablers blues


🎸 Chorus:

Em       D   C
This rose will never blossom now it needs
Em         C
Light shinning on it's back.
Em      D      C
This road will never take me out I've been
Em     C
Stopped in my tracks
C
There goes the night and now the sun begins
     G
To filter through
C
I took the bait when I was hunted was
                    G
Wrectched didn't know that I was failing you

🎸 Chorus:

Em      D   C          D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter rain
   C         Em
Will I ever see your face again

🎸 Chorus:

Em       D   C          D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter snow
   C         Em
I'll be back with you before I go.