Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
DmDm
The first time I saw her
DmDm
I couldn´t be sure
DmDm
But the sin of impatience
DmDm C majorC
Said She´s just what you´re looking for
G minorGm
So I walked right up to her
G minorGm FF
And with the part of me that talks
G minorGm
I introduced myself as Frank
FF
From New York, New York
Bb majorBb
She´s so hot
FF
She´s so cool
C majorC
I´m not
C majorC DmDm C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
I´m just a fool in love with darling Lorraine
Verse 2:
DmDm
All my life I´ve been a wanderer
G minorGm
Not really, I mostly lived near my parents´ home
G minorGm
Anyway Lorraine and I got married
FF
And the usual marriage stuff
G minorGm
Then one day she says to me
G minorGm
From out of the blue, she says
FF
"Frank, I´ve had enough
Bb majorBb FF
Romance is a heartbreaker
C majorC DmDm
I´m not meant to be a homemaker
C majorC Bb majorBb C majorC DmDm
And I´m tired of being darling Lorraine"
Chorus 1:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You don´t love me anymore?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You´re walking out the door?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You don´t like the way I chew?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Hey let me tell you
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
You´re not the woman that I wed
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
You say you´re depressed but you´re not; you just like to stay in bed
G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I don´t need you darling Lorraine
C majorC FF C majorC
C majorC FF
Darling Lorraine
C majorC FF
Lorraine
Bb majorBb
I long for your love
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Verse 3:
DmDm
Financially speaking
DmDm
I guess I´m a washout
DmDm
Everybody´s buy and sell
DmDm
And sell and buy and
DmDm
And that´s what the whole thing´s all about
G minorGm
If it had not been for Lorraine
FF
I´d have left here long ago
G minorGm
I should have been a musician
FF
I love the piano
Bb majorBb
She´s so light,
FF
She´s so free
C majorC DmDm
I´m tight, well, that´s me
C majorC Bb majorBb
But I feel so good with
C majorC DmDm
Darling Lorraine"
Bridge:
DmDm A augmentedA D MajorD
On Christmas morning Frank awakes
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
To find Lorraine has made a stack of pancakes
D MajorD G+G E minorEm B minorBm
They watch the television, husband, and wife
B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD F minorFm
All afternoon "It´s A augmentedA Wonderful Life"
Chorus 2:
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You don´t love me anymore?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You´re walking out the door?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
What - You don´t like the way I chew?
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Hey let me tell you
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
You´re not the woman that I wed
G+G C majorC FF C majorC
Gimmie my robe, I'm going back to bed
G+G C majorC FF C majorC G+G
I don´t need you darling Lorraine
C majorC FF
Darling Lorraine
C majorC FF
Lorraine
Bb majorBb
Her hands like wood
DmDm A minorAm
The doctor was smiling
DmDm
But the news wasn´t good
DmDm A minorAm DmDm
Verse 4:
DmDm
Darling Lorraine
DmDm
Please don´t leave me yet
DmDm
I know you´re in pain
DmDm
pain you can´t forget
DmDm C majorC
Your breathing is like an echo of our love
G minorGm
Maybe I´ll go down to the corner store
FF
And buy us something sweet
G minorGm
Here´s an extra blanket honey
FF
To wrap around your feet
G minorGm FF C majorC DmDm
All the trees were washed with April rain
C majorC Bb majorBb
And the moon in the meadow
C majorC DmDm
Took darling Lorraine