Scene From A Corner Cafe chords by Allan Taylor

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
C majorC F/CF/C C majorC  F/CF/C G+G  G7G7 G+G
FF  C majorC  G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC

Verse:
C majorC
Annette and Charmaine check in at six
              G+G
Choose their pitch for the night
FF         G+G       FF
Easy money that's what they say
            C majorC
When you get your mind right
C majorC
Charmaine wanted to be an actress
          G+G
She never made the grade
FF            G+G
Found it was not so much getting the part
    FF           C majorC  G+G C majorC G+G
More a matter of getting laid

Verse:
    C majorC
There's Sandy, sometimes he's a girl
         G+G
Sometimes she's a man
  FF        G+G          FF   C majorC
No problem, that's okay, everybody understands
C majorC
Points out a drink with a cigarette
              G+G
She's got a cool nonchalant air
FF            G+G    FF
Flashing his eyes in the mirror
           C majorC         G+G  C majorC G+G
Casually checking her hair, she doesn't care

Chorus:
     A minorAm                   G+G
There's a whole world out there, passing through
        C majorC
I see it every day
              G+G
Watching me, watching you
        C majorC FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC  G+G C majorC
From a corner café

Verse:
C majorC
The rich kids come in from the suburbs
                 G+G
They're dressing down and hanging out
FF           G+G       FF
Getting a taste of the street scene
         C majorC
Taking a taxi out
C majorC
They're watching all the girls at the bar
             G+G
They wonder how much they cost
FF          G+G    FF
Laughing at the transvestite
          C majorC  G+G C majorC G+G  C majorC
She's looking lost

Verse:
C majorC
Annette leaves with the big man
                 G+G
He's got hairs on the back of his hand
  FF           G+G     FF
He says he'll make her a big star
              C majorC
And find her a backing band
C majorC
He's old but he's rich so what does she care
         G+G
Life all round is hard
FF          G+G
No one's looking for real commitment
     FF           C majorC  G+G C majorC G+G
It's just love on a credit card

Chorus:
     A minorAm                   G+G
There's a whole world out there, passing through
        C majorC
I see it every day
              G+G
Watching me, watching you
        C majorC
From a corner café

Instrumental:
FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC  G+G C majorC

Verse:
C majorC
Me, I'm not that much different
              G+G
I'm hanging out and wasting time
FF        G+G      FF
Yeah, I'm still missing you
          C majorC
But I'm doing fine
C majorC
I sit here watching the world go by
             G+G
I'm on the lonely side of town
FF           G+G       FF
I write songs for the people I see
           C majorC   G+G C majorC G+G
While they're still around

Chorus:
     A minorAm                   G+G
There's a whole world out there, passing through
        C majorC
I see it every day
              G+G
Watching me, watching you
        C majorC
From a corner café

Outro:
FF C majorC FF G+G C majorC  G+G C majorC