This Perfect World
Freedy JohnstonVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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I know I got a bad repu - ta - tion
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and it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
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If I could only give you every - thing
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you know I haven't got...
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I couldn't have one conver -sa - tion
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if it wasn't for the lies, lies, lies
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And still I wanna tell you every - thing
Em
D
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`till I close my eyes. Sudden -ly I'm
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on the street, seven years dis - ap -
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pear be - low my feet. Been break - in'
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down. Do you want me now? Do you want me
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now? Sudden - ly I'm down in
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Herald Square. Lookin' in the crowd your
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face is ever - y - where. Been turn - in'
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`round. Do you want me now? Do you want me
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now?
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(solo)
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(solo)
(2nd verse:)
Don't try to be an inspiration.
Just waistin' your time, time, time.
You know about the best I'll ever be
I see it in your eyes.
I know I got a bad reputation
and it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
If I could only give you everything
you know I haven't got.
(Refrain:)
Suddenly I'm on the street.
Seven years disappear below my feet.
Been breakin' down.
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
Suddenly I'm in another place.
Lookin' in the crowd I think I see your face.
Been turnin' `round.
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
(down, down, down)
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
(down, down, down)
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
Don't you think I've heard the talk?
Nobody's going to tell me who to love.
Been breakin' down.
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
Suddenly I'm down in Herald Square.
Lookin' in the crowd your face is everywhere.
Just turnin' `round.
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
Been breakin' down.
Do you want me now?
Do you want me now?
I'm just breakin
down, down, down, down.
Been breakin'
down, down, down, down. (Repeats and fades)
Here's cut 2:
(intro)
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(1st verse)
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In the middle of her con - fes - sion,
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he comes over and pulls her hair.
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I wake up, she is crying.
B7
E
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I guess he was here a - gain. Evie's
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tears are ne - ver gon - na
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dry. E - vie's sec - ret
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tears burn this bed she
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comes to on - ly when its right.
(night? light?)
(2nd verse)
We met in a lonely summer,
two survivors of paradise.
She ran off when I first touched her.
Now she wakes me every night.
(chorus)
Evie's tears are never gonna dry.
Evie's secret tears
burn this bed she comes to only when its right.
(1st bridge)
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Faith - less girl, you've been dreamin'.
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Star - ing up, your face is white with
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fear. O - K, now I'm list - nin'.
A
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You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(solo for chorus)
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Now I'm list - nin'.
B
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You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(3rd verse)
In the middle of Evie's garden,
in a simple iron chair.
Wind's blowin' and she is singin'.
Begs the moon to disappear.
(chorus)
Evie's tears are never gonna dry.
Evie's guilty tears
burn this bed she comes to only when its right.
Tears. Evie's tears. Evie's tears,
burn this bed she comes to only when its light.
(2nd bridge)
Catholic girl, you've been dreamin'.
Staring up, your face is white with fear.
OK, now I'm listnin'.
You're not mine and he's not here.
Here's cut 3:
(intro)
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Bm
D
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(one..., two..., three..., four...)
(solo over verse)
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(1st verse)
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A bare - foot whore
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walk - in' by a fa - mous clock.
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A - gainst her door,
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wait - ing for the chimes to stop.
(chorus)
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Can't sink this town.
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Pull the gates and bring it down.
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I'd glad - ly drown - than
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let you leave me lone - ly.
(2nd verse)
She pulled the cord.
On a night like this she never works.
I said no more.
Do I think I'm understood with her?
(chorus)
Can't sink this town.
Pull the gates and bring it down.
I'd gladly drown
than let you leave me lonely.
I can't sink this town.
Lookin' back across the sea.
I'd gladly drown.
I thought you said you were lonely?
(solo over verse)
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(3rd verse)
Tell you what,
is a broken promise cheap enough?
It's all I got.
Looks so sad, talks to tough.
(chorus)
Can't sink this town.
Pull the gates and bring it down.
I'd gladly drown
than let you leave me lonely.
I can't sink this town.
Lookin' back across the sea.
I'd gladly drown
I thought you said you were lonely?
I thought you said you were lonely?
I thought you said you were lonely?
(solo over verse)
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Here's cut 4:
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Try these chords (who knows what their -real- names are?):
(intro)
+6
+4
Ab7
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV
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(verses)
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV
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(intro arpeggio)
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Ab7
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(1st verse)
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You ought to see your face.
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You ought to hear your voice.
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Last time I was here I
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would - n't turn a - round.
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You ought to lock that door.
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Some - body might get in.
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Didn't I teach you tha -
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- - t? This per -fect world.
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So blue I Can't be - gin to
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say. This per -fect world.
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I know I ne - ver should have
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gone a - wa - y.
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But I still de - serve to
A
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say good - bye no matt - er what I've
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C#m
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do - - - ne. No
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matt - er what I've
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done.
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Ab7
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(2nd verse)
I see her in your face.
I hear her in your voice.
Last time I was here they'd found her in the lake.
You ought to see my scars.
You think I'm made of stone.
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Didn't you tell me that--?
(chorus)
This perfect world. So blue I can't begin to say.
This perfect world. They say that soon I will be gone away.
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+4
But I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done.
This perfect world.
This perfect world.
Now I've come around it's far too late.
And these pills won't even let me cry.
No one knows you even when your gone.
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But I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done - -.
No matter what I've done.
(3rd verse)
You ought to see your face.
You ought to hear your voice.
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Lock this after me - - -.
Sorry, I didn't have the patience to figure out the chords he's using
in this song, so I'll post the unadorned lyrics instead, and hope that
someone a little more talented can match up the right chords.
(intro)
(1st verse)
When I woke up, I was already evicted.
And when you say lie, do you think I believe anything?
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
(2nd verse)
When you walked up, I was lookin' at the wrong ___.
And now I'm locked out, I will be back in familiar spots.
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, back alone before the end.
Cold again, cold again, do you really think I'd turn you in?
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
Keywords:
Here's cut 6:
The "C+" chord below (I don't know what the proper name is) is an open C
chord with G on the top and an added A. This is how I finger it:
X===X======
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I dunno, sounds pretty close to me. Corrections always welcome.
(intro)
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C
C
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(1st verse)
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Lovers cry, one last
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kiss by the edge then hand in hand.
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Two lovers stop their hearts,
C
C
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Bet - ter than to be a - part.
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They had
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run from her father to the high - est bri - dge.
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Hold - ing to- gether as they jumped i - n.
D7
C
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(2nd verse)
Lovers fly on the hill where they once lay side by side.
Two lovers stop their hearts, better than to be apart.
(solo, follows intro chords)
She was rich, he was common, but she wouldn't say no.
Lying together on the rocks below.
They had run from her father to the highest bridge.
Holding together as they jumped in.
(3rd verse)
Lovers cry. One last kiss by the edge, then hand in hand.
Two lovers stop their hearts, better than to be apart.
Lovers cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
Lovers cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
Lovers cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
Lovers cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
Here's cut 7:
(intro)
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(1st verse)
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Though you've gone a - wa - - y,
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I play your favo - rite songs.
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In the blue and go - - ld,
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with your dark glass - es on.
(chorus)
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I al - ways think I see you
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a - cross the a - ven - ue.
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Walk - in' by where I lost you.
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It's all I e - ver do.
(2nd verse)
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You just walked a - wa - - y.
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"We'll meet to - night." "O - K."
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Go - in' a - gainst the li - - ght.
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Run down in front of me.
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I al - ways think I see you
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a - cross the a - ven - ue.
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Some day I'll come to meet you
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on the o - ther side. A -
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cross the A - ven - ue.
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cross the A - ven - ue.
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(solo)
(3rd verse)
Though you've gone away, I wear your favorite shirt.
Sitting in the sun, by the library lion.
(chorus)
I always think I see you across the avenue.
Someday I'll come to meet you on the other side.
Across the avenue.
Across the avenue.
Across the avenue.
Across the avenue.
(repeates and fades)
Here's cut 8:
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red suit - case she'll ne - ver miss,
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lea - ther coat he used to wear.
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Think-in' tough, look-in' tired, with
D
G
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momm - a's money and dadd - y's ring. He's
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Go - ne like the wa - ter down to
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N - Y - C.
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Sleep-in' on the Eight-O - Two a -
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long this river runn-in' down. He's
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Go - ne like the wa - ter down the
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de - pot drai - - n.
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Dis - a - pear - in' in the city.
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(2nd verse)
Twenty-four and goin' pale. Growin' out, cuttin' back.
Drew a face on a ticket stub with momma's hands and daddy's pen.
(chorus)
He's gone like the water down to NYC.
Sleepin' on the Eight-O-Two along this river runnin' down.
He's gone like the water down the depot drain.
Dissappearing in the city.
(solo on verse & chorus)
(3rd verse)
Talk all night, cook all day. Lookin' for a new place to stay.
Thinkin' hard, lookin' bad, with momma's dollar in daddy's coat.
(chorus)
He's gone like the water down to NYC.
Sleepin' on the Eight-O-Two along this river runnin' down.
He's gone like the water down the depot drain.
Dissappearing in the city.
Here's cut 9:
As best I can tell, this tune is really played a half step lower than
I've tabbed it here, that is, in Gb (F?) rather than G. Adjust
accordingly, if so inclined.
(intro)
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De -
(1st verse)
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lores was her middle name. She'd
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read the book & every - thing.
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Now I know how old I am.
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Have you ever seen that film?
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Talkin' to a ho - tel mirror with my glasses
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off.
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Now you know just what he's cryin' about.
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(2nd verse)
Delores was her middle name.
Dangling from a silver chain.
Where'd you learn to talk that way?
I look like James Mason's ghost.
Talking to a friend after school but you don't see
that she's really lookin' right at me. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
(solo on verse)
(3rd verse)
Delores was her middle name.
And now her mother's wonderin',
"If I could see my wrinkled face."
Paint her lovely toenails red.
Writin' all my problems in a secret little book.
Now I know just what he should have done.
Talkin' to me like I'm just a little late.
Now you know just what he's talkin' about--.
(solo)
Delores was her middle name.
Delores was her middle name. Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Here's cut 10:
Try fingerpicking these chord shapes for the intro and verse:
(intro)
open
, open
D
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(intro)
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(1st verse)
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In the mid - dle of
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E - vie' - s gar - den
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was a rock she could
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ne - ver move.
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Worn a - way by a
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faith - ful ha - nd 'till
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no - one knows the
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date.
(chorus)
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Bring back the
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rain, we'll go
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walkin'. Mmm - mmm - -
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mmm -- .
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Bring back the
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wind like you
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do. Mmm - mmm - -
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mmm -- .
(2nd verse)
Of the flowers in Evie's garden
one would never go out of bloom.
Planted over a well, forgotten.
Opened by the moon.
(chorus)
Bring back the rain we'll go walkin' Mmm mmm mmm.
Bring back the wind like you do. Mmm mmm mmm.
Bring back the rain to Evie's garden. Mmm mmm mmm.
I'm at the gate looking through.
(3rd verse)
In the middle of Evie's garden
was a rock she could never move.
Nearly buried in a night bloom angle.
Pale and smooth as skin.
Here's cut 11:
(intro)
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(1st verse)
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Did you take your mother's name so
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you could sleep more eas - i - ly?
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She took you back too late and
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now you ne - ver e - ven call.
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Did you take that mon - ey drawer while
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she was praying?
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They said you dis - ap - peared
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just like wa - ter down a drain.
(chorus)
Dm
G
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Why'd you call me?
Am
Dm
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Must be bad.
Dm
G
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Dis - ap - point - ed
Am
Dm
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man. Where've you been?
Dm
G
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Hide your - self so
Am
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well in this city.
Dm
G
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Dis - ap - point - ed
C
Dm
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man.
(2nd verse)
Did you sell your father's ring so you could stay one more night?
It shone like his glass eye in the worn, velvet case.
Did you fill this hired room with guilty words?
Your white piano hands flutter like poisoned birds.
(chorus)
Why'd you call me? Must be bad.
Disappointed man where've you been?
Hide yourself so well in this city.
Disappointed man where've you been?
Disappointed man where've you been?
Disappointed man.
Here's cut 12:
(intro)
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(1st verse)
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You can really fall, wake
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up in a ruined house,
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wrapped up in a torn - down curtain.
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|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
when I get to Hell will the
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
love - ly girls come down to the
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
banks of that red red river?
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(chorus)
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I can hear the laughs when they
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
find I've fall - en down a - gain.
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|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I can hear the laughs and it
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hurts so bad I have to smi - le.
(2nd verse)
You can take a lot.
Put back not a thing.
Still come home lookin' thinner.
And when I get to Oz,
will the lovely witch come down
and kiss my pale, bleeding brow?
(chorus)
I can hear the laughs when they
find I've fallen down again.
I can hear the laughs and it
hurts so bad I have to smile.
(chords repeat and fade out)
Source: Songsterr · Rights holder? Request removal.
Readable chord sheet for This Perfect World by Freedy Johnston
[Em]
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I know I got a bad repu - ta - tion
[G]
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and it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
[Am] [C]
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If I could only give you every - thing
[Em] [D] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
you know I haven't got...
[Em]
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I couldn't have one conver -sa - tion
[G]
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if it wasn't for the lies, lies, lies
[Am] [C]
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And still I wanna tell you every - thing
[Em]
[D]
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`till I close my eyes. Sudden -ly I'm
[G] [C] [D7]
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on the street, seven years dis - ap -
[G] [C] [D7]
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pear be - low my feet. Been break - in'
[Em] [Am7]
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down. Do you want me now? Do you want me
[D7]
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now? Sudden - ly I'm down in
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Herald Square. Lookin' in the crowd your
[G] [C] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
face is ever - y - where. Been turn - in'
[Em] [Am7]
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`round. Do you want me now? Do you want me
[D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
now?
[Em] [G]
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(solo)
[Am7] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(solo)
[D7] [D7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(solo)
(2nd verse:)
D[Em]on't try to be an inspiration.
J[G]ust waistin' your time, time, time.
Y[Am]ou know about the be[C]st I'll ever be
I[Em] see it in your ey[D]es. [C]
I[Em] know I got a bad reputation
a[G]nd it isn't just talk, talk, talk.
I[Am]f I could only gi[C]ve you everything
y[Em]ou know I haven't go[D]t.
(Refrain:)
S[G]uddenly [C]I'm on the street.
S[D7]even years disappe[G]ar below[C] my feet[D7].
B[Em]een breakin' down.
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
S[G]uddenly [C]I'm in another place.
L[D7]ookin' in the crowd I th[G]ink I see[C] your face[D7].
B[Em]een turnin' `round.
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
([Em]down, down, down)
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
([Em]down, down, down)
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
D[G]on't you th[C]ink I've heard the talk?
N[D7]obody's going to te[G]ll me who[C] to love[D7].
B[Em]een breakin' down.
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
S[G]uddenly [C]I'm down in Herald Square.
L[D7]ookin' in the crowd your fa[G]ce is eve[C]rywher[D7]e.
J[Em]ust turnin' `round.
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
B[Em]een breakin' down.
D[Am7]o you want me now?
D[D7]o you want me now?
I'm just breakin
d[Em]own, down, do[Am7]wn, down. [D7]
Been breakin'
d[Em]own, down, do[Am7]wn, down. (Re[D7]peats and fades)
Here's cut
(intro)
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
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[A] [E] [B7]
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(1st verse)
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
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In the middle of her con - fes - sion,
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
he comes over and pulls her hair.
[A] [E] [B7] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I wake up, she is crying.
[A] [E] [B7]
[E]
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I guess he was here a - gain. Evie's
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
tears are ne - ver gon - na
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
dry. E - vie's sec - ret
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
tears burn this bed she
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
comes to on - ly when its right.
(night? light?)
(2nd verse)
W[A]e me[E]t in a lon[B7]ely summ[E]er,
t[A]wo survi[E]vors of par[B7]adise[E].
S[A]he ran of[E]f when I f[B7]irst touc[E]hed her.
N[A]ow she wa[E]kes me eve[B7]ry nigh[E]t.
(chorus)
E[C#m7]vie's tears[A] are ne[B]ver gon[C#m7]na dry.
E[A]vie's se[B]cret tea[C#m7]rs
b[A]urn this be[B]d she com[C#m7]es to only when[A] its right[B].
(1st bridge)
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Faith - less girl, you've been dreamin'.
[E] [A]
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Star - ing up, your face is white with
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
fear. O - K, now I'm list - nin'.
[E] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|
You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(solo for chorus)
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Now I'm list - nin'.
[C#m7] [A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|---------|
You're not mine and he's not here-------------|
(3rd verse)
I[A]n the mi[E]ddle of Evi[B7]e's gard[E]en,
i[A]n a si[E]mple iro[B7]n chai[E]r.
W[A]ind's bl[E]owin' and she[B7] is sing[E]in'.
B[A]egs the mo[E]on to dis[B7]appear[E].
(chorus)
E[C#m7]vie's tears[A] are ne[B]ver gon[C#m7]na dry.
E[A]vie's gu[B]ilty tea[C#m7]rs
b[A]urn this be[B]d she com[C#m7]es to only when[A] its right[B].
T[C#m7]ears. [A] Evi[B]e's tear[C#m7]s. Ev[A]ie's[B] tears, [C#m7]
b[A]urn this be[B]d she com[C#m7]es to only when[A] its light[B].
(2nd bridge)
C[A]atholic girl, yo[B]u've been dreamin'.
S[E]taring up, your fa[A]ce is white with fear.
O[A]K, no[B]w I'm listnin'.
[E]You're not mine and [B]he's not here.
Here's cut
(intro)
[E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[E] [F#m] [Bm]
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(one..., two..., three..., four...)
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A bare - foot whore
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
walk - in' by a fa - mous clock.
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
A - gainst her door,
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
wait - ing for the chimes to stop.
(chorus)
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Can't sink this town.
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Pull the gates and bring it down.
[E] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I'd glad - ly drown - than
[E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
let you leave me lone - ly.
(2nd verse)
S[A]he p[E]ulled the [B7]cord. [E]
O[A]n a nigh[E]t like this[B7] she [E]never works.
I[A] said no [E]more. [B7] [E]
D[A]o I think[E] I'm under[B7]stood w[E]ith her?
(chorus)
C[E]an't sink this to[D]wn.
P[E]ull the gates and br[D]ing it down.
I[E]'d gladly dr[D]own
t[E]han let y[F#m]ou leave m[Bm]e lonely.[D]
I[E] can't sink this t[D]own.
L[E]ookin' back acr[D]oss the sea.
I[E]'d gladly dr[D]own.
I[E] thought you [F#m]said you were l[Bm]onely? [D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(3rd verse)
T[F#m]ell you wh[Bm]at,
i[E]s a broken promi[Bm]se cheap enough?
I[F#m]t's all I go[Bm]t.
L[E]ooks so sad, ta[Bm]lks to tough.
(chorus)
C[E]an't sink this to[D]wn.
P[E]ull the gates and br[D]ing it down.
I[E]'d gladly dr[D]own
t[E]han let y[F#m]ou leave m[Bm]e lonely.[D]
I[E] can't sink this t[D]own.
L[E]ookin' back acr[D]oss the sea.
I[E]'d gladly dr[D]own
I[E] thought you [F#m]said you were l[Bm]onely? [D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
I[E] thought you [F#m]said you were l[Bm]onely? [D] [E] [F#m] [Bm] [D]
I[E] thought you [F#m]said you were l[Bm]onely? [D]
(solo over verse)
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[E] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Here's cut
open
[Am] for
[C#m] open
[Dm] for
[F#m] open
[E7] for
[Ab7] open
[C] for
[E]
[F] for
[A]
[G] for
[B]
Try these chords (who knows what their -real- names are?):
(intro)
[F#m]+6
[Ab7]+4
[Ab7]
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV
| | 1 - 1 - barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | | 2 | | | | | | | | | 2 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 3 | | | 3 | 4 | | | 3 | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
(verses)
[C#m] [F#m] [Ab7]
x-x-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV +-+-+-+-+-+ IV
| 1 - - - 1 barre | 1 - - - - barre 1 - 1 - 1 1 barre
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | 2 | | | | | | 2 | | | 2 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 3 4 | | | | | 3 | | | 3 | | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | | 4 |
+-+-+-+-+-+
(intro arpeggio)
[F#m]+6
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[F#m]+6
[Ab7]+4
[Ab7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[C#m] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to see your face.
[Ab7] [C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to hear your voice.
[F#m] [Ab7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Last time I was here I
[C#m] [F#m] [Ab7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
would - n't turn a - round.
[C#m] [F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You ought to lock that door.
[Ab7] [C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Some - body might get in.
[F#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Didn't I teach you tha -
[G#7+4] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
- - t? This per -fect world.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
So blue I Can't be - gin to
[A] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
say. This per -fect world.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I know I ne - ver should have
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
gone a - wa - y.
[A] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
But I still de - serve to
[A]
[F#m]+6
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
say good - bye no matt - er what I've
[Ab7]+4
[C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
do - - - ne. No
[C#m]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
matt - er what I've
[F#m+6]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
done.
[F#m]+6
[Ab7]+4
[Ab7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
I[C#m] see her in your fa[F#m]ce.
I[Ab7] hear her in your vo[C#m]ice.
L[F#m]ast time I [Ab7]was here they'd fou[C#m]nd her in the lake[F#m]. [Ab7]
Y[C#m]ou ought to see my sc[F#m]ars.
Y[Ab7]ou think I'm made of st[C#m]one.
[F#m]
[Ab7]+4
Didn't you tell me that--?
(chorus)
T[E]his perfect wor[A]ld. So blue [B]I can't begin to[A] say.
T[E]his perfect wor[A]ld. They say tha[B]t soon I will be[A] gone away.[B] [A]
[B] [A]
[F#m]+6
[Ab7]+4
B[Ab7]ut I still deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done.
T[E]his perfect wor[A]ld. [B] [A]
T[E]his perfect wor[A]ld. [B] [A]
N[B]ow I've come aroun[A]d it's far too [B]late. [A]
A[B]nd these pills won[A]'t even let me[B] cry. [A]
N[B]o one knows you [A]even when your gone[B]. [A]
[B] [A]
[F#m]+6
[Ab7]+4
B[Ab7]ut I st[C#m]ill deserve to say goodbye no matter what I've done - -.
No matter what I've [F#m+6]done. [G#7+4] [G#7]
(3rd verse)
Y[C#m]ou ought to see your fa[F#m]ce.
Y[Ab7]ou ought to hear your vo[C#m]ice.
[F#m]
[Ab7]+4
L[Ab7]ock thi[C#m]s after me - - -.
Sorry, I didn't have the patience to figure out the chords he's using
in this song, so I'll post the unadorned lyrics instead, and hope that
someone a little more talented can match up the right chords.
(intro)
(1st verse)
When I woke up, I was already evicted.
And when you say lie, do you think I believe anything?
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
(2nd verse)
When you walked up, I was lookin' at the wrong ___.
And now I'm locked out, I will be back in familiar spots.
(chorus)
Cold again, cold again, back alone before the end.
Cold again, cold again, do you really think I'd turn you in?
Cold again, cold again, walkin' over Brooklyn Bridge.
Cold again, cold again, hey Miss Liberty where have you been?
Keywords:
Here's cut
The "C+" chord below (I don't know what the proper name is) is an open C
chord with G on the top and an added A. This is how I finger it:
[C] X===X======
| | | | 1 |
+-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | |
+-+-+-+-+-+
| 3 | | | 4
+-+-+-+-+-+
I dunno, sounds pretty close to me. Corrections always welcome.
(intro)
[G] [Bm]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[Em] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[Em] [C]
[C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Lovers cry, one last
[Em] [C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
kiss by the edge then hand in hand.
[G] [Bm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Two lovers stop their hearts,
[Em] [C]
[C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Bet - ter than to be a - part.
|-------|-------|-------|-------|
They had
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
run from her father to the high - est bri - dge.
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[D]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Hold - ing to- gether as they jumped i - n.
[D] [D7]
[C]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(2nd verse)
L[G]overs fl[Bm]y on the hil[Em]l where they once lay sid[C]e by side.
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
T[C]wo lovers stop their hearts, better than to be apart.
(solo, follows intro chords)
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
[C]
S[D]he was rich, he was common, but she wouldn't say no.
L[D]ying together on the rocks below.
T[D]hey had run from her father to the highest bridge.
[D] [D7]
H[C]olding together as they jumped in.
(3rd verse)
L[G]overs cr[Bm]y. One last kis[Em]s by the edge, then han[C]d in hand.
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
T[C]wo lovers stop their hearts, better than to be apart.
L[G]overs cr[Bm]y. Lovers cry[Em]. Lovers cry.[C]
L[G]overs cr[Bm]y. Lovers cry[Em]. Lovers cry.[C]
L[G]overs cr[Bm]y. Lovers cry[Em]. Lovers cry.[C]
[G] [Bm] [Em] [C]
L[C]overs cry. Lovers cry. Lovers cry.
Here's cut
(intro)
[A7] [G]
1-------2-------3-------4-------1-------2-------3-------4-------|
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Though you've gone a - wa - - y,
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I play your favo - rite songs.
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
In the blue and go - - ld,
[A7] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
with your dark glass - es on.
(chorus)
[D] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I al - ways think I see you
[G] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
a - cross the a - ven - ue.
[D] [A]
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Walk - in' by where I lost you.
[G] [A]
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It's all I e - ver do.
(2nd verse)
[A7] [G]
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[A7] [G]
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You just walked a - wa - - y.
[A7] [G]
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"We'll meet to - night." "O - K."
[A7] [G]
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Go - in' a - gainst the li - - ght.
[A7] [G]
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Run down in front of me.
[D] [A]
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I al - ways think I see you
[G] [A]
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a - cross the a - ven - ue.
[D] [A]
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Some day I'll come to meet you
[G] [A]
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on the o - ther side. A -
[F]
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cross the A - ven - ue.
[F] [G]
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[A]
[F]
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cross the A - ven - ue.
[F] [G] [A]
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|-------|-------|
(solo)
[A7] [G]
[A7] [G]
(3rd verse)
T[A7]hough you've gone away,[G] I w[A7]ear your favorite shirt[G].
S[A7]itting in the sun, [G]by [A7]the library lion. [G]
(chorus)
I[D] always th[A]ink I see you ac[G]ross the aven[A]ue.
S[D]omeday I'll co[A]me to meet you on[G] the othe[A]r side.
A[F]cross the avenue. [G]
A[F]cross the avenue. [G]
A[F]cross the avenue. [G]
A[F]cross the avenue. [G]
(repeates and fades)
Here's cut
[G]
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[A]
[G]
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red suit - case she'll ne - ver miss,
[D] [G]
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lea - ther coat he used to wear.
[G]
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Think-in' tough, look-in' tired, with
[D]
[G]
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momm - a's money and dadd - y's ring. He's
[F] [C]
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Go - ne like the wa - ter down to
[G]
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N - Y - C.
[F] [C]
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Sleep-in' on the Eight-O - Two a -
[G]
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long this river runn-in' down. He's
[F] [C]
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Go - ne like the wa - ter down the
[G]
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de - pot drai - - n.
[F] [C]
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Dis - a - pear - in' in the city.
[D7]
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[G]
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(2nd verse)
T[G]wenty-four and goin' pale. Gr[D]owin' out, cuttin' bac[G]k.
D[G]rew a face on a ticket stub with mo[D]mma's hands and daddy's pen[G].
(chorus)
H[F]e's gone like t[C]he water down t[G]o NYC.
S[F]leepin' on the Ei[C]ght-O-Two alon[G]g this river runnin' down.
H[F]e's gone like t[C]he water down th[G]e depot drain.
D[F]issappearing in[C] the city. [D7] [G]
(solo on verse & chorus)
(3rd verse)
T[G]alk all night, cook all day. Lo[D]okin' for a new place to sta[G]y.
T[G]hinkin' hard, lookin' bad, with mo[D]mma's dollar in daddy's coa[G]t.
(chorus)
H[F]e's gone like t[C]he water down t[G]o NYC.
S[F]leepin' on the Ei[C]ght-O-Two alon[G]g this river runnin' down.
H[F]e's gone like t[C]he water down th[G]e depot drain.
D[F]issappearing in[C] the city. [D7] [G]
Here's cut
As best I can tell, this tune is really played a half step lower than
I've tabbed it here, that is, in Gb (F
accordingly, if so inclined.
(intro)
[G] [D] [C] [D]
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[G] [D] [C] [D]
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De -
(1st verse)
[G] [D] [C] [D]
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lores was her middle name. She'd
[G] [D] [C] [D]
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read the book & every - thing.
[G] [D] [C] [D]
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Now I know how old I am.
[G] [D] [C] [D]
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Have you ever seen that film?
[C]
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Talkin' to a ho - tel mirror with my glasses
[D]
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off.
[C]
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Now you know just what he's cryin' about.
[D] [D7]
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(2nd verse)
D[G]elores was her [D]middle name. [C] [D]
D[G]angling from a si[D]lver chain. [C] [D]
W[G]here'd you learn to ta[D]lk that way? [C] [D]
I[G] look like James Ma[D]son's ghost. [C] [D]
T[C]alking to a friend after school but you don't se[D]e
t[C]hat she's really lookin' right at me[D]. Yea[D7]h, yeah, yeah.
(solo on verse)
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D]
[G]
[D]
[C]
[D]
(3rd verse)
D[G]elores was her [D]middle name. [C] [D]
A[G]nd now her mother'[D]s wonderin', [C] [D]
"[G]If I could see m[D]y wrinkled face.[C]" [D]
P[G]aint her lovely to[D]enails red. [C] [D]
W[C]ritin' all my problems in a secret little bo[D]ok.
N[C]ow I know just what he should have do[D]ne.
T[C]alkin' to me like I'm just a little la[D]te.
N[C]ow you know just what he's talkin' ab[D]out--. [D7]
(solo)
[C] [D]
[C] [D] [D7]
D[G]elores was her [D]middle name. [C] [D]
D[G]elores was her [D]middle name. [C] Yeah, ye[D]ah, yeah.
[G] [D] [C] [D] [G]
Here's cut
Try fingerpicking these chord shapes for the intro and verse:
(intro)
[G]
[D] open
[A], open
[D]
X------------------------------|X-+-+-+-+ III X-X-+-+-+-+ II
| | | | 1-1 barre | | | 1---1-| barre
+-+-+-+-+----------------------| +-+-+-+-+-+
| | | 2 | | | | | | 2 |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
| | 3 | | | | | 3 | | |
+-+-+-+-+-+ +-+-+-+-+-+
(intro)
[G] [D]
|-------&-------2-------&-------3-------&-------4-------&-------|
[A] [D]
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[G] [D]
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[A7]
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(1st verse)
[G] [D]
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In the mid - dle of
[A] [D]
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E - vie' - s gar - den
[G] [D]
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was a rock she could
[A] [D]
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ne - ver move.
[G] [D]
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Worn a - way by a
[A] [D]
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faith - ful ha - nd 'till
[G] [D]
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no - one knows the
[A] [D]
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date.
(chorus)
[Bm] [A]
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Bring back the
[G] [F#m]
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rain, we'll go
[Em] [D]
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walkin'. Mmm - mmm - -
[A]
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mmm -- .
[Bm] [A]
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Bring back the
[G] [F#m]
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wind like you
[Em] [D]
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do. Mmm - mmm - -
[A7]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
mmm -- .
(2nd verse)
O[G]f the fl[D]owers in Evi[A]e's gard[D]en
o[G]ne would ne[D]ver go out[A] of bloo[D]m.
P[G]lanted ov[D]er a wel[A]l, forgott[D]en.
O[G]pened by[D] the moo[A]n. [D]
(chorus)
B[Bm]ring ba[A]ck the rai[G]n we'll g[F#m]o walki[Em]n' Mmm mm[D]m mmm. [A]
B[Bm]ring ba[A]ck the win[G]d like[F#m] you do. [Em] Mmm mm[D]m mmm. [A]
B[Bm]ring ba[A]ck the rai[G]n to Evie[F#m]'s garde[Em]n. Mmm mm[D]m mmm. [A]
I[Bm]'m at[A] the gat[G]e look[F#m]ing throu[Em]gh. [D] [A7]
(3rd verse)
I[G]n the mi[D]ddle of Evi[A]e's gard[D]en
w[G]as a ro[D]ck she could nev[A]er move[D].
N[G]early bu[D]ried in a nig[A]ht bloom angl[D]e.
P[G]ale and sm[D]ooth as ski[A]n. [D]
Here's cut
(intro)
[Dm]
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[G]
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[Dm]
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[G] [Am]
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(1st verse)
[Dm]
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Did you take your mother's name so
[G]
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you could sleep more eas - i - ly?
[Am]
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She took you back too late and
[G]
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now you ne - ver e - ven call.
[Dm]
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Did you take that mon - ey drawer while
[G]
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she was praying?
[Am]
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They said you dis - ap - peared
[G]
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just like wa - ter down a drain.
(chorus)
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
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Why'd you call me?
[Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm]
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Must be bad.
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
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Dis - ap - point - ed
[Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm]
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man. Where've you been?
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
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Hide your - self so
[Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm]
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well in this city.
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
Dis - ap - point - ed
[Am]
[Am]
[C]
[Dm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
man.
[Dm] [G]
[Dm] [G] [Am]
(2nd verse)
D[Dm]id you sell your father's ring so yo[G]u could stay one more night?
I[Am]t shone like his glass eye in[G] the worn, velvet case.
D[Dm]id you fill this hired room with gu[G]ilty words?
Y[Am]our white piano hands fl[G]utter like poisoned birds.
(chorus)
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm] Why'd you call me? Must be bad.
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm] Disappointed man where've you been?
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm] Hide yourself so well in this city.
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm] Disappointed man where've you been?
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C] [Dm] Disappointed man where've you been?
[Dm]
[Dm]
[F] [G] [Am]
[Am]
[C]
[Dm] Disappointed man.
Here's cut
(intro)
[E] [Abm] [B]
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[E] [Abm] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[F#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[C#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(1st verse)
[E] [Abm] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
You can really fall, wake
[E] [Abm] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
up in a ruined house,
[F#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
wrapped up in a torn - down curtain.
[C#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[And]
[E] [Abm] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
when I get to Hell will the
[E] [Abm] [B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
love - ly girls come down to the
[F#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
banks of that red red river?
[C#m] [A]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
(chorus)
[B] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I can hear the laughs when they
[B] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
find I've fall - en down a - gain.
[A] [Abm]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[B]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
[B] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
I can hear the laughs and it
[B] [E]
|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
hurts so bad I have to smi - le.
[A]
[B]
[A]
[B]
[A] [B]
(2nd verse)
Y[E]ou can ta[Abm]ke a lot[B].
P[E]ut back no[Abm]t a thi[B]ng.
S[F#m]till come home lo[A]okin' thinner. [C#m] [A]
A[E]nd when [Abm]I get to[B] Oz,
w[E]ill the [Abm]lovely witch[B] come down
a[F#m]nd kiss my pale[A], bleeding brow?[C#m] [A]
(chorus)
I[B] can hear the la[E]ughs when they
f[B]ind I've fallen do[E]wn again.
[A] [G#m]
[B]
I[B] can hear the la[E]ughs and it
h[B]urts so bad I ha[E]ve to smile.
[A] [B]
[A] [B]
[A] [B]
(chords repeat and fade out)
[A]
[B]
[A] [G#m]
[B]