[Intro]
C A# F 2x
[Verse]
F A#
When you're lost in the rain in Juarez,
F
and it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails,
A# F
and negativity don't pull you through
A#
Don't put on any airs,
F
when you're down on Rue Morgue Avenue
C
They got some hungry women there,
A# F
and they really make a mess outa you.
[Verse]
Now if you see Saint Annie,
A# F
please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move,
A# F
my fingers are all in a knot
A#
I don't have the strength,
F
to get up and take another shot
C
And my best friend, my doctor,
A# F
won't even say what it is I've got.
[Verse]
Sweet Melinda,
A# F
the peasants call her the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English,
A# F
and she invites you up into her room
A#
And you're so kind,
F
and careful not to go to her too soon
C
And she takes your voice,
A# F
and leaves you howling at the moon.
[Verse]
Up on Housing Project Hill,
A# F
it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other,
A# F
though neither of them are to be what they claim
A#
If you're lookin' to get silly,
F
you better go back to from where you came
C
Because the cops don't need you,
A# F
and man they expect the same.
[Verse]
Now all the authorities,
A# F
they just stand around and boast
A#
How they blackmailed the sergeant-at-arms,
F
into leaving his post
A#
And picking up Angel who,
F
just arrived here from the coast
C
Who looked so fine at first,
A# F
but left looking just like a ghost.
[Interlude]
F A# 3x
F C A# F
[Verse]
I started out on burgundy,
A# F
but soon hit the harder stuff
A#
Everybody said they'd stand behind me,
F
when the game got rough
A#
But the joke was on me,
F
there was nobody even there to bluff
C
I'm going back to New York City,
A# F
I do believe I've had enough.
[Outro]
C A# F 4x
[Intro]
C A# F 2x
[Verse]
F When you're lost in
A#
the rain in Juarez,
F
and it's Easter time too
And your gravity fails,
A# and negativity don't
F
pull you through
A#
Don't put on any airs,
when you're down
F
on Rue Morgue Avenue
C
They got some hungry women there,
A# and they really make
F
a mess outa you.
[Verse]
Now if you see Saint Annie,
A# F
please tell her thanks a lot
I cannot move,
A# F
my fingers are all in a knot
A#
I don't have the strength,
F
to get up and take another shot
C
And my best friend, my doctor,
A# won't even say what
F
it is I've got.
[Verse]
Sweet Melinda,
A# the peasants call her
F
the goddess of gloom
She speaks good English,
A# and she invites
F
you up into her room
A#
And you're so kind,
and careful not to
F
go to her too soon
C
And she takes your voice,
A# and leaves you howling
F
at the moon.
[Verse]
Up on Housing Project Hill,
A# F
it's either fortune or fame
You must pick up one or the other,
A# though neither of them
F
are to be what they claim
A#
If you're lookin' to get silly,
you better go back
F
to from where you came
C
Because the cops don't need you,
A# F
and man they expect the same.
[Verse]
Now all the authorities,
A# F
they just stand around and boast
How they blackmailed
A#
the sergeant-at-arms,
F
into leaving his post
A#
And picking up Angel who,
F
just arrived here from the coast
C
Who looked so fine at first,
A# but left looking
F
just like a ghost.
[Interlude]
F A# 3x
F C A# F
[Verse]
I started out on burgundy,
A# F
but soon hit the harder stuff
Everybody said they'd
A#
stand behind me,
F
when the game got rough
A#
But the joke was on me,
there was nobody
F
even there to bluff
C
I'm going back to New York City,
A# F
I do believe I've had enough.
[Outro]
C A# F 4x