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