[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