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