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INTRO
RE LA7
VERSE
RE RE SOL LA7 RE
RE LA7 RE SOL LA7
CHORUS
RE LA7 RE SOL RE LA7
RE FA#m SOL MIm RE LA7 RE
VERSE:
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The smart money's on Harlem
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And the moon is in the street
SOL LA7 RE
The shadow boys are breaking all the laws
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And you're east of East Saint Louis
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And the wind is making speeches
SOL LA7
And the rain sounds like a round of applause
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Napoleon is weeping
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In the carnival saloon
SOL LA7 RE
His invisible fiance's in the mirror
RE LA7
And the band is going home
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It's raining hammers, it's raining nails
SOL LA7
It's true there's nothing left for him down here
CHORUS
RE LA7 RE
And it's time, time, time
SOL RE LA7
And it's time, time, time
RE FA#m SOL MIm
And it's time, time, time, that you love
RE LA7 RE
And it's time, time, time
VERSE 2:
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And they all pretend they're orphans
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And their memory's like a train
SOL LA7 RE
You can see it getting smaller as it pulls away
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And the things you can't remember
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Tell the things you can't forget
SOL LA7
That history puts a saint in every dream
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Well she said she'd stick around
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Until the bandages came off
SOL LA7 RE
But these mama's boys just don't know when to quit
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And Matilda asks the sailors
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Are those dreams or are those prayers?
SOL LA7
So close your eys, son and this won't hurt a bit
CHORUS
VERSE 3:
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Well things are pretty lousy
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For a calendar girl
SOL LA7 RE
The boys just dive right off the cars and into the street
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And when they're on a roll
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She pulls a razor from her boot
SOL LA7
And a thousand pigeons fall around her feet
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So put a candle in the window
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And a kiss upon his lips
SOL LA7 RE
As the dish outside the window fills with rain
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Just like a stranger
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With the weeds in your heart
SOL LA7
And pay the fiddler off 'till I come back again
CHORUS x2
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