C (x32010@1)   Em7  F (133211@1)     Am (x02210@1)  Dm (xx0231@1)       F (133211@1)   G (320003@1)  Am (x02210@1)         Em7
--12--10--|----p--------|------15--|--17--19--|--20--17------20--22--|
----------|--13
----------|---------12--|-s--------|----------|----------------------|
----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------|
----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------|
----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------|

Dm (xx0231@1)      Am (x02210@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)      Dm (xx0231@1)  G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)         F (133211@1)--24--22--20------|------15--|------19--|--22vvvvvvv|vvvvvvv---------|
--------------20--|-/15------|-/15------|-----------|----------------|
------------------|-s--------|-s--------|-----------|----------------|
------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|
------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|
------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------|

|      4x     |
| C Em7 | F G |

     C (x32010@1)          Em7     F (133211@1)G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)         Em7  FThe (133211@1)rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
  G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)                  Em7     F (133211@1)G (320003@1) C (x32010@1)             Em7     F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line
  C (x32010@1)                         Em7       FBarefoot (133211@1)girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
          G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)           Em7
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
          Dm (xx0231@1)            Am (x02210@1)            DmThe (xx0231@1)Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants
                Am (x02210@1)   Dm (xx0231@1)         Am (x02210@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)      G (320003@1)       | CEm7 (x32010@1)| F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G | CEm7 (x32010@1)| F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G |
Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane

   C (x32010@1)     Em7    F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)           Em7   F (133211@1)    GThe (320003@1)Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl
C (x32010@1)                           Em7   F (133211@1) G (320003@1)            C (x32010@1)          Em7   GAnd (320003@1)the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands
 G (320003@1)      C (x32010@1)           Em7  F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)   Em7     FFrom (133211@1)the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world
Dm (xx0231@1)     Am (x02210@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am Dm (xx0231@1)  F (133211@1)    C| (x32010@1)F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)F| (133211@1)As we take our stand down in Jungleland

C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)           G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C                    G (320003@1)F (133211@1)      GThe (320003@1)midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
        C (x32010@1)                G (320003@1) F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C                      G (320003@1) FThey'll (133211@1)meet `neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light
G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)   FMan (133211@1)there's an opera out on the Turnpike
G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)   FThere's (133211@1)a ballet being fought out in the alley
G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1) F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)FUntil (133211@1)the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night
    Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)             GThe (320003@1)street's alive as secret debts are      paid
|---5-------5-------------------------------------------------|
|---6-------6------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------|
|---7-------7------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------|
|---7-------7------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------|
|---5-------5------7-----7----8-----8-------10---10-----------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|

        Dm (xx0231@1)        C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)  GContacts (320003@1)made, they vanished unseen
     Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)        G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm               C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine
    Bb (x1333x@1)                  C (x32010@1)  DmThe (xx0231@1)hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands
      Bb (x1333x@1)                                       C (x32010@1)name="chord_xx0231@1">Dm      F (133211@1)       C| (x32010@1)F| (133211@1)C| (x32010@1)F| (133211@1)That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland

|    4x     |       3x    |
| C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G | F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G | C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F| (133211@1)F (133211@1)name="chord_320003@1">G | C (x32010@1)name="chord_320003@1">G F| (133211@1)F| (133211@1)C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)   
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------8--10--8-|
-/8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--|-/8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--|-/8-8-8-8--8-8-8-8--|-/8-8-8-8--10----------|
-s------------------|-s------------------|-s------------------|-s---------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|
--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------|

        G (320003@1) F (133211@1)              G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)  F (133211@1)               G-10/12vvvvv--|--13--12--------------|-------------------------|-------------------12--| (320003@1)---b---------|----------13----------|------13vvvv--12-13------|-----------12--13------|
-------------|--------------12------|---------------------14vvvv--12--14--------------|
-------------|------------------15--|--14---------------------|-----------------------|
-------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|
-------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------|


 C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)            F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)    C--12------|------------------|------12------|--17--15--15--13--|------12------| (x32010@1)------13--|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--|
----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|
----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|
----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|
----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------|

  F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)    C (x32010@1)           F|--17--15--15--13--|------12------|--20vv-| (133211@1)|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--|-------|
|------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------|--------------|-------|
|------------------|--------------|-------|

Bb (x1333x@1)                                FIn (133211@1)the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage
C (x32010@1)             Gm (355333@1)              Bb (x1333x@1)                          F (133211@1)      CInside (x32010@1)the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the D.J. plays
BbLonely-hearted (x1333x@1)lovers struggle in dark corners
F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)Gm (355333@1)             Bb (x1333x@1)                 CDesperate (x32010@1)as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone

| Eb| (x43121@3)Eb| (x43121@3)Ab| (xx1114@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Ab| (xx1114@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Ab| (xx1114@1)Eb| (x43121@3)Ab| (xx1114@1)Ab| (xx1114@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Eb (x43121@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb | Bb| (x1333x@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)| Eb| (x43121@3)Eb| (x43121@3)Cm (x3101x@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Cm (x3101x@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Ab (xx1114@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Ab (xx1114@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb | Eb| (x43121@3)Bb| (x1333x@1)Bb| (x1333x@1)Ab| (xx1114@1)Cm (x3101x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb Cm| (x3101x@1)G7sus| (3x301x@1)
| Ab  Bb | Eb Bb | Eb Bb | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Ab Bb | Eb Bb | Ab Bb |

    Eb (x43121@3)     Bb (x1333x@1)     Bb (x1333x@1)      BbBeneath (x1333x@1)the city two hearts beat
     Cm (x3101x@1)                      Bb (x1333x@1)         Cm (x3101x@1)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb   Abmaj7 (xx4321@3) BbSoul (x1333x@1)engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked
    Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)    Bb (x1333x@1)   Eb (x43121@3)      Bb (x1333x@1)   Ab (xx1114@1) Bb7 (x13131@1)     EbIn (x43121@3)whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown
                                           Cm (x3101x@1)      C9sus                    CmC9sus (x3101x@1)The Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the night
       Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)             Bb (x1333x@1)           Abmaj7 (xx4321@3)name="chord_x1333x@1">Bb
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
          Cm (x3101x@1)               C (x32010@1)          CmOr (x3101x@1)as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

G (320003@1)         Dm (xx0231@1)         C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)        G7susOutside (3x301x@1)the street's on fire in a real death waltz
  G (320003@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)            C (x32010@1)  F (133211@1)name="chord_3x301x@1">G7sus G (320003@1)Dm (xx0231@1)      CBetween (x32010@1)flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here
            F (133211@1)            G7sus (3x301x@1)G (320003@1) Dm (xx0231@1)           C (x32010@1)       F (133211@1)G7sus (3x301x@1)name="chord_320003@1">G
Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be
G (320003@1)         BbAnd (x1333x@1)in the quick of the night they reach for their moment
                                Dm (xx0231@1)                    BbAnd (x1333x@1)try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead
   Dm7      F (133211@1)     CTonight (x32010@1)in Jungleland




verse: piano transcribed for 6 string guitar
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----5-------5------3--1-------1------0--1--3------------|
|.--------5------4----------2---------------------------.|
|.-----5------5----------3--------3---------------------.|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|