Capo 4th Fret



 Em (022000@1)       C (x32010@1)    Em (022000@1)         C"All (x32010@1)hope abandon, ye who enter here"
         G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)               EmSaid (022000@1)the sign I read that was hanging above her bed
                    CAnd (x32010@1)the siren's all willing
      Em (022000@1)                 CBut (x32010@1)a man can't ignore the signs
         G (320003@1)                     D (xx0232@1)          EmYou (022000@1)gotta keep a good eye on the winding road ahead
   
    G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)my first sin was a young American girl
    G (320003@1)               D (xx0232@1)            CAnd (x32010@1)my first sin was a young American girl

Interlude: Em,C,Em,C,G,D,Em

      Em (022000@1)                  CAnd (x32010@1)I spent time 'neath the trestles
         Em (022000@1)                    CWith (x32010@1)the punks and the dimestore saints
         G (320003@1)                    D (xx0232@1)               EmWe (022000@1)kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat
                     CAnd (x32010@1)I ran with dirty angels
Em (022000@1)             CSlept (x32010@1)out in the rain
        G (320003@1)                  D (xx0232@1)          EmWe (022000@1)were scared and tired and barely seventeen

    G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)my first sin was the fear that made me old
    G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)my first sin was the fear that made me old

Interlude: Em,C,Em,C,G,D,Em

          CAnd (x32010@1)now I walk down by the shipyards
         DNear (xx0232@1)the place where I was born
         G (320003@1)                          CSaying, (x32010@1)"Oh Maria, if you'da known me when"
    Em (022000@1)     C (x32010@1)            Em (022000@1)                 C (x32010@1) 
But she only smiles by the light on the Navesink Banks
         G (320003@1)         D (xx0232@1)         EmSaying, (022000@1)"Listen baby, I know you now"

     Em (022000@1)               CThen (x32010@1)she steps into the river
    Em (022000@1)                CAnd (x32010@1)I just stand by the moon
 G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)        EmThinking (022000@1)'bout a ghost I hear at night
               G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                 CAnd (x32010@1)she says, "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself.
     G (320003@1)                 D (xx0232@1)           C"And (x32010@1)your first sin was a lie you told yourself.