FI (133211@1)never met a lady
C (x32010@1)      BbQuite (x1333x@1)as pretty as Melody Dean
FAnd (133211@1)when I laid my head down on her 
C (x32010@1)      Bbheart (x1333x@1)it beated out your name
FAnd (133211@1)so I had to 
Clisten (x32010@1)to her
Bb (x1333x@1)heart beat several hundred times and
FShe (133211@1)was very 
Cnice (x32010@1)about it
BbHeld (x1333x@1)my hand and didn't mind
FI (133211@1)never put my foot in the same 
C (x32010@1)      BbRiver (x1333x@1)twice I don't like getting wet
FYou (133211@1)take the good you take the bad
C (x32010@1)      BbYou (x1333x@1)take it all and that is all you get
FThe (133211@1)fact is you would rather I be 
C (x32010@1)      Bblonely (x1333x@1)in a bathtub with a book
FThe (133211@1)fact is you would rather I sat 
C (x32010@1)      BbPining (x1333x@1)on our pictures from New York

New York, New York, New York

But

F C Bb
I get torn to pieces
F C Bb
For the stupidest reasons
F C Bb
All I want's to love the one I'm with
Just like the song says

FI (133211@1)don't like picking sides I don't like
C (x32010@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)Sticking my Sharona in a box
FI (133211@1)like to spread her out on different 
C (x32010@1)      BbCrackers, (x1333x@1)yeah I like the way she looks
FAnd (133211@1)when I go to bed at night with 
C Bb
Melody undressing in my head
FTo (133211@1)get tot sleep you know that I would 
C (x32010@1)      BbRather (x1333x@1)be undressing you instead
Instead, instead, instead

FI (133211@1)never met a lady quite as 
CPretty (x32010@1)as Melody Dean and
BbEven (x1333x@1)though I know you are a little bit angry with me
FYou (133211@1)know that it is you I love
CAnd (x32010@1)you I want to get me off
BbBut (x1333x@1)you can only do that when you're here
And right now you are not
F (133211@1)(Instrumental break follows the exact same pattern)
FI (133211@1)never cross the Continental 
C (x32010@1)      BbDivide (x1333x@1)without thinking about you
FI (133211@1)am a tree that's carved up with her
C (x32010@1)      Bb (x1333x@1)Name she is a warrior tattoo
FAnd (133211@1)the fact is you're selective about 
C (x32010@1)      Bbwhat (x1333x@1)you can remember for a start
FThe (133211@1)fact is you're just jealous as all 
C (x32010@1)      BbGet (x1333x@1)out we can do it in the dark
The dark, the dark, the dark

But

F C Bb
I get torn to pieces
F C Bb
For the stupidest reasons
F C Bb
All I want's to love the one I'm with
Just like Steven Stills says

FI (133211@1)never met a lady quite as 
CPretty (x32010@1)as Melody Dean and
BbEven (x1333x@1)though I know you are a little bit angry with me
FYou (133211@1)know that it is you I love
CAnd (x32010@1)you I want to get me off
BbBut (x1333x@1)you can only do that when you're here
And right now you are not