tuning: Eb5 Intro: A5 , F5 , A5 , F5 , C5 , G5 , A5 A5 F5 A5 F5 "All hope abandon, ye who enter here" C5 G5 A5 Said the sign I read that was hanging above her bed F5 And the siren's all willing A5 F5 But a man can't ignore the signs C5 G5 A5 You gotta keep a good eye on the winding road ahead A5 C5 F5 And my first sin was a young American girl A5 C5 F5 And my first sin was a young American girl Interlude: A5 , F5 , A5 , F5 , C5 , G5 , A5 A5 F5 And I spent time 'neath the trestles A5 F5 With the punks and the dimestore saints C5 G5 A5 We kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat F5 And I ran with dirty angels A5 F5 Slept out in the rain C5 G5 A5 We were scared and tired and barely seventeen A5 C5 F5 And my first sin was the fear that made me old A5 C5 F5 And my first sin was the fear that made me old Interlude: A5 , F5 , A5 , F5 , C5 , G5 , A5 F5 And now I walk down by the shipyards G5 Near the place where I was born C5 F5 Saying, "Oh Maria, if you'da known me when" A5 F5 A5 F5 But she only smiles by the light on the Navesink Banks C5 G5 A5 Saying, "Listen baby, I know you now" A5 F5 Then she steps into the river A5 F5 And I just stand by the moon C5 G5 A5 Thinking 'bout a ghost I hear at night A5 C5 F5 And she says, "Your first sin was a lie you told yourself. A5 C5 F5 "And your first sin was a lie you told yourself. Have fun. Comments to madmosesrulez#web.de (change # with @ due to spam )