Intro: G5 , E5 , G5 , E5 , C5 (the same as the verse)

Verse:

G5
The cool is dead, baby go on to sleep
E5
Rest your weary head and lover bury me
G5
And in the morning we'll start over again
E5                               C5
That's how they do it up on the screen
G5
So me and my baby we would dance all night
E5
But I don't know the steps in my baby's time
G5
To do it like they do it for the girls uptown
E5                                 C5
I hear they light 'em up like the blues


Pre-Chorus:


       E5               C5
So I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
          E5                  C5
And she's waiting, and she's waiting

          D5
For us to remember...


Chorus:


      E5       C5        G5          D5
Was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E5                  C5                G5            D5
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E5      C5           G5        D5
So I will wait on the edges in between
      C5        D5
These New York streets
                      G5
Where you and I would meet


Post Chorus: G5 , E5 , G5 , E5 , C5 (the same as the verse)


Verse 2:

G5
For 29 years we loved that line
E5
And I would take it easy if I had your mind
G5
But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire
E5                           C5
And you're slow like Motown Soul
G5
So what now lover with your long black hair?
E5
If I cut you open baby I can repair
G5
And bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
E5                           C5
And I'm the only one 'round here


Pre-Chorus 2:


       E5               C5
So I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
          E5                  C5
And she's waiting, and she's waiting

          D5
For us to recover...


Chorus 2:


      E5       C5        G5          D5
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E5                  C5                G5            D5
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E5      C5           G5        D5
So I will wait on the edges in between
      C5        D5
These New York streets
                      G5
Where you and I would meet


Bridge:

         E5  C5  G5         D5
And only I can heal your wounds
     E5 C5   G5         D5
Only I can heal your wounds
         E5        C5
When you can't go on
         G5        D5
When you can't go on
         E5        C5
When you can't go on
         D5            E5
When you can't go on, anymore...


Muted Pre-Chorus:


         E5       C5        G5          D5
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E5                  C5 
Not another soul could love you
       G5  D5
Like my...


Chorus 3:

      E5       C5        G5          D5
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
    E5                  C5                G5            D5
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
   E5      C5           G5        D5
So I will wait on the edges in between
      C5        D5
These New York streets
             C5        D5
On all these New York streets
                      G5
Where you and I would meet