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