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Standard Tuning

Capo 1


Intro/Chorus:

G5
If I die a lonely death,

C5                    C5
I'm sure its from the cigarettes

  G5     
I smoked each day after you left me,

C5
standing all alone.

G5
Alone in my Park Avenue

C5                      C5
apartment that smelled fresh and new

G5                                  C5
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid.


Do the same thing for the next part!

The maid has been my only friend,
She's always there to apprehend.
The dust and grim that settles in around the crystal vase.

The crystal vase, a wedding gift,
that through the years has made the shift.
What once held flowers now holds ash,
from my two packs a day.

Verse 1:

            A5
Ooo baby she walks with a thorn on her side

         D5
Them big sunglasses on her eyes

      A5                             D5
All the uptown girls say, "Hi, old woman"


Do the same thing for the next part!


"I can't take another day of this", she says.
"All I wanted was a drink and a kiss,
But I guess I'll just have to call on my bank 'cause its Swiss."

Pre-Chorus


   G5
She never knew no better than to follow her nose


    C5
So I ask for your forgiveness 'cause I'm part of the show.


               G5
Now she's gone and all she's left with is a house full of clothes


     C5                                C5
Sometimes Madam it's OK to cry.

Chorus (first half):

If I die a lonely death,
I'm sure its from the cigarettes
I smoked each day after you left me,
standing all alone.

Alone in my Park Avenue
apartment that smelled fresh and new
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid.


(interlude)

Verse 2 (like verse 1)

Well she's probably just a chip off the block,
You know like coffee from a coffee pot
Well at least she can get away for a while
And get some sun on that yacht.

Pre-Chorus


   G5
She never knew no better than to follow her nose


    C5
So I ask for your forgiveness 'cause I'm part of the show.


          G5
Now she's gone and all she's left with is a house full of clothes


     C5                                C5
Sometimes Madam it's OK to cry.


Chorus

If I die a lonely death,
I'm sure its from the cigarettes
I smoked each day after you left me,
standing all alone.

Alone in my Park Avenue
apartment that smelled fresh and new
The extra set of keys from you are going to the maid.

The maid has been my only friend,
She's always there to apprehend.
The dust and grim that settles in around the crystal vase.

The crystal vase, a wedding gift,
that through the years has made the shift.
What once held flowers now holds ash,
from my two packs a day.