`G7` `D7` You all pass me that battle. `G7` `C`
I'll sing you a real song. `G7` `D`
Well, I'm `G` looking through `C7` harlem.
My stomach `F` squeals just a `F#` little `G` more.
The `G` stagecoach full of `C/E` feathers and footprints
rolls `F` up to my `F#` soapbox `G` door.
Now a `B/F#` lady with a pearl handled necktie
tied `Em` to the `Em/D` driver's `C` fence
`G` breathes in my `Bb/F` face `C/E` bourbon and coke possessed words:
`C#dim` `Edim` `Gdim` `A#dim`
Haven't I `G` seen you somewhere `B/F#` in `Em` hell,
or `Em/D` was it `C` just an `F` accident? `G`

`G7` `D7` You know how I felt then. `G7` `C`
Before `G` I could ask, "Was it the `C7` East or West side?",
my `F` feet they `F#` howled in `G` pain.
The `G` wheels of a bandwagon `C/E` cut very deep
but not as `F` deep in my `F#` mind as the `G` rain.
And `B/F#` as they pulled away, I could see her words
`Em` stagger and fall on `Em/D` my muddy `C` tent.
Well, I `G` picked them up and `Bb/F` brushed them off 
to `C/E` see what they said,
`C#dim` and you wouldn't believe. `Edim` `Gdim` `A#dim`
Come `G` around to my `B/F#` room with the `Em` tooth in the middle,
`Em/D` and bring along a `C` bottle and a `F` president. `G`
And `B/F#` sometimes it's not so easy,
especially `Em` when `Em/D` your only `C` friend
`G` talks, `B/F#` sees, looks, and `Em` feels like `Em/D` you
and you `C` do just the `F` same as `G` him.

`G7` `D7` It gets very lonely up this road `G7` `C`
`G7` `D` `G` `C` `F` `F#` `G`
Well, I'm `G` riding through LA `C7`
on a `F` bicycle `F#` built for a `G` fool.
And I `G` seen on my old buddies `C/E` and
he say, "You don't `F` look the way you `F#` usually do." `G`
I say, "Well, `B/F#` some people look like a coin box."
He says, "Looks `Em` like you have got `Em/D` no coins to `C` spare."
And I `G` laid back and I `Bb/F` thought to myself, `C/E`
`C#dim` and I said this. `Edim` `Gdim` `A#dim`
I just `G` picked up my `B/F#` pride from underneath `Em` the pay phone
`Em/D` and combed his `C` breath right `F` out of my `G` hair.
And `B/F#` sometimes it's not so easy,
especially `Em` when `Em/D` your only `C` friend
`G` talks, `B/F#` sees, looks, and `Em` feels like `Em/D` you
and you `C` do just the `F` same as `G` him.

`G7` `D7` `G7` `C`
I just got `G` out of a Scandinavian `C7` jail
and I'm on my `F` way straight `F#` home to `G` you.
But I `G` feel so dizzy I take a `C/E` quick look in the mirror
to make `F` sure my friend's `F#` here with me `G` too.
And you `B/F#` know good and well I don't drink coffee
so you `Em` fill my cup `Em/D` full of `C` sand.
And the `G` frozen tea `Bb/F` leaves at the `C/E` bottom,
cherry `G` lipstick around `Bb/F` the broken `C/E` edge.`
And my `G` coat that you let `Bb/F` your dog lay `C/E` by the fire on.
And your `G` cat, he attacks me `Bb/F` from his pill box `C/E` ledge.
And I `G` thought you were `Bb/F` my friend, `C/E` too.
Man, my `G` shadow comes in `Bb/F` line before `C/E` you.
I'm `C#dim` finding out it's `Edim` not so easy, `Gdim` `A#dim`
`B/F#` especially `Em` when `Em/D` your only `C` friend
`G` talks, `B/F#` sees, looks, and `Em` feels like `Em/D` you
and you `C` do just the `F` same as `G` him.

`G7` Lord, `D7` it's so lonely. `G7` `C` `G7` `D` `G` `C` `F` `F#` `G`