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Eb _ _ _ _ .
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Dm _ _ _ .
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Gm _ .
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Eb _ .
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Cm _ .
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Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm.
It's four in the morning, the
Eb end of December.
Cm I'm _ ready now just
Dm to see if you're better.
Gm New York is cold,
Eb but I like where I'm living.
Cm There's music on Clinton Street
Dm all through the evening.
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Gm _ _ .
I hear that
Am you're building _ _ _
Gm your house _ deep in
Am the desert.
_ _ _ _
Gm _ .
_ You're living for
F nothing now.
_ _ Hope
Gm you're keeping _ some kind
F of record.
_ _ Yes,
Bb and Jane came _ _ by with a lock of
F your hair.
_ _ .
She said that you
Bb gave it
Gm to her.
_ _ .
_ That night, did you plan to
Am go clear _ _ .
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F _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _
Eb _ _ .
Did you ever _ _
Dm go clear _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ Oh,
Gm the last time we saw you,
Eb you looked so much older.
Your
Cm _ famous blue raincoat
Dm was torn at the shoulder.
You'd
Gm been to the station
Eb to meet every train,.
but
Bb you
Cm came home alone
Dm without Lily _ Marlene.
Gm And you treated _ _ _ my
Am woman _ _
Dm to
Gm a flea _ _ of
Am your life.
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_ _
Gm _ _ _ .
When she
Dm came home, _ _ .
_ _
Gm _ she was _ _
F nobody's wife.
_ .
Well,
Bb I see _ you _ there with a rose in
F your tea.
_ _ _ _ _ .
One more
Dm thin
Gm gypsy thief.
_ _ _ _ .
Well, I see
Am Jane's away.
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F _ _ _ .
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Eb _ _ .
She sends
Dm her regard.
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Gm _ .
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Eb _ .
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Cm _ .
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Dm _ .
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Gm _ .
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Eb _ .
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Cm _ .
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Dm _ .
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Gm _ .
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Am _ .
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Gm _ .
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Eb _ .
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Dm _ _ _ _ _ .
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Gm And what can I tell you,
Eb my brother, my killer.
Cm Oh, what can I possibly
Dm.
say.
_ _ _ _
Gm _ .
I guess I'll miss you.
Eb I guess I'll forgive you.
Cm I'm glad that you stood in
Dm my way.
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Bb _
Dm _
Gm.
If you ever
Am come by _ _
F for
Gm.
Jane _ _ or
Am for me,.
_ _ _ _
Gm _ .
_ your enemy
F is sleeping _ _ and
Gm _ .
his woman is
F.
free.
Yeah,
Bb and thanks _ _ _ _ _ for the trouble
F you took _ from her.
I _ _ thought it
Gm was there _ for good.
So I never
Am.
tried.
_ _ _
F _ _ .
_ Oh,
Bb yes, and Jane _ came _ by with a lock of
F your hair.
_ _ She said that you
D gave it
Gm.
to her.
_ _ And that you planned
Am to kill her.
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F _ _ .
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Eb _ .
_ _ _ Sincerely, _ _ a friend.
Dm _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
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