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[Verse 1]
GYou must leave now, take what you need, you Fthink will Clast But whatGever you wish to keep, you better Fgrab it Cfast DmYonder stands your Forphan with his Cgun DmCrying like a Ffire in the Csun E7Look out the saints are Fcoming Gthrough And Dmit's all over Fnow, Baby CBlue.
[Verse 2]
GLeave your stepping stones behind, somethingF calls for Cyou. Forget tGhe dead you've left, they will notF follow Cyou. DmThe vagabond who's Frapping at your Cdoor DmIs standing in thFe clothes that Cyou once wore. E7Strike another match, goF start Ganew And Dmit's all over Fnow, Baby CBlue.
[Verse 3]
CThey sat together in the park Cmaj7as the evening sky grew dark C7She looked at him and he felt a spark Ftingle to his bones FmIt was then he felt alone and Cwished that Ghe'd gone Fstraight CAnd watched out for a Gsimple twist of fate C
[Verse 4]
CA saxophone someplace far off played Cmaj7as she was walking on by the arcade C7As the light bust through a beat-up shade where Fhe was waking up, She dropped a Fmcoin into the cup of a Cblind man Gat the Fgate CAnd forgot about his Gsimple twist of fate C
[Verse 5]
CHe woke up, the room was bare, Cmaj7he didn't see her anywhere C7He told himself he didn't care, pushed the Fwindow open wide, Felt an Fmemptiness inside to which he Cjust could Gnot reFlate CBrought on by a Gsimple twist of fate C
[Verse 6]
CPeople tell me its a sin Cmaj7to know and feel too much within C7I still believe she was my twin, Fbut I lost the ring FmShe was born in spring, but CI was Gborn too Flate CBlame it on a Gsimple twist of fate C
[Verse 7]
CWilliam ZanAmzinger killed Empoor Hattie Carroll With a Ccane that he Amtwirled 'round his Emdiamond ring finger At a CBaltimore Amhotel soEmciety gatherin' And the Ccops was called Amin and his Emweapon took from him As they Crode him in Amcustody Emdown to the station And booked CWilliam ZanAmzinger for Emfirst degree murder
[Chorus]
But Fyou Gwho phiClosophise disAmgrace And FcritiGcise all Cfears FTake the Grag aCway from your Amface FNow ain't the Gtime for your Ctears
[Verse 8]
In the Ccourtroom of Amhonour the judge Empounded his gavel To Cshow that all's Amequal and that the Emcourts are on the level And that the Cstrings in the Ambooks ain't Empulled and persuaded And that Ceven the Amnobles get Emproperly handled COnce that the Amcops have chased Emafter and caught 'em And that the Cladder of Amlaw has no Emtop and no bottom CStared at the Amperson who Emkilled for no reason Who just Chappened to be Amfeelin' that Emway without warnin' And he Cspoke through his Amcloak most Emdeep and distinguished And Chanded out Amstrongly for Empenalty and repentance CWilliam ZanAmzinger with a Emsix-month sentence G
[Chorus]
Ah but Fyou Gwho phiClosophise disAmgrace And FcritiGcise all Cfears FBury the Grag Cdeep in your Amface For Fnow's the Gtime for your Ctears
[Verse 9]
Oh, the Cragman draws Amcircles CUp and down the Amblock I’d Cask him what the Ammatter was But I Fknow that he don’t G(7)talk And the Fladies treat me Ckindly And they fAmurnish me with tCape But Amdeep inside my Cheart I Fknow I can’t esCcape EmOh Mama, can this really be the end? To be Cstuck inG/Bside of AmMobile, C/GWith the F/GMemphis blues aCgain?
[Verse 10]
Well, CShakespeare, he’s in the Amalley With his Cpointed shoes and his Ambells C Speaking to some AmFrench girl Who Fsays she knows me Gwell And FI would send a Cmessage To fAmind out if she’s Ctalked But the Ampost office has been Cstolen And the Fmailbox is Clocked EmOh Mama, can this really be the end? To be Cstuck inG/Bside of AmMobile, C/GWith the FMemphis F/Gblues aCgain?
[Verse 11]
CGrandpa died last Amweek And now he’s Cburied in the Amrocks But Ceverybody still Amtalks about How Fbadly they were Gshocked But Fme, I expected it to Chappen I Amknew he’d lost conCtrol When he Ambuilt a fire on CMain Street And Fshot it full of Choles EmOh Mama, can this really be the end? To be Cstuck inG/Bside of AmMobile, C/GWith the FMemphis F/Gblues aCgain?
[Verse 12]
CI've seen loCmaj7ve go by my door FIt's never been this close before CNever been Cmaj7so easy or so G7slow CBeen shootin' inCmaj7 the dark too long FIf something's not right it's wrong CYou're gonna make me Glonesome when you Cgo
[Verse 13]
CPurple cloverCmaj7 Queen Anne lace FCrimson hair across your face CYou can make Cmaj7me cry if you don't G7know CCan't remember Cmaj7what I was thinking of FYou might be spoiling me too much love CYou're gonna make me Glonesome when you Cgo
[Chorus]
GFlowers on the hillside blooming Ccrazy GCrickets talking back and forth in Crhyme D7Blue river running slow and lazy FI could spend forever with you and Gnever realise the time
[Verse 14]
CSituations hCmaj7ave ended sad FRelationships have all been bad CMine have beeCmaj7n like Verlaine's and G7Rimbaud CBut there’s no way Cmaj7I can compare FAll those scenes to this affair CYou're gonna make me Glonesome when you Cgo