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Introduction: B7
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
Uptown at the Harlem Apollo
C#7 F#m7
You sang a long, long blues
B7
I loved the way you worked your voodoo
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
I wound up my watch 'til the spring broke
C#7 F#m7
Mama time is so unkind
B7
She got punch-drunk in the moon-shine
C#m F#
Old New York, tell me the truth
C#m F#
You know him better than I do
D A
I know I'm not the one for you
D B7
I'm just another hand-me-down
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
I heard your voice, not your echo
C#7 F#m7
Grand Central valentine
B7
Tear my heart out on the main line
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
I lived just to die in your shadow
C#7 F#m7
Black satin melody
B7
That's what I heard when you left me
C#m F#
Old New York, tell me the truth
C#M F#
You know him better than I do
D A
I know I'm not the one for you
D B7
I'm just another hand-me-down
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
I held myself back in the front row
C#7 F#m7
You affect my memory
B7
All consuming without mercy
E7M F#m7
10,000 midnights ago
B7 E7M
Worn like a black and white photo
C#7 F#m7
I stood behind the lens
B7
Took your portrait, now I'm forgotten