Key:
Introduction:
F Bb7M
So say one and so say all
F Eb7
Say what you gotta say Or don't say nothing at all
Ab7M Db7M
You've been tossin' and turnin' through soft sticky nights
Bbm7 C C7 F C
While the Bronx below you fights to stay alive
F Bb7M
So say one and so say all
F Eb7
Be what you gotta be Or don't be nothing at all
Ab7M Db7M
Be gracious to your mother When you leave this neighbourhood
(The change is going to do her good)
Eb7M
Next to me you look bad
Bb9/D Eb Fm7 F# Db B Db7
`Cos there ain't no fresh air for my mama, my mama
Cm7 D
But the drop is shear When you break away
C
Take me away
D7
It's just about time to hit the road
Bb Am Am/G C
And say You gotta believe in something
C
It's easy to see
D7
My God is fading away
Bb Am Am/G C
So pick up your bible and pray for me
F
We're all alone in the darkness
F#ยบ
But our eyes are wide open
G
We don't see nothing
Bb
And our hands are tied
Dm C
To the railings of the Bowery
Bb Gm7
And the humid city slickers
F Bb7M
So say one and so say all
F Eb7
We had a lot to say And we said it all
Ab7M Db7M
The cost of livin' in dreams Is rising like a crime wave
(The American way of dying - The American way of dying)
Eb7M
And it gets you every time
Bb9/D Eb Fm7
And it looks like it's got to my mama My mama
F# Ab C G F G7 C
May she rest....in....peace