Key: E
Introduction: Eb Cm Eb Cm
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue, they're tryin' to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
strollin' by with their rosebud smiles.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
They're all dressed up to kill, lean on the window sill,
Ab Gm Cm
lookin' your way with eyes of fire.
Ab7M Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Bb Eb Bb Eb Ab7M
Friday night, see the girls on the avenue.
Eb Bb/D
Like a child at big store windows,
Cm Cm7 Ab Eb/G Fm Bb Cm
you feel confused, so many girls on the avenue.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue know how to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
casting out sighs like tricks from a hat.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
All the Miss Lonely Hearts, ooh they look awful hard,
Ab Gm Cm
yet sometimes they seem as fragile as glass.
Repeat chorus
Ab7M Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Ab7M Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue. (fade)
Transcribed by Shayne Browne