Key: G
Introduction: D7 G7 C G7 C F F# B Em Em/D C
G Bb/F C/E C#º Eº GºA#dim, G B/F#Em Em/D C F G
Spoken during intro-"You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing
you a real song."
G C7 F F# G
Well I'm looking through Harlem, my stomach squeals just a little more.
G C/E F F# G
The stagecoach full of feathers and footprints rolls up to my soapbox door.
B/F# Em Em/D C
Now a lady with a pearl handled necktie tied to the driver's fence
G Bb/F C/E C#º Eº Gº A#º
breathes in my face bourbon and coke possessed words,
G B/F# Em Em/D C F G
"Haven't I seen you somewhere in hell, or was it just an accident?"
(play first two measures of intro and say)
B/F# Em Em/D C
And sometimes it's not so easy 'specially when your only friend
G B/F# Em Em/D C F G
talks, sees, looks and feels like you. You do just the same as him.
(play intro and say)