Key: F
Introduction:
F C Bb Am
Thin and unshaved,
F C Bb
Drunk and mysterious
F C Bb Am
Oh, I must sa-ay
F C Bb
Lifestyle is curious
Am Dm
With a little touch of the sniffles
Bb F
And filthy socks
Am Dm
Gnawed, crumbled fingernails
Bb C
Never doing tomahawk chops
F C Bb Am
A flaky he-ad
F C Bb
Dandruff is distinguished
F C Bb Am
Lacquer is re-d
F C Bb
Va-in is the varnish
Am Dm
What is at the root of this
Bb F
She'll say, whatcha got
Am Dm
What participle do you possess
Bb C Bb C
She'll say, which I have not
F C Bb Am
One blustery da-ay
F C
We rode out
Bb
To the Meadowlands
F C Bb Am
We saw and were ama-zed
F C Bb
Then hauled it back into town again
Am Dm
Mississippi is a mess sometimes
Bb F
And not only when it rains
Am Dm
How come you went back to that malaria island
Bb C Bb C
'Cause our friendship is strained
F C Bb
Those were the days
F C Bb
When you were so cosmopolitan
F C Bb Am
These are the da-ys
F C Bb
My letters they're so maudlin
Am Dm
I wrote you an eloquent postcard once
Bb F
About this most exquisite onion soup
Am Dm
But of course I never mailed it though
Bb C Bb C F
'Cause it was your turn in the loop, loop oh ah
C Bb
Those were the days
F C Bb
When you were so cosmopolitan
F C Bb Am
These are the da-ys
F C Bb
My letters they're increasingly maudlin