Standard (EADGBE)

intro and verse simile:

Uptown

It's murder out in the street

Uptown

 It's murder out in the street

continue similie:

That's where I found my mandarin plum

That's where you'd be if you found one

  +9+5

Where the nights are bright

 And joy is complete

Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street

continue similie

Since May

There's trouble most every night

Since May

There's trouble most every

 night

(trou ble ev ry night

continue similie

Where once we danced our sweet routine

It reeks of wine and kerosene

  +5+9

Where the nights are bright

 And joy is com plete

Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street

There's a special place for lovers

 Fmaj6/9

One we under stand

There where neon bends in daylight sky

In that sunny room she soothes me

Cools me with her fan

 We're drifting

 A thousand years roll by

  ..etc.

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 | | |..etc

repeat figure:

Lou Chang

Her brother he's burning with rage

Lou Chang

Her brother he's burning with

  rage

(Lou Chang burns with rage )

repeat figure:

I'd like to know what's on his mind

He says hey buddy you're not my kind

  +5+9

Where the nights are bright

 And joy is com plete

[F#7-5]

Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street

  +5+9

Where the nights are bright

 And joy is com plete

Keep my squeeze on Green Flower Street