Capo 2nd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

New front door, same address

 Same front step, same back-porch

 Geraniums to the terrace

 Sold my shoes to pay the rent

I won't be needing them

I won't be leaving too soon

Oh my dear, do undress

You look so different in those new shoes

 To impress someone you have never met

Someone you already know

 Is waiting behind my front door

 And by the door you know I'll wait

 Oh, by the window, by the gate

 I'm waiting for your sound

 So softly, dear, don't hesitate

 The lion looms along the lake

 And swallows every sound

 But oh, I wish that I could take

 That simple lonely way

 That long cold lonely way

 But these days it takes more than two feet

 It takes four to fill the road

 I fend and swing the axe at for

 I've trampled all over the place

 Swung to and fro and still no state

 Has held me in its bounds

 But by the bridge I'd like to stay

 Oh, by the ocean, by the bay

 And hope that you'll come around

Oh, my dear, do undress

You look so different in those new clothes

 To impress someone you have never met

I'm the one needing you

I'm the one with no shoes

 So by the door you know I'll wait

 Oh, looking out the golden gate

 She yawns into the morning...