Standard (EADGBE)
Intro
Verse
The cool is dead, baby go on to sleep
Rest your weary head and lover bury me
And in the morning we'll start over again
That's how they do it up on the screen
So me and my baby we would dance all night
But I don't know the steps in my baby's time
To do it like they do it for the girls uptown
I hear they light 'em up like the blues
Pre-chorus
So I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
And she's waiting, and she's waiting
For us to remember...
Chorus
Was I good to you, the wife of my youth
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
So I will wait on the edges in between
These New York streets
Where you and I would meet
Post Chorus: , , , , (the same as the verse)
Verse 2
For 29 years we loved that line
And I would take it easy if I had your mind
But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire
And you're slow like Motown Soul
So what now lover with your long black hair?
If I cut you open baby I can repair
And bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue
And I'm the only one 'round here
Pre-chorus 2
So I'm waiting, so I'm waiting
And she's waiting, and she's waiting
For us to recover...
Chorus 2
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
So I will wait on the edges in between
These New York streets
Where you and I would meet
Bridge
And only I can heal your wounds
Only I can heal your wounds
When you can't go on
When you can't go on
When you can't go on
When you can't go on, anymore...
Muted Pre-Chorus:
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
Not another soul could love you
Like my...
Chorus 3
So was I good to you, the wife of my youth
Not another soul could love you like my rotten bones do
So I will wait on the edges in between
These New York streets
On all these New York streets
Where you and I would meet
Hopefully everything is okay but as I worked this out by ear who knows?
Enjoy! :)