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Anderson
Capo at 2nd fret
C
Em
G
Em
From a dead beat to an old greaser; here�s thinking of you.
D
Am-C F
Bb
You won�t remember the long nights, coffee bars, and black tights,
C
Em
G
Em
and white thighs in shop windows where blonde assistants fully fashioned
a world
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Am-C F
Bb
made of dummies with no mummies or daddies to reject them
C
Em
G
Em
When bombs were banned every Sunday, and the shadows did F.B.I.
D
Am-C
And tired young sax players sold their instruments of torture,
F
Bb
Sat in the station sharing wet dreams
C
Em
G
Em
of Charlie Parker, Jack Kerouac, Rene Magritte to name a few
D
Am-C
of the heroes who were too wise for their own good,
F
Bb C�
left the young brood to go on living without them�
Instrumental Progression
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D Am-C F
Bb��
C
Em
G
Em
Old queers with young faces, who remember your name.
D
Am-C F
Bb
Though you�re a dead beat with tired feet, two ends that won�t meet.
C
Em
G
Em
To a dead beat, from an old greaser; think you must have me all wrong.
D
Am-C
I wasn�t there friend; I didn�t care friend.
F
Bb
But if it�s the price of a pint that you need, ask me again.
He may or may not use the capo at 2nd; try
3rd also.
Submitted by Mick D.