D7                                       F#m D7
There's nothing like summer in the city
                                                   F#m D7
Someone under stress meets someone looking pretty
                                             Faug
There's trouble in the air, you can smell it

And Alexander's by himself. I'll let him tell it

           A
I hadn't slept in a week

I was weak, I was awake
          Aaug
You never seen a bastard orphan

More in need of a break
F#m/A
Longing for Angelica

Missing my wife
             A7
That's when Miss Maria Reynolds walked into my life, she said:

A
I know you are a man of honor
Aaug
I'm so sorry to bother you at home
      F#m/A                        A7
But I don't know where to go, and I came here all alone…

She said:

 A
My husband's doin' me wrong
   Aaug 
Beatin' me, cheatin' me, mistreatin' me...
F#m/A
Suddenly he's up and gone
A7
I don't have the means to go on

      F#m                                                D7
So I offered her a loan, I offered to walk her home, she said


You're too kind, sir


            F#m
I gave her thirty bucks that I had socked away
                    D7
She lived a block away, she said:


This one's mine, sir


        F#m
Then I said, "well, I should head back home,"
                     D7
She turned red, she led me to her bed

Let her legs spread and said:


Faug
Stay?


Hey…


Hey…


That's when I began to pray:
    A
Lord, show me how to

Say no to this
Aaug
I don't know how to

Say no to this
   F#m/A
But my God, she looks so helpless
    A7
And her body's saying, "hell, yes"


A
Whoa...


Nooo, show me how to


Say no to this



Aaug
I don't know how to




Say no to this


F#m/A
In my mind, I'm tryin' to go



Go! Go! Go!



      A7                          D
Then her mouth is on mine, and I don't say…


A
No! No!

Say no to this!
Aaug
No! No!

Say no to this!
F#m/A
No! No!

Say no to this!
A7
No! No!

Say no to this!


A
I wish I could say that was the last time
Aaug
I said that last time. It became a pastime
F#m/A
A month into this endeavor I received a letter
A7
From a Mr. James Reynolds, even better, it said:


A5*
Dear Sir, I hope this letter finds you in good health

And in a prosperous enough position to put wealth

In the pockets of people like me: down on their luck

You see, that was my wife who you decided to


Fuuuu-


Uh-oh! You made the wrong sucker a cuckold

So time to pay the piper for the pants you unbuckled

And hey, you can keep seein' my whore wife

If the price is right: if not I'm telling your wife


  F#m
I hid the letter and I raced to her place
                                   D7
Screamed "How could you?!" in her face

She said:

No, sir!

      F#m
Half dressed, apologetic. A mess, she looked
              D7
Pathetic, she cried:

Please don't go, sir!

       F#m
So was your whole story a setup?


I don't know about any letter!

      E/F#
Stop crying Goddamnit, get up!

   E
I didn't know any better


       D
I am ruined...

                                                 
Please don't leave me with him     / I am 
  E  D
helpless                           / helpless, how could I do
                                         
Just give him what he wants        / this?
              E   D
and you can have me
                                   / I don't want you
Whatever you want,                 / I don't want you

                          
        Bbm
If you pay                         / I don't...
         Bb   B
You can stay
                                    
B
Lord, show me how to               / [ENSEMBLE]

Say no to this                     / Say no to this!
Baug
I don't know how to

Say no to this
Abm/B
But the situation's helpless       / Helpless
B7
And her body's screaming

Hell yes                           / Whoa!            
B
No, show me how to

Say no to this                     / Say no to this!
Baug
How can I

Say no to this?                    / Say no to this!
Abm/B
There is nowhere I 

can go                             / Go go go
B7
When her body's on
           E
mine I do not say...
     
B
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
Baug
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
Abm/B
No!
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!
B7
No!                  
                  / Yes!
Say no to this!

B


Say no to this               
Baug
I don't say no to this       / Don't say no to this
Abm/B
There is nowhere I can go 

                                     
Go go go 

B7


So?


Nobody needs to know

[B  Abm/B  B7]