The East River

C
If I had a girl on 9th avenue
                   F
I know exactly what she would do
          D         G    D       
She would wander at dawn look 
       G
around At folks
      D              G        
Find someone better looking who 
   D            G
tells Better jokes
 F                                 
And then she'd leave me and I'd 
            C
walk Back east alone

[Chorus]
Em      Am
9 8 7th avenue
Em               Am
Now I'm crossing Madison
Em               Am
Sobbing on Park Avenue
F
Feeling bad on Lexington
Em      Am
3 2 1st avenue
Em         Am
Going east with the wind
Em          Am            F
Cross the FDR to the east river
          C
Fall right in

[Verse 2]
C
And if I had a girl on 10th avenue
                   F
I know exactly what she would do
          D         G    D       
She would wander at day look at 
       G
all the Guys
      D              G           
Find someone who's read more 
D            G
books And has bluer eyes
 F                                 
And then she'd leave me and I'd 
            C
walk Back east alone

[Chorus]
Em      Am
9 8 7th avenue
Continúa después del anuncio
Em               Am
Now I'm crossing Madison
Em               Am
Sobbing on Park Avenue
F
Feeling bad on Lexington
Em      Am
3 2 1st avenue
Em         Am
Going east with the wind
Em          Am            F
Cross the FDR to the east river
          C
Fall right in

[Verse 3]
C
And if I had a girl on 11th avenue
                   F
I know exactly what she would do
          D         G    D  
She would wander at night hang 
            G
around At bars
      D              G           
Find someone who draws better and
D            G
 Plays prettier guitar
 F                                 
And then she'd leave me and I'd 
            C
walk Back east alone

[Chorus]
Em      Am
9 8 7th avenue
Em               Am
Now I'm crossing Madison
Em               Am
Sobbing on Park Avenue
F
Feeling bad on Lexington
Em      Am
3 2 1st avenue
Em         Am
Going east with the wind
Em          Am            F
Cross the FDR to the east river
          C
Fall right in

[Bridge 1]
F                              
Until the scum in the east river 
        G
would Drown me
F                                
The phlegm and rotten rats would 
G
Surround me
F                                 
The shattered cars at the bottom 
   G
all Around me
F                                 
Until I was just another scum in 
   C
the East river

[Bridge 2]
F                                 
And when I become the scum it's my 
Em
Job to drown
F                                 
The pathetic hopes and failures of 
Em
the Next unloved clown
F                                 
Though maybe it would be a girl 
         Em
and We could become scum together
F
Decompose as the river flows
Em
Become one scum together

Become one forever
One bloated rotten putrid scum 
C
forever

[Chorus]
Em      Am
9 8 7th avenue
Em               Am
Now I'm crossing Madison
Em               Am
Sobbing on Park Avenue
F
Feeling bad on Lexington
Em      Am
3 2 1st avenue
Em         Am
Going east with the wind
Em          Am            F
Cross the FDR to the east river
          C
Fall right in