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[Verse 1]
           D                                 D
I've got a   little piece of paper with your   name written on it,
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got a   head full of attitude and   nowhere to put it.
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Tell me: why don't you come down to Rue Morgue Avenue?

[Chorus]
A                  G
Why don't you come down?
          C                  G                            (D)
Soil your pretty feet on the dirty ground of Rue Morgue Avenue.

[Interlude]
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[Verse 2]
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Well, there's a   chapel on the corner where I'm   doing my crying,
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there's a   limit to my patience, what'd ya say, Fay, let's get married
C                       D          D
  down on Rue Morgue Avenue.

[Verse 3]
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They say the   world keeps on turning and everything remains the same,
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well, my heart's burning, and I say   everything must change.
G                  C                     D          D
Why don't you come down to Rue Morgue Avenue?

[Chorus]
A                  G
Why don't you come down?
          C                  G                             D         D
Soil your pretty feet on the dirty ground of Rue Morgue Avenue,
           D              D
Rue Morgue Avenue.

[Bridge]
     F              C              F
Rita-Mae, tell your sister she's unkind,
          C                     F
tell your sister, well, I don't mind,
          C                (D)
tell your sister, she's got mine.

[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
A                  G
Why don't you come down?
          C                  G
Soil your pretty feet on the dirty ground.

[Verse 4]
             D              D
I got a four   letter word;   starts with the letter "l",
      D                                  D
can't bring myself to say it 'cause it's   making my life hell.
G                  C                     D          D
Why don't you come down to Rue Morgue Avenue?

[Bridge]
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'Cause I've been drinking all night and all day,
               C                  G
just trying to picture your sweet face
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down on Rue Morgue Avenue,
                   D       D
down on Rue Morgue Avenue,
                     (D)
down on Rue Morgue Avenue.

[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
     F              C              F
Rita-Mae, tell your sister she's unkind,
          C                     F
tell your sister, well, I don't mind.
          C                 F      C      (D)
Tell your sister, she knows where, where I lie.

[Interlude]
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[Outro]
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Down on Rue Morgue Avenue,
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down on Rue Morgue   Avenue.
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Down on ...,
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down on Rue Morgue Avenue.