Omar Bay

Intro: Em G A C B

Em             G
Dear Mr. Omar Bay,
A                               C   B
Heard news that you left today.
Em                                    G            A                                 C     
You still countin' all them taxicabs, takin' you back to the time you have left?
      B

Em                                   G
Do you well remember Vietnam,
A                                              C         B
When you had a mother who loved her son?
Em                       A          D               Em          B7
Did you have to leave us all and go away?

C                                              B7    Em
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
                  C                             G                              B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
C                                                                 B7
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
                           Em
I'd even say it's four too many.
                    C                            G                             B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?

Em            G
Dear Mr. Omar Bay,
A                                              C    B
I saw your old friend form the war today.
Em                                       G                      A                         C
He said you went to seek God in a church or to get some warmth, whatever came first.
     B

Em                                      G
And now your standpipe it stands alone.
A                                    C        B
If where you place your cap is your home,
Em                       A          D               Em          B7
Did you have to leave us all and go away?

C                                              B7    Em
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
                  C                             G                              B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
C                                                                 B7
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
                           Em
I'd even say it's four too many.
                    C                            G                             B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?

Instrumental verse: Em G A C B Em G A C B Em A D Em B7

C                                              B7    Em
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
                  C                             G                              B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?

C                                              B7    Em
Omar Bay, I think I'm fallin' to pieces.
                  C                             G                              B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?
C                                                                 B7
Five winters, five winters in New York is plenty.
                           Em
I'd even say it's four too many.
                    C                            G                             B
Won't you help a good man get up and back on his feet?