C                       Dm
 Since we can no longer make it, girl
Em                         F
 I've found a new place to live my life
C                        Ab
 It's really no place at all
                    Eb
 Just a hole in the wall, you see
F                          Dm     Em
 It's cold and dusty but I let it be
Dm                   G
 Livin' here without you
              C     Dm  Em  F
 On Second Avenue

[Verse 2]

C                         Dm
 And since our stars took different paths
   Em                               F
 I guess I won't be shavin' in your looking glass
C                      Ab
 Guess my old friendly grin
                      Eb
 Must have started to dim, somehow
F                      Dm      Em
 And I certainly don't need it now
Dm                       G
 Still, I keep smiling through
              C      Dm  Em  F
 On Second Avenue

[Chorus]

F                     Em
 I can still see you standing
Dm                        Am
 There on the third-floor landing
Dm                      G             C    F  G  F
 The day you visited we hardly said a word

F               Em
 Outside it was rainin'
Dm                         Am
 You said you couldn't be stayin'
Dm                          G                C      Dm  Em  F
 And you went back to your flowers and your birds

[Verse 3]

C                       Dm
 Since we can no longer see the light
Em                       F
 The way we did when we kissed that night
C                            Ab
 Then all the things that we felt
                 Eb
 Must eventually melt and fade
F                     Dm     Em
 Like the frost on my window pane
Dm                     G
 Where I wrote: "I am you"
              C
 On Second Avenue

[Chorus]

F                     Em
 I can still see you standing
Dm                        Am
 There on the third-floor landing
Dm                      G             C
 The day you visited we hardly said a word

F               Em
 Outside it was rainin'
Dm                         Am
 You said you couldn't be stayin'
Dm                          G                C     Dm  Em  F
 And you went back to your flowers and your birds

[Verse 4]

C                       Dm
 Since we can no longer see the light
Em                       F
 The way we did when we kissed that night
C                            Ab
 Then all the things that we felt
                 Eb
 Must eventually melt and fade
F                     Dm     Em
 Like the frost on my window pane
Dm                     G
 Where I wrote: "I am you"
              C   Dm  Em  F This was composed and record on piano  C
 On Second Avenue