Invitation To The Blues

  Dm Bbm
Well she's  up against the register 
with  an apron and a spatula,
  F Bdim
With y esterday's deliveries and the
 t ickets for the bachelors
  Gm7 A7sus4 A7
She's a mov ing violation from her c
 onk down to her sh oes,
  Dm Gm A7 Dm
But it's j ust an invit ation  to 
the b lues

  Gm C7
And you f eel just like Cagney, she 
lo oks like Rita Hayworth
  F
At the co unter of the Schwab's 
drugstore
  Gm C7
You wonder  if she might be single, 
she's a lon er and likes to mingle
  F A A7 Dm A7
  Got to be patient, try and pi ck 
up  a clu e

  Dm Bbm
She said "H ow you gonna like 'em, 
over m edium or scrambled?",
  F G
You say "A nyway's the only way", be
 c areful not to gamble
  Gm7 A7sus4 A7
On a g uy with a suitcase and a  
ticket getting  out of here
  Dm Bbm
In a t ired bus station in an o ld 
pair of shoes
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  A7sus4 A7 Dm
This ain't no thing but an invit 
ation to the bl ues
  Gm C7
But you can't t ake your eyes off 
her, get an other cup of java,
  F
And it's jus t the way she pours it 
for you, joking with the customers
  Gm C7
Mercy  mercy, Mr. Percy, there ain't
 no thing back in Jersey
  F A A7
But a bro ken-down jalopy of a m an 
I left beh ind

  Dm
And a d ream that I was chasing,
  Bbm
a b attle with booze

  A7sus4 A7 Dm
And an  open invit ation to the b 
lues

  Gm C7
But she used to h ave a sugar daddy 
and a c andy-apple Caddy,
  F F
And a b ank account and everything, 
accu stomed to the finer things
  Gm C7
He probably  left her for a 
socialite, and he di dn't love her 
'cept at night,
  F A
And th en he's drunk and never even 
to ld her that he cared
  Dm
So they  took the registration,
  Bbm
And the  car-keys and her shoes
  A7sus4 A7 Dm
And le ft her with an invitat ion to
 the blues  (...solo sax)

  Gm C7
'Cause there's a Continental 
Trailways leaving l ocal bus 
tonight, good evening
  F F
Y ou can have my seat, I'm sticking 
r ound here for a while
  Gm C7
Get me a r oom at the Squire, the f 
illing station's hiring,
  F A
And  I can eat here every night, 
what the h ell have I got to lose?
  Dm
Got a c razy sensation,
  Bbm
Go or  stay? now I gotta choose,
  A7sus4 A7 Dm
And I'll  accept your invita tion to
 the b lues