[ Предположительная тональность: A ] Tuned a full step down. Intro: A, D, A, F#m, D (x2) A The cool is dead, baby go on and sleep D Rest your weary head and lover, bury me A And in the morning we'll start over again F#m D That's how they do it up on the screen A See, me and my baby, we would dance all night D But I don't know the steps in my baby's time A To do it like they do it for the girls uptown F#m D I heard they light them up like the blues F#m E So I'm waiting (So I'm waiting) F#m D And she's waiting (And she's waiting) E For us to remember F#m D A E Was I good to you, the wife of my youth F#m D Not another soul could love you A E Like my rotten bones do F#m D A E So I will wait on the edges in between F#m E These New York streets A Where you and I would meet A, D, A, F#m, D A For twenty nine years we loved that line D And I would take it easy if I had your mind A But I'm a cannonball to a house on fire F#m D And you're slow like Motown soul A So what now lover with your long black hair D If I cut you open, baby I can repair A And bandage your wounds with the salt on my tongue F#m D And I'm the only one round here F#m E And I'm waiting (And I'm waiting) F#m D And she's waiting (And she's waiting) E For us to recover F#m D A E Was I good to you, the wife of my youth F#m D Not another soul could love you A E Like my rotten bones do F#m D A E So I will wait on the edges in between F#m E These New York streets A Where you and I would meet D A E F#m And only I-I-I can heal your wounds D A E F#m Only I-I-I can heal your wounds D A When you can't go on E F#m When you can't go on D A When you can't go on E F#m D A E Any more, hold on F#m, D, A, E F#m D A E Was I good to you, the wife of my youth F#m D Not another soul could love you A E Like my- F#m D A E Was I good to you, the wife of my youth F#m D Not another soul could love you A E Like my rotten bones do F#m D A E So I will wait on the edges in between F#m D A E And I will wait on the edges in between F#m D A E And I will wait on the edges in between F#m E These New York streets F#m E On all these New York streets A Where you and I would meet