INTRO
Gmaj7 Am7 Bb C
Gmaj7 Am7 Bb Ebmaj9
VERSE
Fm7/Ab
I cracked the code
Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
And I knew what it's all about
Fm
We found the loft on Greene Street
Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
Swept that bad boy out
Fm7/Ab Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Alsatian wine - playing records way past four
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Absus4/Eb
Making some crazy soulful love on the hard wood floor
(Where did our love go?)
Fm7/Ab
You hung the picture
Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Of young Dizzy on the wall
Fmin
According to me
Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
That was the best day of them all
Fm7/Ab Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Sweet sweet words like honey from the tongue
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Absus4/Eb
Yes there was magic then in every song we sung
CHORUS
Fsus2
Hey - don't let 'em kid you
Bb/F
Stay cool it'll be all right
Bb/F
Don't trade today for tomorrow
C/F
Tomorrow for tomorrow night
Fsus2
You chop wood - carry the water
Bb/F
Sometimes it be that way
Gmaj7 Am7
No lie - the downtown canon
Bb C
So wild so fresh so free
Gmaj7 Am7
Stand by the downtown canon
Bb Ebmaj9
I say that it's got to be
VERSE
Fm7/Ab Dmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Chasing sensation to remind us who we are
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
You met that half-crazed painter fool in some damn bar
Fm7/Ab Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Cocaine dreams and chiba-chiba nights
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Absus4/Eb
You had to share his world in shades of black and white
- Didn'cha baby?
CHORUS
Fsus2
Yes I - it's a real good theory
Bb/F
Can you live with the day-to-day
Bb/F
Sure thing - no problemo
C/F
Sometimes it be that way
Fsus2
You go girl - it's now or never
Bb/F
No one holds out that long
Gmaj7 Am7
Says here - in the downtown canon
Bb C
Keep it real it'll be okay
Gmaj7 Am7
Right here - the downtown canon
Bb Ebmaj9
Could it be any other way
INSTRUMENTAL
Fm7/Ab Dmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
Fm7/Ab Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Absus4/Eb
VERSE
Fm7/Ab Dmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Packed up the Dylan and the Man Ray and the Joyce
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
I left a note that said well I guess I got no choice
Fm7/Ab Dbmaj7 Fm7/Ab
'S'cuse me girl while I'm kickin' it to the curb
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Absus4/Eb
I'm leaving with all I need but less than I deserve
CHORUS
Fsus2
She says "poor everybody
Bb/F
Never mind for me and you"
Bb/F
Too bad she don't remember
C/F
Too bad that I still do
Fsus2
It all goes wrong in a hurry
Bb/F
You know it's the Second Law
Gmaj7 Am7
Writ large - in the downtown canon
Bb C
It goes up and it must come down
Gmaj7 Am7
Right here - the downtown canon
Bb Ebmaj9
Catch you on the turnaround
TAG
Fm7/Ab Dmaj7 Fm7/Ab
Fm Eaug Ab/Eb Cdim/Eb
(repeat through fade)
Transcribed by Dan Belcher