Intro: C G Am F C G
Verse
G C F
I'm goin' back to New York City
C F
I just can't wait no more for you
C G Am F
I got so lonely, sold what you gave me
F C G C
'Cept that raincoat, the famous blue
C F G
And I don't need time to think about it
C G F
I don't let reminders get me down like before
F G
But you know I used to know you
C G F G C
Back when local bars and broken hearts were home, and we were open all night long
Solo: C G Am F C G
Verse
G C F
Maybe I'll go out Chicago
C F
Ain't that where the blues belong?
C G Am F
I heard you came by, shook up by the radio
F C G C
Somethin' about the topback, wayfarers on
C F G
And I don't need time to think about it
C G F
I don't let reminders get me down like before
F G
But you know I used to know you
C G F G C
Back when local bars and broken hearts were home, and we were open all night long
Solo: C G Am F C G
Bridge
G Am G F C
And all this must've been comin' a long, long time, 29 years of nerves on fire
Am G F
Nobody came and nobody saw, made a wreck of myself with the headlights on
Am G F C
Worked these hands straight down the bone, carried the weight until the weight took over
G
Ended up standing at a fork in the road with you
G F G
But I don't need time to think about it
C G F
I don't let reminders get me down like before
F G
But you know I used to know you
C G F G
Back when local bars and your crooked heart was my home, mmhmm...
Outro
G C G Am F
And I will never know the town where you finally settled down
C G Am F
With the top back on a Cadillac and your sunglasses on
C G Am F
And you can't make me whole, I have to find that on my own
C G Am F C
But I held you, babe, a long, long time ago, and we were open all night long.