Intro: Eb Cm Eb Cm
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue, they're tryin' to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
strollin' by with their rosebud smiles.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
They're all dressed up to kill, lean on the window sill,
Ab Gm Cm
lookin' your way with eyes of fire.
Abmaj7 Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Bb/Eb Eb Bb/Eb Eb Abmaj7
Friday night, see the girls on the avenue.
Eb Bb/D
Like a child at big store windows,
Cm Cm7/Bb Ab Eb/G Fm Bb Cm
you feel confused, so many girls on the avenue.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue know how to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
casting out sighs like tricks from a hat.
Eb Cm Eb Cm
All the Miss Lonely Hearts, ooh they look awful hard,
Ab Gm Cm
yet sometimes they seem as fragile as glass.
Repeat chorus
Instrumental Cm Gm G Bb D Cm Gm Cm Gm
Abmaj7 Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Abmaj7 Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip, don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb/D Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue. (fade)
Transcribed by Shayne Browne
Submitted by David Taylor [email protected],com.au