Mister Zero chords by Bob Lind

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
B 
Diamonds of
silvery rain in the fountains
Em 
And ten cent red roses
C 
B 
from department store counters
Em 
Watching the moonlight
C 
B 
reflect off the river
C 
B 
Beside where the trains
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B 
cross the bridge and slow down
Em 
Trains with white letters
C 
B 
and black iron sides
Em 
C 
B 
And wild rushing water that all rolls away
C 
B 
And Little Miss
C 
B 
Someone does not want to stay
Em 
C 
B 
Everyone's moving with places to go
C 
B 
C 
B 
And Mr. Zero, he sadly stands still
Em 
As the water goes one way,
C 
B 
the train goes another
C 
B 
Mr. Zero, stand still
and miss someone,
Em 
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don't bother.
B 
The present moves out
on the sunset's crescendo
Em 
As seagulls of dawn
C 
B 
set their wings to the air
Em 
And fly without resting
C 
B 
on outward -bound breezes
C 
B 
To die where horizons are
C 
B 
melting the dusk.
Em 
The eyes of  the summer
C 
B 
are closing forever
Em 
The earth takes a breath
C 
B 
to prepare for the fall
Am 
And Little Miss
B 
Am 
B 
Someone won't pay for the call
Em 
The hand of  the autumn
C 
B 
undresses the trees
Am 
Mr. Zero says,
B 
Am 
B 
please help me up off my knees
Em 
Miss Someone is speaking,
C 
B 
the world will believe her
C 
B 
Mr. Zero just nods
Em 
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and hangs up the receiver
B 
Oh, yesterday's kiss
will be cold by tomorrow
Em 
As campfires of midnight
C 
B 
dissolve in the darkness
Em 
The room is deserted,
C 
B 
the blinds have been drawn
Am 
B 
Little Miss  somewhat is
C 
B 
packed up and gone
Em 
Fast moving cars
C 
B 
disappear down the highway
Em 
The signs that say
C 
B 
Hitchhikers do not disturb
Am 
B 
Mr. Zero looks  quietly
Am 
B 
up from the curb
Em 
Morning has faded and
C 
B 
shadows have grown
Am 
B 
Little Miss
C 
B 
Someone is on her way home
Em 
Mr. Zero stands watching
C 
B 
her plane flies above
Am 
B 
And with frostbitten hands
Em 
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waves goodbye to his girl
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B 
Oh, walks through the park
on a bright summer Sunday
Em 
C 
And tapestry kittens that hung on the wall
B 
Em 
They all die in  the air
C 
like a  soft minor chord
B 
Am 
B 
Am 
A vacancy sign and a bulletin board
B 
Em 
C 
Mr. Zero is wrapping his
B 
jacket around him
Em 
Speaking kind words
C 
that should have been said long ago
B 
Am 
But a little miss,
B 
Am 
someone does not want to know
B 
Em 
The night is  deserted,
C 
B 
there's dust on the shelf
Am 
B 
Mr. Zero sits lonely and
Am 
B 
talks to  himself
Em 
It's too late to change,
C 
B 
the fine line has been crossed
C 
B 
The charades are all done,
Em 
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Mr. Zero has lost you