Key: E major
Intro 1
Bm
E
Bm
E
Bm
F#m
Bm
Verse 1
E
Bm
Still inside in the red lights
A couple blocks from the
Orthodox Church
E
Bm
That's where the old poet lived
Verse 2
D
Bm
and his necktie
E
F#m
Bm
And the window looking down
E
Bm
On the young man passing by
E
F#
E
On the fullness of the town
Verse 3
A
E
time gamblers
B
G
A
E
B
Full of their restless wives
A
E
Full of them midnight writers
B
E
Out in the quarter on a Friday night
B
A
Out in the brightness on a
E
B
Friday night
A
E
Verse 4
B
Bm
E
And the big horns blowed and
D
Bm
the pianos played
D
Bm
old man's ears
I guess those were the olden days
E
Bm
E
I guess those were the golden years
Verse 5
And now the town is empty
D
Dsus4
G
A
Where did the old poet go?
Em
E
I asked around
Interlude 1
A
E
B
D
A
C#m
B
A
E
B
A
E
Bm
Verse 6
E
Bm
Maybe I came too early
you told me to wait
E
Bm
Verse 7
E
Bm
And I've got this lingering feeling
E
D
Bm
It's like I've slipped in between
Bm
E
B
I know you know what I mean
Verse 8
B
D
A
C#m
B
I'll be a restless wife
A
E
I'll be a midnight writer
B
A
E
Out in the quarter on a Friday night
Verse 9
B
A
E
Call me a good- time gambler
B
D
C#m
E
B
Call me a restless wife
A
E
Call me a midnight writer
Verse 10
B
A
E
Out in the quarter on a Friday night
B
A
E
Out in the brightness of a Friday night
B
A
E
A
E
B
C#m
Call me the brightness of aFriday night
Outro 1
A
E
B
Dsus4
G
A
C#m
E
B
D
C#m
E
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsBm E F#m D F#...
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