[Intro]
[G7] [D7] [G7] [C] [G7] [D7], ([G] [C] [F] [F#] [G]) (x2), [B] [Em] [Em/D] [C]
[G] [A#/F] [C/E] [C#dim] [Edim] [Gdim] [A#dim], [G] [B/F#] [Em] [Em/D] [C] [F] [G]
 
[Spoken]
"You all pass me that bottle. I'll sing you a real song."
 
[Verse]
         [G]               [C7]                 [F]              [F#]     [G]
Well I'm looking through Harlem, my stomach squeals just a little more.
     [G]                 [C/E]                           [F]        [F#]      [G]
The stagecoach full of feathers and footprints rolls up to my soapbox door.
      [B/F#]                                   [Em]     [Em/D]     [C]
Now a lady with a pearl handled necktie tied to the driver's fence
[G]              [A#/F] [C/E]                               [C#dim] [Edim] [Gdim] [A#dim]*
breathes in my face bourbon and coke possessed words,
           [G]            [B/F#]     [Em]       [Em/D]   [C]       [F]   [G]
"Haven't I seen you somewhere in hell, or was it just an accident?"
 
(play first two measures of intro and say)
"You know how I felt then"
 
[Chorus]
    [B/F#]                                  [Em]   [Em/D]      [C]
And sometimes it's not so easy 'specially when your only friend
[G]      [B/F#]            [Em]        [Em/D]      [C]           [F]       [G]
talks, sees, looks and feels like you. You do just the same as him.
 
 
[Intro Riff]
 
    [G7]     [D7]    [C7]          [G7]   [C7]  [G7]  [D7]
e|-6/7~--6\5~------0-----------3-------3----|
B|-------------4/5----5-5-4----3--1----3--3-|
G|-6/7~--6\5~---------------3/4---3--3/4--5-|
D|-------------4/5----5-5-4-------2-------4-|
A|--------------------------------3-------5-|
E|------------------------------------------|