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The East River

Jeffrey Lewis

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Finger-picking. First tab, so its not guaranteed, but it sounds right. Enjoy. Play it at parties if you want people to think you're whiny, neurotic and suicidal. C If I had a girl on 9th avenue F I know exactly what she would do D G D G She would wander at dawn look around At folks D G D G Find someone better looking who tells Better jokes F C And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone Em Am 9 8 7th avenue Em Am Now I'm crossing Madison Em Am Sobbing on Park Avenue F Feeling bad on Lexington Em Am 3 2 1st avenue Em Am Going east with the wind Em Am F Cross the FDR to the east river C Fall right in And if I had a girl on 10th avenue I know exactly what she would do She would wander at day look at all the Guys Find someone who's read more books And has bluer eyes And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone 9 8 7th avenue Now I'm crossing Madison Sobbing on Park Avenue Feeling bad on Lexington 3 2 1st avenue Going east with the wind Cross the FDR to the east river Fall right in And if I had a girl on 11th avenue I know exactly what she would do She would wander at night hang around At bars Find someone who draws better and Plays prettier guitar And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone 9 8 7th avenue Now I'm crossing Madison Sobbing on Park Avenue Feeling bad on Lexington 3 2 1st avenue Going east with the wind Cross the FDR to the east river Throw myself in F G Until the scum in the east river would Drown me F G The phlegm and rotten rats would Surround me F G The shattered cars at the bottom all Around me F C Until I was just another scum in the East river F Em And when I become the scum it's my Job to drown F Em The pathetic hopes and failures of the Next unloved clown F Em Though maybe it would be a girl and We could become scum together F Decompose as the river flows Em Become one scum together Become one forever C One bloated rotten putrid scum forever 9 8 7th avenue Now I'm crossing Madison Sobbing on Park Avenue Feeling bad on Lexington 3 2 1st avenue Going east with the wind Cross the FDR to the east river Fall right in
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