[Intro - Just bass drum] [A7sus4][F7sus4][G7sus4][G7sus4] (x3)
A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 E -7--------3--6-------3---5----------7-------3--6---3--3---------- B -8----10--4----4--6--3-3------------8------*4------3-------------- G -7--------5----------5--------------7-------5-----*5------------ D -7--------3----------3--------------7-------3------3------------ A -0--------3----------5--------------0-------3------5----------- E ---------------------3-----------------------------3------------
A7sus4 F7sus4 G7sus4 G7sus4 to F pickup E -7-787----3--6-------3--------------------------------- B -8-----10-4----4----*3---3----------------------------- G -7--------5----------5-5----5--2-5-------------------- D -7--------3----------3---------0---------------------- A -0--------3----------5---------x----------------------- E ---------------------3---------3-----------------------
[Notes - *play full F then take first finger barre off and use it to fret 1st string on B string to play Fmaj7, then with D play xx023x xx025x xx023x]
F* D F G G G G E -1-0----x----------------------1-0--3------ B -1-1----3-5-3------3--3--------1-1--3-------- G -2-2----2----------2--2----x3--2-2--0------------- D -3-3----0----------0--0--------3-3--0--------- A -3-3---------------------------3-3--x---------- E -1-x---------------------------1-x--3-----------
[Verse 1 - Snare is muted downstrum on strings - not slap - Rhythm is A is on, then off - sus4, A - off 1xxx x2x4] [A] Winding your way [Asus4]down on [A] Baker Street [Asus4] [A] Lite in your head [Asus4], and [A] dead on your feet [Asus4] Well an- [Em] other crazy day, you [G] drink the night away And for- [D]get about e- [Dsus4]very- [D] thing
[A] This city desert [Asus4] makes you [A] feel so cold, it' [Asus4] s got [A] So many people [Asus4] but it's [A] got no soul [Asus4] And it' [Em] s taken you so long to [G] find out you were wrong When you [D] thought it held e- [Dsus4]very- [D] thing
[Chorus 1] [Dm7] You used to think that it was [Am]so [Asus2]ea- [Am]sy [Dm7] You used to say that it was [Am]so [Asus2]ea- [Am]sy But [C] you're tryin, [G] you're tryin [D] now [Quick phrase][Dsus2][D][Dsus4][D] [Dm7] Another year and then you'd [Am]be [Asus2]ha-[Am]ppy [Dm7] Just one more year and then you'd [Am]be [Asus2]ha- [Am]ppy But [C] you're cryin', [G] you're cryin [A] ' now [F]
[Verse 2] [A] Way down the street [Asus2] there's a [A] light in his place [Asus2] He [A] opens the door, [Asus2] he's got that [A] look on his face [Asus2] And he [Em] asks you where you've been, you [G] tell him who you've seen And you [D] talk about a- [Dsus4]ny- [D]thing
[A] He's got this dream a- [Asus2] bout [A] buyin' some land [Asus2] He's gonna [A] give up the booze [Asus2] and the [A] one night stands [Asus2] And [Em] then he'll settle down, in some [G] quiet little town And for- [D] get about e [Dsus4] - very- [D] thing
[Chorus 2] [Dm7] But you know he'll always [Am] keep [Asus2] mo- [Am] ving [Dm7] You know he's never gonna [Am] stop [Asus2] mo- [Am] ving Cause [C] he's rollin', [G] he's the rolling [D] stone [Dm7] And when you wake up it's a [Am] new [Asus2] mor- [Am] ning [Dm7] The sun is shining it's a [Am] new [Asus2] mor- [Am] ning And [C] you're going, [G] you're going [A] home [F]
[Harmonica in E ready for random solo and Oooohs] [Intro - No Drums] [E][D][A][E]
[Verse] [E] Please allow me to introd [D] uce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste [E] I've been around for a [D] long, long year [A] Stole many a man's soul and [E] faith
[E] And I was 'round when [D] Jesus Christ Had his [A] moment of doubt and [E] pain Made damn sure that [D] Pilate Washed his [A] hands and sealed his [E] fate
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] [E] I stuck around St. [D] Petersburg When I [A] saw it was a time for a [E] change Killed the Czar and his [D] ministers Anas [A] tasia screamed in [E] vain
I [E] rode a tank Held a [D] general's rank When the [A] Blitzkrieg raged And the [E] bodies stank
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] I [E] watched with glee While your [D] kings and queens Fought for [A] ten decades For the [E] Gods they made
I [E] shouted out "Who killed the [D] Kennedys?" When [A] after all It was [E] you and me
[E] Let me please intro [D] duce myself I'm a [A] man of wealth and [E] taste And I laid traps for [D] troubadours Who get [A] killed before they reached Bom [E] bay
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game oh yeah, get down, baby
[Solo]
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
[Verse] Just as [E] every cop is a [D] criminal And [A] all the sinners [E] saints As heads is tails Just call me [D] Lucifer 'Cause I'm in [A] need of some re [E] straint
[E] So if you meet me Have some [D] courtesy Have some [A] sympathy, and some [E] taste Use all your well-learned pol [D] itesse Or I'll [A] lay your soul to [E] waste, um yeah
[Chorus] [B] Pleased to meet you Hope you guess my [E] name But what's [B] puzzling you Is the nature of my [E] game
