G Em
You can tell Gayle if she calls
C D
that I'm famous now for all of these rock and roll songs
G Em C D
And even if that's a lie she should've given me a try
Em D C G
When we were kids on the field of the first day of school
Em D C
I would've been her fool
Em D C G
And I would've sang out your name in those old high school halls
G D G
You tell that to Gayle if she calls
G Em
And you can tell Jane if she writes
C D
that I'm drunk off all these stars and all these crazy Hollywood nights
G Em C D
That's total deceit but she should've married me
Em D C G
And tell her I spent every night of my youth on the floor
Em D C
bleeding out from all these wounds
Em D C G
I would've gotten her a ride out of that town she despised
G D G
You tell that to Janey if she writes
Em C G D
But boys will be boys and girls have those eyes
Em C G D
that will cut you to ribbons sometimes
Em C G D
And all you can do is just wait by the moon
Em C G D
and bleed if it's what she says you oughta do
Em C G D
Em C G D
Em D C G
G D G
G Em
You remind Anna if she asks why
C D
that a thief stole my heart while she was making up her mind
G Em
I heard she lives in Brooklyn with the cool
C D
goes crazy over that New York scene on 7th Avenue
Em D C G
But I used to wait at the diner a million nights without her
Em D C
praying she won't cancel again tonight
Em D C G
And the waiter served my coffee with a consolation sigh
G D G
You remind Anna if she asks why
G Em C D
Tell her it's alright
G Em C D
You know it's hard to tell you this
Em D C G Em D C G
Oh it's hard to tell you this
Em D C G G D G
Here's looking at you Kid