F# B F#
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the world
Abm Ebm
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl
Abm C#
How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take
Abm C#
How many nights of limping 'round on pagan holidays
B Eb
Oh elope with me in private and we'll set something ablaze
Abm C# Ebm
A trail for the devil to erase
F# B F#
San Francisco's calling us the Giants and Mets will play
Abm Ebm
Piazza New York catcher are you straight or are you gay
Abm C#
We hung about the stadium we've got no place to stay
Abm C#
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell
B Eb
About the saddest book you ever read it always makes you cry
Abm C# Ebm
The statue's crying too and well he may
F# B F#
I love you I've a drowning grip on your adoring face
Abm Ebm
I love you my responsibility has found a place
Abm C#
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
Abm C#
Come wave upon me from the family why not that's absurd B Eb
You'll take care of her I know it you will do a better job
Abm C# Ebm
Maybe but not what she deserves
F# B F#
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll drink ourselves awake
Abm Ebm
We'll taste the coffee houses and award certificates
Abm C#
A privy seal to keep the feel of 19 's style
Abm C
We'll comment on the decor and we'll help the passer by
B Eb
And at dusk when work is over we'll continue the debate
Abm C# Ebm
In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare
F# B F#
The catcher hits for 31 and catches every day
Abm Ebm
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays
Abm C#
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor
Abm C#
He knows the drink affects his speed he's praying for a doorway
B Eb
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench
Abm C# Ebm
Life outside the diamond is a wrench
F# B F#
I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend
Abm Ebm
I know it wouldn't come to love my heroine pretend
Abm C#
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day
Abm C#
You'd settle for an epitaph like Walk Away Renee
B Eb
The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flower
Abm C# Ebm
Meet you at the statue in an hour
Abm C# Ebm
Meet you at the statue in an hour