I play with a capo on the third fret:
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Invitations to my party, send Jones and inviting card,
C Dm Bb Em
He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God.
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Now, tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city white dock-liners,
C Dm Bb Dm
Happiness on the uptown side of party in the morning tide.
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
F F
In blackpatch, In blackpatch
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C Dm C Dm
Clothes pins on washropes, window-to-window tie,
C Dm
Socks and bells and nightgowns,
Bb Am Bb Am Em
Tassels in the mornings, tassels in the morning sky.
Dm C
People are you ready?
Am Em
People are you trying?
Em
Ready, Ready, Ready,
G Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking,
Gm Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking.
F
C Dm C Dm
Woman-child on the side street, flashing in blackpatch,
C Dm Bb Em
Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match.
C Dm C C
