| In 6/8 time, a strange little waltz |
| G | C | G | |
| When you're | lost in the rain in Jua- | rez, and it's Easter time | too |
| G | C | G | |
| And you're | gravity fails and nega- | tivity don't pull you | through |
| C | G | |
| Don't | put on any airs when you're down on Rue Morgue Ave- | nue |
| D | C | G | |
| They got some | hungry women there, they'll | really make a mess outa | you |
| G | C | G | |
| Now if you | see St. Annie, please | tell her 'thanks a | lot' |
| G | C | G | |
| I | cannot move, my | fingers are all in a | knot |
| C | G | |
| I | don't have the strength to get up and take another | shot |
| D | C | G | |
| And my best | friend my doctor won't even | say what it is I | got |
| G | C | G | |
| Sweet Me- | linda, the peasants call | her the goddess of | gloom |
| G | C | G | |
| She | speaks good English and she in- | vites you up into her | room |
| C | G | |
| And you're | so kind and careful not to go to her too | soon |
| D | C | G | |
| And she | takes your voice, and leaves you | howling at the | moon |
| G | C | G | |
| Up | on Housing Project Hill, it's either | fortune or | fame |
| G | C | G | |
| You must | pick one or the other tho' | neither of them are to be what they | claim |
| C | G | |
| If you're | looking to get silly, you better go back to from where you | came |
| D | C | G | |
| Because the | cops don't need you, and | man they expect the | same |
| G | C | G | |
| Now | all the authorities, they | just stand around and | boast |
| G | C | G | |
| How they | blackmailed the Sergeant-at- | Arms into leaving his | post |
| C | G | |
| And | picking up Angel, who just arrived here from the | coast |
| D | C | G | |
| Who looked | so fine at first, but left | looking just like a | ghost |
| G | C | G | |
| I | started out on Burgundy, but | soon hit the harder | stuff |
| G | C | G | |
| Every- | body said they'd stand be- | hind me when the game got | rough |
| C | G | |
| But the | joke was on me, there was nobody even there to | bluff |
| D | C | G | |
| I'm goin' | back to New York City, I do be- | lieve I've had e- | nough This song is from PJ's Guitar Chords & Lyrics site |