VERSE
[Verse 1]
[F#]Gardenia
[E]Where are you?
[F#]Black goddess in a shabby raincoat
[E]Where are you tonight?
[F#]Cheap purple baby-doll dress
[E]A gardenia in your hair
[F#]Much taller and stronger than me
[E]A forbidden dream, a dream, a dream
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[Verse 2]
[F#]Gardenia
[E]Where are you, tonight?
[F#]The streets were your home
[E]Now where do you roam?
[F#]Your hourglass ass
[E]And your powerful back
[F#]Your slant devil eyes
[E]And the ditch on your spine
Deep ass, deep ass
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[Bridge]
[D]We lay in the darkness
[F#]Then she turned the [E]lights on
[D]I saw a dangerous habit
[F#]When she turned the [E]lights on
[D]There's always a catch in the darkness when you
[F#]When you turn the [G#]lights on
[D]There's always a catch Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[VERSE 3]
[F#]Alone in the cheapo motel
[E]By the highway to hell
[F#]America's greatest living poet was ogling you all
[E]Night, You should be wearing the finest gown
[F#]But here you are now -- Gas, food, lodging,
[E]poverty, misery --and gardenia
[F#]You could be burned at the stake
[E]For all your mistakes, mistakes, mistakes
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[Verse 1]
[F#]Gardenia
[E]Where are you?
[F#]Black goddess in a shabby raincoat
[E]Where are you tonight?
[F#]Cheap purple baby-doll dress
[E]A gardenia in your hair
[F#]Much taller and stronger than me
[E]A forbidden dream, a dream, a dream
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[Verse 2]
[F#]Gardenia
[E]Where are you, tonight?
[F#]The streets were your home
[E]Now where do you roam?
[F#]Your hourglass ass
[E]And your powerful back
[F#]Your slant devil eyes
[E]And the ditch on your spine
Deep ass, deep ass
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[Bridge]
[D]We lay in the darkness
[F#]Then she turned the [E]lights on
[D]I saw a dangerous habit
[F#]When she turned the [E]lights on
[D]There's always a catch in the darkness when you
[F#]When you turn the [G#]lights on
[D]There's always a catch Oh well, oh well, oh well, oh well
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[VERSE 3]
[F#]Alone in the cheapo motel
[E]By the highway to hell
[F#]America's greatest living poet was ogling you all
[E]Night, You should be wearing the finest gown
[F#]But here you are now -- Gas, food, lodging,
[E]poverty, misery --and gardenia
[F#]You could be burned at the stake
[E]For all your mistakes, mistakes, mistakes
[Chorus]
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight
[F#]All I wanna do is tell [E]Gardenia what to do tonight