The timing on some of my chord placements is probably wrong. Shouldn't be too hard
if you've heard the song.
G [3-2-0-0-3-3]
C/G [3-3-2-0-1-0]
C/B [0-2-0-0-1-0]
Am [X-0-2-2-1-0]
D7 [X-X-0-2-1-2]
C [X-3-2-0-1-0]
D [X-X-0-2-3-2]
D/C [X-3-0-2-3-0]
D/B [X-2-0-2-3-0]
D/A [X-0-0-2-3-0]
EmM7 [0-2-1-0-0-0]
[G]Teardrop windows [C/G]cryin' in the sky[C/B]
[Am]He is all alone and wonderin' [D7]why
[G]Ivory white but f[C/G]eelin' kind of blue[C/B]
[Am]Cause theres no one there to share the v[D7]iew
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]When the sun se[C/B]ts over the so[D]und
He just goes to s[G]leep
[He seems to hammer on the 2nd fret on the D string when playing the G chord]
[G]Built in boast as the t[C/G]allest on the coast[C/B]
[Am]He was once the city's only to[D7]ast
[G]In old postcards [C/G]was positioned as a star[C/B]
[Am]He was looked up to with fond re[D7]gard
[C]But in ninet[C/B]een sixty [Am]two
[C]The needle made i[G]t's big d[D]ebut
[C]And ev[C/B]erybody forgo[D]t
What it ou[G]tgrew
[G/F#]
[Em]He wonders where the workers are
[C]Who once filled every flo[G]or[G/F#]
[Em]The elevators op[EmM7]erate
[C]But don't much any[D]more[D/C][D/B][D/A]
[D]Anymo[D/C]re[D/B][D/A]
[D]Anymo[D/C]re[D/B][D/A]
[D] [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]
[D] [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]
[G]Teardrop windows [C/G]cryin' in the [C/B]sky
[Am]How the years have quickly past her [D7]by
[G]Gleaming white 'g[C/G]ainst the deepest b[C/B]aby blue
[Am]He is lonely just like me and [D7]you
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]When the sun se[C/B]ts over the so[D]und
He just goes to s[G]leep
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]And when the ma[C/B]ids they turn [D]out the lights
He just goes to s[G]leep
if you've heard the song.
G [3-2-0-0-3-3]
C/G [3-3-2-0-1-0]
C/B [0-2-0-0-1-0]
Am [X-0-2-2-1-0]
D7 [X-X-0-2-1-2]
C [X-3-2-0-1-0]
D [X-X-0-2-3-2]
D/C [X-3-0-2-3-0]
D/B [X-2-0-2-3-0]
D/A [X-0-0-2-3-0]
EmM7 [0-2-1-0-0-0]
[G]Teardrop windows [C/G]cryin' in the sky[C/B]
[Am]He is all alone and wonderin' [D7]why
[G]Ivory white but f[C/G]eelin' kind of blue[C/B]
[Am]Cause theres no one there to share the v[D7]iew
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]When the sun se[C/B]ts over the so[D]und
He just goes to s[G]leep
[He seems to hammer on the 2nd fret on the D string when playing the G chord]
[G]Built in boast as the t[C/G]allest on the coast[C/B]
[Am]He was once the city's only to[D7]ast
[G]In old postcards [C/G]was positioned as a star[C/B]
[Am]He was looked up to with fond re[D7]gard
[C]But in ninet[C/B]een sixty [Am]two
[C]The needle made i[G]t's big d[D]ebut
[C]And ev[C/B]erybody forgo[D]t
What it ou[G]tgrew
[G/F#]
[Em]He wonders where the workers are
[C]Who once filled every flo[G]or[G/F#]
[Em]The elevators op[EmM7]erate
[C]But don't much any[D]more[D/C][D/B][D/A]
[D]Anymo[D/C]re[D/B][D/A]
[D]Anymo[D/C]re[D/B][D/A]
[D] [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]
[D] [D/C] [D/B] [D/A]
[G]Teardrop windows [C/G]cryin' in the [C/B]sky
[Am]How the years have quickly past her [D7]by
[G]Gleaming white 'g[C/G]ainst the deepest b[C/B]aby blue
[Am]He is lonely just like me and [D7]you
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]When the sun se[C/B]ts over the so[D]und
He just goes to s[G]leep
[C]There's too [C/B]many vacan[Am]cies
[C]He's been feelin'[G] oh so em[D]pty
[C]And when the ma[C/B]ids they turn [D]out the lights
He just goes to s[G]leep
