Key: E

Chords used:

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[Intro] (x2)

           
           


[Verse 1]

             
All the late n

              
ight bargains 

              
have been stru

  
ck
             
Between the sa

           
tin beaus and 

            
their belles
           
Prehistoric ga

            
rbage trucks
         
Have the city 

to themselves

             
Echoes and roa

             
rs, dinosaurs
             
They're all do

           
ing the monste

            
r mash
    
And most of th

e taxis, most 

of the whores
    
Are only takin

g calls for ca

sh


[Chorus]

             
I don't know h

             
ow it happened
          
It all took pl

            
ace so quick
           
But all I can 

         
do is hand it 

  
to you

And your latest trick


[Interlude]

          
            


[Verse 2]

              
Well, now, my 

             
door was stand

        
ing open
          
Security was l

             
aid back and l

/  
ax
           
But it was onl

y my heart got

 a-broken
              
You must have 

      
had a pass key

 made out of w

ax
             
You played rob

              
bery with inso

     
lence
              
And I played t

           
he blues in tw

             
elve bars down

         
 on Lover's La

  
ne
        
And you never 

did have the i

ntelligence to

 use
           
The twelve key

s hanging off 

of my chain


[Chorus]

             
I don't know h

             
ow it happened
          
It all took pl

            
ace so quick
           
But all I can 

         
do is hand it 

  
to you

And your latest trick


[Interlude]

          
          


[Verse 3]

              
Well, now, it'

             
s past last ca

              
ll for alcohol
             
Past recall ha

           
s been here an

        
d gone
    
The landlord h

e finally paid

 us all
          
The satin jazz

men have put a

way their horn

s
             
And we're stan

              
ding outside o

              
f this wonderl

   
and
          
Looking so ber

             
eaved and so b

/     
ereft
       
Like a Bowery 

bum when he fi

nally understa

nds
             
The bottle's e


mpty and there

's nothing lef

t


[Chorus]

             
I don't know h

             
ow it happened
          
It was faster 

              
than the eye c

         
ould flick
           
But all I can 

         
do is hand it 

  
to you

And your latest trick


[Outro]

          
          

          
          


[Solo] (Intro chords x4)

          
              

(to fade)