G
Em
You’re sending me tulips,
C
G
mistaken for lilies,
G
Em
You give me your lip
F
D
after punching me silly,
G
Em
You turned my head till
C
G
it rolled down the brain drain,
G
Em
If I had any sense now,
F
D
I wouldn’t want it back again.
G
Bb
New Amsterdam,
Am
G
it’s become much too much,
G
Bb
Will I have the possession
Am
G
of everything she touches,
G
Bb
Till I step on the brake
Am
G
to get out of her clutches?
G
Bb
Can I speak Double Dutch
Am
G
to a real double duchess?
G
Em
Down on the mainspring,
C
G
listen to the tick tock,
G
Em
Clock all the faces
F
D
that move in on your block,
G
Em
Twice shy and dog tired
C
G
because you’ve been bitten,
G
Em
Everything you say now
F
D
sounds like it was ghost written.
G
Bb
New Amsterdam,
Am
G
it’s become much too much,
G
Bb
Will I have the possession
Am
G
of everything she touches,
G
Bb
Till I step on the brake
Am
G
to get out of her clutches?
G
Bb
Can I speak Double Dutch
Am
G
to a real double duchess?
E
E
Like, in London, they’ll take you
A
E
to heart after a little while,
E
E
Though I look right at home,
C
D
C
G
D
I still feel like an exile.
G
Em
Somehow I found myself
C
G
down at the dockside,
G
Em
Thinking about the old days
F
D
of Liverpool and Rotherhithe,
G
Em
C
G
Transparent people who live on the other side,
G
Em
F
D
Living a life that is almost like suicide,
G
Bb
New Amsterdam,
Am
G
it’s become much too much,
G
Bb
Will I have the possession
Am
G
of everything she touches,
G
Bb
Till I step on the brake
Am
G
to get out of her clutches?
G
Bb
Can I speak Double Dutch
Am
G
to a real double duchess?
F
C
G
E
Am
D
Bb
A
Em
