| C | D11 | C1 | C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| x2 |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| I met | James | Ellis on a |
| C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| Train in | to Man | hattan |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| He said he | had to | see just |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | G |
| One | more Rangers | game |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| I left | James | Ellis on a |
| C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| Platform | at Grand | Central |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| Never | knowing | why this | trip would be the |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | C |
| Last | James Ellis | made |
| Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Cmaj7 |
| You try to know someone |
| Fmaj7 |
| You learn his name and look at |
| Am | Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Pictures of his | family and his | yard |
| Cmaj7 |
| You share your world with him |
| Fmaj7 |
| Inside the Lincoln Tunnel |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| And you | never | under | stand |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | C | |
| Why under | standing | is so | hard |
| C | D11 | C1 | C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| x2 |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| Me | lissa | met me on a |
| C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| Train out | side of | Boston |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| She | said she | liked me and would |
| C1 | D11 | G |
| Call me | up some | time |
| C | D11 | C1 |
| If Mel | issa | ever called the |
| C1 | D11 | Fmaj7 |
| Number | that I | gave her |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| She | wouldn’t | unders | tand why it wasn’t |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | C |
| My voice | on the | line |
| Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Cmaj7 |
| You try to know someone |
| Fmaj7 |
| You learn her name and look at |
| Am | Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Pictures of her | family and her | yard |
| Cmaj7 |
| You share your world with her |
| Fmaj7 |
| Inside the Lincoln Tunnel |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| And you | never | under | stand |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | C | |
| Why under | standing | is so | hard |
| Am | Fmaj7 |
| Am | Fmaj7 | |
| You’ll go your | own way |
| Am | Fmaj7 | |
| You’ll go your | own way |
| Cmaj7 | Fmaj7 | |
| And I’ll | turn across the aisle and start | again |
| Cmaj7 |
| You try to know someone |
| Fmaj7 |
| You learn his name and look at |
| Am | Fmaj7 | G6 |
| Pictures of his | family and his | yard |
| Cmaj7 |
| You share your world with him |
| Fmaj7 |
| Inside the Lincoln Tunnel |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| And you | never | under | stand |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | C | |
| Why under | standing | is so | hard |
| C | D11 | C1 | |
| No you | never | under | stand |
| Fmaj7 | G6 | Cmaj7 | |
| Why under | standing | is so | hard |