Originally in A, I play in E capo 2
Skip the weird intro and just play I → IV → I,
hard stop on the last I
| E | A | E |
Vox on the low 1 on “she”, the high b7 on “came”,
and back down to the 1 on “dow”
| E | A | D/A |
| She came in through the bathroom wi | ndow |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| Protected | by a silver sp | oon |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| But now she | sucks her thumb and won | ders |
| A | E | |
| By the | banks of her own lagoon |
No space between “lagoon” and the chorus
Vox on the 3 on “didn’t anybody”
| E | Am |
| Didn’t anybody t | ell her? |
| E | Am |
| Didn’t anybody s | ee? |
| D7 | G | G/F# | Em7 | |
| Su | nday’s on the phone to Mond | ay |
| D7 | G | E | |
| Tu | esday’s on the phone to | me |
| E | A | D/A |
| She said she’d always been a da | ncer |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| She worked in | fifteen clubs a d | ay |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| And though she | thought I knew the a | nswer |
| A | E | |
| Well, I | knew but I could not say |
Hang the first 1
| E | A | D/A |
| And so I quit the police depa | rtment |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| And got my | self a steady j | ob |
| E | C#m | A | D/A |
| And though she | tried her best to h | elp me |
| A | E | |
| She could | steal but she could not rob |
| E | Am |
| Didn’t anybody t | ell her? |
| E | Am |
| Didn’t anybody s | ee? |
| D7 | G | G/F# | Em7 | |
| Su | nday’s on the phone to Mond | ay |
| D7 | G | E | |
| Tu | esday’s on the phone to | me oh y | eah |