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The East River Tab

by Jeffrey Lewis


Finger-picking. 
First tab, so its not guaranteed, but it sounds right. 
Enjoy. Play it at parties if you want people to think you're whiny, neurotic and suicidal.


If I had a girl on 9th avenue
                   
I know exactly what she would do
                                     
She would wander at dawn look around At folks
                                           
Find someone better looking who tells Better jokes
                                              
And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone

      
9 8 7th avenue
               
Now I'm crossing Madison
               
Sobbing on Park Avenue

Feeling bad on Lexington
      
3 2 1st avenue
         
Going east with the wind
                      
Cross the FDR to the east river
          
Fall right in

And if I had a girl on 10th avenue
I know exactly what she would do
She would wander at day look at all the Guys
Find someone who's read more books And has bluer eyes
And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone

9 8 7th avenue
Now I'm crossing Madison
Sobbing on Park Avenue
Feeling bad on Lexington
3 2 1st avenue
Going east with the wind
Cross the FDR to the east river
Fall right in

And if I had a girl on 11th avenue
I know exactly what she would do
She would wander at night hang around At bars
Find someone who draws better and Plays prettier guitar
And then she'd leave me and I'd walk Back east alone

9 8 7th avenue
Now I'm crossing Madison
Sobbing on Park Avenue
Feeling bad on Lexington
3 2 1st avenue
Going east with the wind
Cross the FDR to the east river
Throw myself in

                                      
Until the scum in the east river would Drown me
                                
The phlegm and rotten rats would Surround me
                                    
The shattered cars at the bottom all Around me
                                    
Until I was just another scum in the East river

                                 
And when I become the scum it's my Job to drown
                                 
The pathetic hopes and failures of the Next unloved clown
                                          
Though maybe it would be a girl and We could become scum together

Decompose as the river flows

Become one scum together

Become one forever
                               
One bloated rotten putrid scum forever

9 8 7th avenue
Now I'm crossing Madison
Sobbing on Park Avenue
Feeling bad on Lexington
3 2 1st avenue
Going east with the wind
Cross the FDR to the east river
Fall right in