Tom: Em
Intro: C F Bb G
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i was born on the streets of new york city
growin' up was easy just the same
i didnt know what i had and i didnt know what i was missin'
till i met little lai and he showed me the way
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Bert wouldn't tell me anything
Even when i asked him everythang F F#
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Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em D PEAT INTRO x2
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride
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little lai had a business proposition and he knew that i couldnt say no
he took me in to the glow of tha cabana, and he asked all the ladies to go
he used a key, the kind ive never seen and the box opened up in the light
lai had shown me that the deal was good and the ladies for the rest of the night
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Bert wouldn't tell me anything
Even when i asked him everythang F F#
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Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
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for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride
(ahh yeah here come the goods)
Composed Section
section 1: (x2)
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------2-3-5-2-3---------2-3-5-2---------2-3------3-2-----------------| X2
D|--3-5-------------2-3-5-----------2-3-5-----5--------5-3-2-----3-----|
A|--------------------------------5--------------------------5-4---5---|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
section 2: (x2)
E|-------------------------------------------------------------->>|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------->>|
G|--------------------------2---------------2-3-2-----2--------->>|
D|--2-2-3-5-3-2-3-----3-3-5---5-3-5-2---5-5-------5-3---5-3-2-2->>|
A|----------------5--------------------------------------------->>|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------->>|
section 2 continued:
E|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-------2-3-2-------------------|
D|--3-5--------5-3-5-3-2---2-3---| D PEAT section 2
A|-----------------------5-----5-|
E|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------14-|
D|--14-14-15-17-15-14-15----15-15-17----|
A|-----------------------17-------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------->>|
B|-------------------------------------------------->>|
G|--------------------14-15-14-------14------------->>|
D|-17-15-17-14--17-17----------17-15----17-15-14-14->>|
A|-------------------------------------------------->>|
section 3 continued:
E|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--------14-15-14-------------------------|
D|--15-17----------17-15-17-15-14----15----| D PEAT section 3
A|--------------------------------17----17-|
E|-----------------------------------------|
THEN D PEAT SECTION 1 x2 end with power D chords on the down beat
then...
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Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
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for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride
D PEAT INTRO x2
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little lai was on a path of self destruction
all the fun he'd had was just a game
he didn't know where he was and he didn't know where he was goin'
as us all little lai, he was born on the train
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Bert wouldn't tell me anything
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Even when i asked him everything
G C F Bb
Baby look inside, little lai ya cannot hide
D C G Em
for a couple-a-days we'll take it all in stride
D PEAT several times/end on G
