Lucy Wainwright Roche

Bleecker Street

Lucy Wainwright Roche


Tom: Em

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[Verse 1]
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Fog’s rolling in off the east river bank    
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Like a shroud________
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It covers Bleecker Street
          B7               C 
Fills the alleys where men sleep
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Hides the shepherd___
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From the sheep   

                                    
[Verse 2]
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Voices leaking from a sad cafe
        Am   Am/G  Am/F#           
Smiling faces________
      G      Em
Try to understand
        B7            C 
I saw a shadow touch a shadow's hand
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On Bleecker Street


[Verse 3]
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The poet reads his crooked rhyme
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Holy, holy________
      G     Em
Is his sacrament
       B7               C 
Thirty dollars pays your rent
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On Bleecker Street


[Verse 4]
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I heard a church bell softly chime
     Am    Am/G  Am/F#           
In a melody________
  G     Em
Sustaining
       B7           C 
It's a long road to Canaan
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On Bleecker Street