Tom: D
D G A Bm G A Em7 A
[Verse 1]
D Bm7
Let me sing you the ballad of Elizabeth Dark
Em Em7
I been workin on it since the time
A7
We hung out at this coffeehouse
A
In Rogers Park
F#m7 Bm G A
Like two kids at a five & dime
D
She would read Dostoevsky
Bm7
By the yellow moon
Em Em7
That hung like an orange in the tree
A7
While I worked on the words
A
To the mystery tune
F#m7 Bm G A
Of Elizabeth Dark & me
[Verse 2]
D
This was back in the days
Bm7
Of the folk music craze
Em Em7
Lenny & poetry & jazz
A7 A
Cats & chicks snappin their fingers
F#m7 Bm G A
To Lord Buckley doing The Nazz
D
Kierkegaard Ginsberg
Bm7
Sartre & free love
Em Em7
Parties to cover the rent
A7 A
We all wanted to be existentialists
F#m7 Bm G A
None of us knew what the hell it meant
[Chorus]
D F#m/C#
Now I take the El to Loyola
Bm D/A
And I walk along the Sheridan sand
Em A
Where the waves are breakin over the jetty
F#m7 Em7 A7
Where the wind is like an icy hand
D D7/C
Fyodor says that the criminal
G/B Gm/Bb
Always returns to the scene of the crime
D/A Em A D
Maybe I'll see Elizabeth D one more time.
[Verse 3]
D Bm7
Her hair was long and flowin
Em Em7
A river of zen down her back
A7 A
We had spaghetti with Ferlinghetti
F#m7 Bm G A
And wine with Jack Kerouac
D
Things were real cool
Bm7
One day I came home from school
Em Em7
And Elizabeth Dark wasn't there
A7 A
No river of raven zen hair
F#m7 Bm G A
No Dark at the top of the stairs
[Chorus]
D F#m/C#
Now I take the El to Loyola
Bm D/A
And I walk along the Sheridan sand
Em A
Where the waves are breakin over the jetty
F#m7 Em7 A7
Where the wind is like an icy hand
D D7/C
Fyodor says that the criminal
G/B Gm/Bb
Always returns to the scene of the crime
D/A Em A D
Maybe I'll see Elizabeth D one more time.
[Verse 4]
D Bm7
Sometimes I get out my old bongos
Em Em7
Reminisce about makin the scene
A7
Read my tarot
A
Tell my fortune from grounds
F#m7 Bm G A
In a beat up espresso machine
D Bm7
I'm a beatnik lost in the future
Em Em7
Like a Model T Ford out in space
A7 A
Still as in love with Elizabeth Dark
F#m7 Bm G A
As the first time I saw her face
[Chorus]
D F#m/C#
Now I take the El to Loyola
Bm D/A
And I walk along the Sheridan sand
Em A
Where the waves are breakin over the jetty
F#m7 Em7 A7
Where the wind is like an icy hand
D D7/C
Fyodor says that the criminal
G/B Gm/Bb
Always returns to the scene of the crime
D/A Em A Bm E
Maybe I'll see Elizabeth D one more time,
G A D
Maybe I'll see Elizabeth D one more time.
