Does this bus stop at 82nd Street?
Capo IV (E dur)
Intro. |C Dm |C7 Dm |G Am |Am G7
|C F |C F |C Em |F C
1. Hey bus driver, keep the change. Bless your children, give them names.
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Don’t trust men who walk with canes. Drink this and you’ll grow wings on your feet.
|C F |C F |C Em |F C
Broadway Mary, Joan Fontaine, advertiser on a downtown train.
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Christmas crier busting cane, he’s in love again.
|Am |F |G F |C
Where dock worker’s dream mix with panther’s schemes to someday own the rodeo.
|Am |F |C |F G tacet tacet
Tained women in vista vision perform for out of state kids at the late show.
|C F |C F |C Em |F C
2. Wizard imps and sweat sock pimps, interstellar mongrel nymphs.
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Rex said that lady left him limp. Love’s like that (sure it is).
|C F |C F |C Em |F C
Queen of diamonds, ace of spades, newly discovered lovers of the everglades.
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They take out a full page ad in the trades to announce their arrival
|Am |F |G F |C
and Mary Lou she found out how to cope; she rides to heaven on a gyroscope.
|Am |F |C |F G tacet tacet
The Daily News asks her for the dope, she says: “Man, the dope’s that here’s still hope.”.
|C F |C F |C Em |F C
End. Señorita, Spanish rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose.
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Uptown in Harlem, she throws a rose to some lucky young matador.