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[Em][D][Dsus2][Em]

[C]W[D]indy [Em]bus stop Click  
[D]Shop window [C]Heel[G][D][Dsus4][E7]
[C]S[D]hady [Em]gentleman  
[D]Fly button [C]Feel[G][D][Dsus4][E7]
In the [G]under[D]pass 
the [C]blind man [G]stands
With [D]cold flute [B7]hands

[F]Symphony m[C]atch seller  
bre[A]ath out of tim[D]e[Dsus4]
You can [G]call me on 
ano[B7]ther lin[Em]e

[C]In[D]dian [Em]restaurants 
that [D]curry my [C]brain [G][D][Dsus4]
[C]News[D]paper [Em]warriors 
[D]changing the [C]names[G][D][Dsus4]
they [G]adver[D]tise 
from the [F]station [G]stand
With [D]cold print [B7]hands
[F]Symphony [C]word player  
[A]I'll be your head[D]line [Dsus4]
If you [G]catch me an[B7]other t[Em]ime

[C]Didn't m[D]ake[Dsus4] her     
with my Baker Street Ruse 
[E7][A7][E7]
[E]Couldn't sh[D]ake[Dsus4] her     
with my Baker Street Bruise 
[E7][A7][E7]
[E]Like to tak[D]e h[D]er    
[Dsus4]but I'm just a Baker 
Street Muse 
[E7][A7][E7]

[C]Ale [D]spew  
[Em]puddle brew  
[D]Boys throw it up [C]clean
[G][D][Dsus4]
[C] Coke[D] and [Em]Bacardi 
[D]colours them [C]green[G][D][Dsus4]
From the [G]typing [D]pool goes 
the [C]mini skirted [G]princess 
with [C]great [B7]finesse
[F]Fertile [C]earth mother  
your burial [A]mound is 
fifty feet [D]down[Dsus4]
in the [G]Baker Street 
[B7]underground [Em](What the hell!)
[C]Walking [D]down the 
[Em]gutter [D]thinking[Dsus4]
How the [G]hell am I [B7]today
[C]Well I [D]didn't [Em]really 
ask [D]you but [G]thanks 
all the [B7]same

[F]Big b[C]ottled [G]fraulein[F]  
put yo[C]ur weight o[G]n me
[F]Said the[C] pygmy to the w[G]hore
[F]Desperate[C] for more 
in hi[G]s assa[D]ult 
upon the mou[C]ntain[G]

little m[F]an hi[C]s youth[G] 
a fountain over[F]drafted 
[C]and still c[G]ounting
[F]vernacul[C]ar verbose[G]
an a[F]ttempt in gettin[C]g 
clo[G]se to wh[D]ere 
he came from[C][G]

in the doo[F]rway of 
t[C]he stars[G]  
between Blan[F]dford 
Stree[C]t and Mars[G]
[F]proposit[C]ion[G] deal[F]  
f[C]ly but[G]ton feel
[D]testicle[C] testing 
[D]wallet ever bu[C]lging[G]

[F]dressed to the l[C]eft 
divulging th[G]e wri[F]nkles 
of his[C] years[G]
wedding [F]bell ind[C]uce[G]d 
fears[F] shedding be[C]ll [G]end tears
in the poc[D]ket of her resis[C]tance[G]

interna[F]tional assi[C]sta[G]nce 
flowing generou[F]s and fu[C]ll[G]
to h[F]is never read[C]y tool[G]
pulls his eyes[F] over he[C]r wool[G]

[D]and he shudders as he c[C]omes
[D]and my rudder slowly tu[C]rns me 
into the M[G]arylebone Road[D]

[D]

[G]And here slip I     
dragging one foot in the gutter[Em]
[D]in the midnight [Am]echo 
of the [C]shop that sells 
cheap rad[D]ios [Dsus4]

[G]And there sits she     
no bed no bread no b[Em]utter[D]
on a double [Am]yellow line    
[C]where she can park anyt[D]ime [Dsus4]

[G]Old Lady Grey crash barrier wal[Em]tzer[D]
some only son's m[Am]other 
[C]Baker Street c[D]asual[Dsus4]ty

[G]Oh Mr Policeman  
blue shirt ballet m[Em]aster [D]
Feet in sticking pl[Am]aster     
m[C]ove the old lady [D]on [Dsus4]

[G]Strange pas de deux     
his Romeo to her Ju[Em]liet [D]
[D]Her sleeping dr[Am]aught  
his po[C]isoned regret
No dr[C]unken bums all[D]owed 
to sl[C]eep here [D]in the 
crowded emptin[G]ess

[G]Oh officer let me send her 
to a cheap[Em] hotel [D]
I'll pay the bill and 
m[Am]ake her well   
l[C]ike hell you bloody w[D]ill![Dsus4]
[C]No do good [D]over kill  
[C]We must teach them t[D]o be 
still more indep[G]end[Em]ent


[E]

[Em]I have no ti[D]me for 
Time Magaz[C]ine or Rolling Stone [Em]
[Em]I have no wi[D]sh for 
wishing we[C]lls or wishing bones [Em]
[Em]I have no ho[D]use in the 
countr[C]y I have no motor car [Em]
[G]And if you think I'm jokin[D]g
then I[C]'m just a one line 
joker in a public bar [Em]
[Em]And it seems there's 
no body l[D]eft for
t[C]ennis; and I'm a one band man [Em]
[G]And I want no Top Twenty 
f[D]uner[C]al or a hundred grand [Em]


[Em]There was a [D]little 
boy stood on a [Em]burning log
[G]rubbing his h[D]ands w[Bm]ith glee[B7]
[G]He said Oh Mother Engla[D]nd
did yo[Em]u light my sm[A]ile 
[Am]or did you l[C]ight this 
fire under [D]me [B7]
[G]One day I'll be a mi[D]nstrel 
in the gallery [Em]
[G]And paint you a pictu[D]re 
of the queen[B7]
And i[G]f sometimes I s[D]ing to 
a cy[Em]nical degr[A]ee    [Am]
[Am]it's just the[C] nonsense 
that it see[D]ms[B7]
[G]So I drift down throu[D]gh 
the Baker Street val[Em]ley
[G]in my steep sided un [D]reality[B7]
And when [G]all is said and 
a[D]ll is done I couldn't wish
for a better [Em]one[A]
[Am]It's a rea[C]l life ripe 
dead certaint[D]y [B7]

that I'm just a Baker Street Muse