Al Stewart – Bedsitter Images (Guitar)

     Bm                                D
 The subway station's closed again and sleeps beneath its veil of rain

    E                              G
 My footprints broken trail behind steals the night lights from my mind

     Bm                                  D
 The dark deserted streets stand clear today has lived and died in here

 E                              G                           Bm
 So I leave the chapel gloom to find the shelter of my tiny room

           G                    A         D            E
 But it's alright where the lights of the city shine so bright

             G                 A7       D               F#7
 And it's al-right til the last winding train fades from sight

          G           A7      D                 E
 Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win

           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images

      E              Bm        Em F#7 Bm F#7 Bm
 Come back to hem me in

Bm                                      D
The panelled patterns on the door chase shivering shadows to the floor

 E                                G
Upon the pillow worn and thin the memories of hopes begin

    Bm                                  D
The carpet with its flowers in shreds expires a foot before my bed

    E                             G                                  Bm
The crack that won't return again advancing through my broken window pane

           G                    A         D            E
 But it's alright where the lights of the city shine so bright

             G                 A7       D               F#7
 And it's al-right til the last winding train fades from sight

          G           A7      D                 E
 Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win

           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images

      E              Bm        Em F#7 Bm F#7 Bm
 Come back to hem me in

    Bm                                         D
The friends I've left back home all write with laughing words that warm my sight

        E                                  G
Saying "Tell us, how's the city life?" and I reply and say just fine

    Bm                           D
And so you see I can't go back until I either win or crack

    E                                G                           Bm
I'm standing in a one-way street the stage is set the story incomplete

           G                    A         D            E
 But it's alright where the lights of the city shine so bright

             G                 A7       D               F#7
 And it's al-right til the last winding train fades from sight

          G           A7      D                 E
 Then alone in my room I must stay to lose or win

           Bm            D
 And these wild bedsitter images

      E              Bm
 Come back to hem me in