Christy Moore – Metropolitan Avenue (Guitar)

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[Verse 1]
D                                    C
First days in the loft I thought I might live

D         Em
New faces and new streets

D                             C
No cash in the hand was making me think

D           Em
What now,what's coming next
[Pre-Chorus]
C
That's not to say I wasn't welcomed,I was welcomed

      G
I was taken in.

  C
I took the bait when I was hunted I was wretched

      G
I waS freezing
[Chorus]
Em             D      C                   D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter snow

     C                 Em
I'll be back with you before I go.
[Verse 2]
D                               C
Don"t run like a dog I know how it feels

        D            Em
Without heat without love

D                              C
Ran free in the park like Jekyll and Hyde

D                 Em
Me and Pete, me and Pete
[Pre Chorus]
C
Up half the night unwilling witness to some

         G
Strangers fued

C
Deep underground I hear the notes of some

            G
old gmablers blues
[Chorus]
Em              D     C
This rose will never blossom now it needs

Em                 C
Light shinning on it's back.

Em           D            C
This road will never take me out I've been

Em          C
Stopped in my tracks

C
There goes the night and now the sun begins

          G
To filter through

C
I took the bait when I was hunted  was

                                       G
Wrectched didn't know that I was failing you
[Chorus]
Em            D      C                   D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter rain

     C                 Em
Will I ever see your face again
[Chorus]
Em             D      C                   D
Metropolitan Avenue standing tall in the winter snow

     C                 Em
I'll be back with you before I go.