The Yardbirds – Mr Zero (Guitar)

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#50 on UK Singles Charts on COLUMBIA Records in 1966 INTRO: Gm Gb F E #1.
Eb
Diamonds of silvery rain in the fountains

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and ten-cent red roses from department store counters

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Watching the moonlight reflect off the river

  Dbm            Eb               Dbm             Eb
beside where the trains cross the bridge and slow down

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Trains with white letters on black iron sides

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and wild rushing water that all rolls away

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And Little Miss Someone does not want to stay

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Everyone's moving, with places to go

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and Mr. Zero, he sadly stands still, as the water 

                  E            Eb
goes one way, the train goes another

    Dbm         Eb
Mr. Zero stands still and Miss Someone don't 

Abm    Bb Eb
bother
#2.
Eb
Yesterday's kiss will be cold by tomorrow, as 

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campfires of midnight dissolve in the darkness

    Abm                   E                Eb
The room is deserted, the blinds have been drawn

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Little Miss Someone has packed up and gone

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Fast moving cars disappear down the highway

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with signs that say, hitch-hikers, do not disturb

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Mr. Zero looks quietly up from the curb

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Morning has faded, and shadows have grown, and Little

                Dbm        Eb
Miss Someone is on her way home

    Abm         E                         Eb
Mr. Zero stands watching, her plane flies above

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and with frost-bitten hands waves goodbye to his love
#3.
Eb
Walks through the park on a bright summer Sunday

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and tapestry kittens that hung on the wall

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They all die in the air like a soft minor chord

  Dbm     Eb          Dbm      Eb
a vacancy sign, and a bulletin board

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Mr. Zero is wrapping his jacket around him

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speaking kind words that should have been said long ago

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but Little Miss Someone does not want to know

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The night is deserted, there's dust on the shelf

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Mr. Zero sits lonely and talks to himself

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It's too late to change, the fine line has been crossed

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the charades are all done, Mr Zero has lost
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.