Elaine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]The[Dsus4][C][G][C][G]
hospital called [Dsus4]last nigh[D]t
[C]They sai[G]d you'd gone cod[C]e sil[G]ver
They sent the police out [Dsus4]search in[D]'
[C]Found you dow[G]n at Fifth
[Dsus4]an d Minn[G]a
High [Dsus4]on crack [C]cocaine[G]
[C]You and Juan [G]Valdez
[C]They sent [Dsus4]him back [C]to jail
[G]And the[C]y put you[Dsus4] back to bed[C][G]
They called in the mornin'
Said [D]you were [C]found [G]outside
And put [C]the phone [G]down
Your cat jumped on my [D]lap
[C]And I laid d[G]own and I t[C]ook a n[G]ap
Feelin' [C]bad [Dsus4]and full of s[C]hame
[G]That I som[C]ehow contrib
[Dsus4]uted to y[C]our pain[G]
I wish I could help [Dsus4]you
[C]with your problem[G]s
But babe, I [Dsus4]got enoug[C]h of my[G] own
I fell [D]asleep[G]

[Verse 2]
an[D]d dreamed [C]of you
The [G]PA [C]said code [G]blue
I hailed a taxicab
Got [C]there and [G]found you [C]up in west [G]two
My beauti[Dsus4]ful sweet[C] Elain[G]e
[C]All that was killin' [G]you [C]fi
[G]nally drained
[C]From your sweet [Dsus4]an gelic [C]face
[G]And I knelled down
And [C]whispered your [G]name[C][G][Cm][Adim]
[Cm][G][Eb]

[Interlude 1]
[C][F][G][Bb][F][Eb][G]
[C][G][C][G][C][G]
[C]

[Verse 3]
I [G]cried and I cried
[C]You crawled and found a cor[G]ner
And [C]you died
I ought to [G]kiss my sweet Elaine [C]goodbye
And I [G]walked [C]out in the rain
I walked out in [F]the rain
[G]And [C]there you were [F]again
Lookin' [G]down on me from high
[C]Like a [G]cloud in the [C]sky
[G][C]

[Verse 4]
[G][C]
I [G]cried and [C]I cried
I re[G]membered all [C]the nights
That I [G]loved my sweet [C]Elaine
And that I [G]kissed my sweet [C]Elaine
And then I looked up [G]high[F]
[G]Saw you floatin' [C]in the [G]sky
And I cried and [C]I cried
Like a [G]baby I [C]cried

[Interlude 2]
[G][Bb][F][G]
[F][G][C]
[G][C][G][C][G][C]

[Verse 5]
Not [G]much to pick [C]from [G]in my [C]view
[G]Trees that [C]shake when the [G]wind
comes [C]through
And boats, I [F]guess, [G]and the [C]water is [F]blue
[G]But I only feel [C]alive when the
[G]birds [C]fly
[G][C]

[Verse 6]
[G][C]
Not [G]much to pick [C]from
in my [G]re cord collection
[C]I sol[G]d 'em all awa[C]y,
don't [G]want [C]no recollection
I put 'em in the [G]pas[F] t,
[Cm]don't wan[G]na [C]hear the [F]songs
[G]Just wanna play [C]guitar and [G]sing my [C]own

[Interlude 3]
[G][Bb][F]
[Dm][G][Bb][Cm][C#][G][Eb][G][Dsus4][C][G]
[C][G]

[Verse 7]
The phone rang, [G]I picked u[D]p, it was y[C]ou
You [G]said you were [Dsus4]out there waiti[G]n'
I hailed a taxi, [D]pulled [C]up front
There [G]stood [C]a pretty [G]lady [C]smokin'
[Dsus4]a cigarette[C]
[G]Lookin' [C]eight pou[Dsus4]nd s heav[C]ier[G]
[C]I helped y[Dsus4]ou into t[C]he back[G]
[C]And put [Dsus4]your bags[C] in the trunk