He didn't know me.
[Harmonica]
D, G, C, D, G
G C
Down at the corner by a hot-dog stand
D G
I seen a man, I said, "Howdy friend,
C
I guess there's just us two."
D G
He screamed a bit and away he flew.
C
Thought I was a Communist.
[Harmonica]
D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I spied me a girl and before she could leave,
D
I said "Let's go and play Adam and Eve."
G C
I took her by the hand and my heart it was thumpin'
D G
She said, "Hey man, you crazy or somethin',
C
You seen what happened last time they started."
[Harmonica]
D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I seen your Cadillac window uptown
D
And there was nobody aroun',
G C
I got into the driver's seat
D G
And I drove down 42nd Street
C
In my Cadillac.
D
Good car to drive after a war.
[Harmonica]
G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
Well, I remember seein' some ad,
D
So I turned on my Conelrad.
G C
But I didn't pay the Con Ed bill,
D G
So the radio didn't work so well.
C
Turned on my record player
D
It was Rock-A-Day, Johnny singin',
"Tell Your Ma, Tell Your Pa,
Our Loves A-Gonna Grow Ooh-wah, Ooh-wah."
[Harmonica]
G, C, D, G, C, D, G, C, D, G
G C
I was feelin' kinda lonesome and blue,
D
I needed somebody to talk to.
G C
So I called up the operator of time
D G C
Just to hear a voice of some kind.
"When you hear the beep
D
It will be three o'clock,"
She said that for over an hour