Verse:
G#C#G#
Painted white, new in town
C#G#
You werenʼt hiring, but I was looking
A#mD#G#C#D#
In those days, my working days
C#G#D#
Came in from Jersey, not from Brooklyn.
Pre-chorus:
G#
Oh, my love, was it all in vain?
C#G#A#mD#
We always wanted money, now the moneyʼs not the same...
G#
In a quiet moment at the theater, I could hear the train
C#G#A#m
Deep inside the city, your memory remains.
Chorus:
D#G#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
C#G#A#m
Iʼm on the dark side of your room...
D#G#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
C#G#A#mD#
Well, I hope you feel like loving someone soon...
G#C#G#A#mD# x2
Verse:
G#
Crooked crime, petty cop
C#G#
Not on th? street yet, but it was cooking
A#mD#G#C#D#
In those days, the burning days
C#G#A#mD#
Th? one from Queens, not from Brooklyn...
Pre-chorus:
G#
Oh, my love, was it all in vain?
C#G#A#mD#
We always wanted money, now the moneyʼs not the same...
G#C#G#
In a quiet moment at the theater, I could hear the train
C#G#A#m
Deep inside the city, your memory remains.
Chorus:
D#G#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
C#G#A#m
Iʼm on the dark side of your room...
D#G#C#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
G#A#mD#
Well, I hope you feel like loving someone soon.
G#C#G#A#mD# x2
Bridge:
G#C#
Book of hours, Russian icons
G#A#mD#
And sand mandalas and Natarajas
G#C#
And hex-sign barns, Ando churches
G#A#mD#
And whirling dervishes and long exposures
C#G#
And these two tunnels Go west and east
A#mD#
Let me bring you my masterpiece
C#G#
Youʼre the author of everything
A#mD#
Use this voice and let it sing
Chorus:
D#G#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
C#G#A#m
Iʼm on the dark side of your room...
D#G#C#
Mary Boone, Mary Boone
G#A#mD#
Well, I hope you feel like loving someone soon.
G#C#G#A#mD# x2
