(Capo placed on 4th fret placed over 5 strings, leaving the high E string open. Fret numbers are relative to the capo being on the 4th fret)
This song involves a lot of in-chord changes. The general
base chords are as follows:
Am Am7 Em7 F F1
G1 G Dm Em E
-0----0----0----1----0----0----3----1----0---0--
-1----1----0----1----1----3----0----3----0---0--
-2----0----0----2----2----4----0----2----0---1--
-2----2----0----3----3----5----0----0----2---2--
-0----0----1----3----3----5----2---------2---2--
-----------0----1----1----3----3---------0---0--
Intro and verse:
Am Am7 Em Em7 F1
G1 Am Am7 Em Em7
F1 C Cb Am
-0---0--0------------0-----0--0--0-0---0--0------------0-----0-----0-
-1------1------0--0--1--1--3--3--0-1------1------0--0--1--0--1--1--1-
-2------0----0-0--0--2--2--4-------2------0----0-0--0--2--0--0--0--2-
-2--2---2--0-2-0-----3--3--5-------2--2---2--0-2-0-----3-----2--0--2-
-0------0----2-2-----3--3--5-------0------0----2-2-----3-----3--2--0-
-------------0-0-----1--1--3-------------------0-0-----1-------------
Am Am7
Em Em7
Oh Mary Jane she step on a train
F1
G1
head for the city lights
Am Am7
Em Em7
F1 C
Cb
yearning inside to swim with the tide and taste it, alright
Am Am7
Em Em7
bag on her shoulder breathing the cold
F1
G1
there by the metal tracks
Am Am7
Em Em7
F C Cb
she saw it all shine and swore in her mind she'd never go back
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E
late night radio
G
F
E
she don't mind the late night radio
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E F
Dm
late night radio
C Cb Am
na na
(play second half of verse one time)
Am Am7
Em Em7
Couldn't have dreamed the things that she seen
F
G1
there on the avenue
Am
Am7
Em Em7 F
C Cb
she stared right into a million eyes that looked her right through
Am Am7
Em Em7
telling Red Joe the places she'd go
F
G1
wiping the table clean
Am
Am7
Em Em7 F
C Cb
she got no idea the demon of fear or what a broken heart mean
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E
late night radio
G
F E
she don't mind the late night radio
G
she don't mind the late night
E F
late night radio
Am
Em7
na na na na na not at all
G1
F1
na na na na na not at all
Am
Em7
na na na na na not at all
G1
F1
na na na na na not at all
Am
Em7
na na na na na not at all
G1
F1 Dm
na na na na na not at all
C Cb Am
na na
Repeat verse 2x
Am Am7
Em Em7
New York was dark dirty and stark
F1
G1
burning with yellow wings
Am Am7
Em Em7 F1
C Cb
everyday come with fever and hum who knows what it brings
Am Am7
Em Em7
walking a wall without a thought
F1
G1
to fall and hit the ground
Am Am7
Em Em7 F1
C Cb
sweet Mary Jane with eyes like the rain alive to the sound
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E
late night radio
G
F
E
she don't mind the late night radio
G
she don't mind the late night
E F
late night radiooooooo
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E
late night radio
G
F E
she don't mind the late night radio
G
F
she don't mind the late night
E F
late night radio
Dm C Cb Am
na na na na