A E F#m (4x)

[Verse 1] Spoken

A         E              F#m
Dear Lou, so many words, too little time
A      E        F#m
That's probably something you found too
A         E       F#m
So long ago sitting around
D       A         F#m
We were wondering what it was that made you glow
D         A           Bm
That chop chop guitar like a Chinese meal
D         A        Bm
You were the city, you were the cool
D          A         Bm
Way before we'd even been there


[Chorus] Sung

A               E      F#m
Mister Leather, mystic river
A              E         F#m
Smoky glasses, what were you looking at?
A         C#               D                  B
Dear Lou, try as we might, the compass wasn't behaving right
A       C#                 D              B
The flu came in the night, knocked us out and brought the white
A               E      F#m
Mister Leather, mystic river
A     E        F#m
Smoky glasses, what were you looking at?


[Verse 2] Spoken

A         E       F#m
Dear Lou, so many people, so little space
A        E        F#m
But that's what defines the human race
A        E        F#m
Bars and cars and stars and tsars
D        A        Bm
All mixed up in a mixed up city
D        A        Bm
It's a place that you called home
D        A     Bm
While you were there at least


[Chorus] Sung

A               E      F#m
Mister Leather, mystic river
A         C#               D           B
Dear Lou, try as we might, the compass wasn't behaving right
A        C#                D              B
The flu came in the night, knocked us out and brought the white
A        C#                                B
When you turned out the light the good old school faded out of sight
A               E      F#m
Mister Leather, mystic river
A              E         F#m
Smoky glasses, what were you looking at?
A       E                 F#m
So Lou, I'll miss raising my glass with you

[Outro]

A         C#               D                  B
Dear Lou, try as we might, the compass wasn't behaving right
A        C#                D              B
The flu came in the night, knocked us out and brought the white
A        C#             D              B
When you turned out the light the good old school faded out of sight
A      E        F#m
Mister Leather, mystic river
A     E        F#m
Smoky glasses, what were you looking at?