C Dm G

C                 Dm           C                  Dm
Invitations to my party, send Jones and inviting card,
            C                   Dm               Bb           Em  
He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God.

C Dm G

      C                  Dm           C                Dm
Now, tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city white dock-liners,
C                 Dm             Bb                  Dm
Happiness on the uptown side of party in the morning tide.


C     Am        D   Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch, 

C     Am        D   Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,

C     Am        D   Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
    F              F
In blackpatch, In blackpatch

C                Dm         C               Dm
Clothes pins on washropes, window-to-window tie,
C                    Dm
Socks and bells and nightgowns, 
Bb              Am        Bb             Am      Em
Tassels in the mornings, tassels in the morning sky.

Dm              C
People are you ready?
Am              Em
People are you trying?
Em
Ready, Ready, Ready, 
G                            Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking,
Gm                           Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking.

F
C                  Dm            C            Dm
Woman-child on the side street, flashing in blackpatch,
C                Dm      Bb            Em
Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match.