G           D            Am      C
Got seven dollars to my name
G              D            Am          C
Got sixteen cigarettes somehow I just ain't smoked yet
G           D               Am       C
Got two shoelaces and two shoes
G                           D                  Am        C
I should toss ‘em on the telephone wire as a monument to my blues

G           D             Am       C
I'm goin' down to get a coffee
G           D                 Am              C
Gonna mean one less buck but maybe six will bring me luck
G              D                   Am        C
Got a little shake I kept in the fridge
G               D                   Am                  C
Gonna drink my bean and walk out smoking on the Walt Whitman Bridge

Em    D         G             C
Far away from these winter streets
Em       D      G      C
On a cloudless day
C     G     D
Your memory
C     G     D
Your memory
        G
Blows away

G               D           Am         C
Got a leather wallet on a chain
G                     D             Am                  C
Got a picture of my lover's lips before they dried up under my kiss
G               D                        Am       C
A prayer in my heart I'm too scared to recite
G                   D                          Am                   C
Oughtta toss that stale loaf of words to the birds as a monument to my whole life

Em    D         G             C
Far away from these winter streets
Em       D      G      C
On a cloudless day
C     G     D
Your memory
C     G     D
Your memory
C     G     D
Your memory
        D
Blows away

C     G     D
Your memory
C     G     D
Your memory
C     G     D
Your memory
        G
Blows away