| C          | C          |

[Verse 1]
Dm                                                C
  I remember her frightened eyes and her mouth so quick to mock,
Dm                                                         C
 listening late at night, surprised by her soft Midwestern   talk.
       Am                                 F
In the corner of the cafe, as dark as an eclipse,
             Em            Dm                                     C
she tried to smile but her cheek lines put parentheses around her lips.

[Verse 2]
Dm                                                     C
  Walk down Grand Street, the wind would blow us round and round
Dm                                                    C
  and all her talk was incomplete, so I just listened to the sound.
Am                                                 F
  She could never see my heart, back then it was a blur.
                             Em                         Dm                     C
Oh, but it's true, I was the handsomest man in New York when I walked down the street with her.

[Chorus]
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.

[Verse 3]
        Dm                                          C
We were walking, sort of dancing, up on the rooftop real slow,
        Dm                                                  C
quietly waiting to get stung by Lester Young over that tiny radio.
           Am                                                 F
There were so many men in her eyes, I knew she never could be mine,
                   Em                       Dm                   C
everyone must die alone and that's just how some men will always walk the line.

[Chorus]
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.

[Verse 4]
       Dm                                                C
It was out at the newsstand, the corner of MacDougal and West Third,
         Dm                                                           C
she took back her hand and said goodbye to this day I pretend I never   heard.
              Am                              F
Let the years roll away, let the seasons disappear,
                     Em           Dm                          C
and if I seem to be okay I'm just thinking of the time I held her near.

[Chorus]
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.

[Interlude]
| Am         | F          | Em    Dm   | C          |

[End-Chorus] (Repeat and Fade Out)
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.
Dm                      C
  Ah na na na na, na na na.