CDmGCDmCDm
Invitations to my party, send Jones and inviting card,
CDmBbEm
He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God.
CDmGCDmCDm
Now, tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city white dock-liners,
CDmBbDm
Happiness on the uptown side of party in the morning tide.
CAmDEm
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
CAmDEm
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
CAmDEm
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
FF
In blackpatch, In blackpatch
CDmCDm
Clothes pins on washropes, window-to-window tie,
CDm
Socks and bells and nightgowns,
BbAmBbAmEm
Tassels in the mornings, tassels in the morning sky.
DmC
People are you ready?
AmEm
People are you trying?
Em
Ready, Ready, Ready,
GAm
I've been trying, I've been thinking,
GmAm
I've been trying, I've been thinking.
FCDmCDm
Woman-child on the side street, flashing in blackpatch,
CDmBbEm
Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match.