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Girls On The Avenue by Richard Clapton
Girls On The Avenue
Tempo: 4|4
Method: Standard strum pattern. The compound chords (Am-Am7) are changed in
the playing of the down to the upstroke.
Tuning: Standard
Capo 2
Chords:
EADGBe
C/G: 332010
Cmaj7/G: 332000
Am: X02210
Fmaj7#11: 133200
Em7: 020000
Am7: X02010
G: 320003
Cmaj9/G: 330000
Intro 1:
|C/G-Cmaj7/G-C/G Am|C/G-Cmaj7/G-C/G Am|
Verse 1:
C/G Am C/G Am
Girls on the avenue, they're trying to get you in,
Fmaj7#11 Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Strolling by with their rosebud smiles.
C/G Am C/G Am
They're all dressed up to kill, lean on the window sill,
Fmaj7#11 Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Looking your way with eyes of fire.
Chorus 1:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
But don't you slip, don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am/Am7 Am/Am7
Girls on the aven - ue.
Bridge 1:
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Fmaj7#11
Friday night see the girls on the aven-ue like a child at,
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Am Am7 Fmaj7#11 G
Big store windows you feel con-fused so many girls on the a - venue.
Intro 2:
|C/G-Cmaj7/G-C/G Am|
Verse 2:
C/G Am C/G Am
Girls on the avenue, know how to get you in,
Fmaj7#11 Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Casting out sighs like tricks from a hat.
C/G Am C/G Am
All the Miss Lonely Hearts, ooh they look awful hard,
Fmaj7#11 Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Then sometimes they seem as fragile as glass.
Chorus 2:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
But don't you slip, don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am/Am7 Am/Am7
Girls on the aven - ue.
Bridge 2:
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Fmaj7#11
Friday night see the girls on the aven-ue like a child at,
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Am Am7 Fmaj7#11 G
Big store windows you feel con-fused so many girls on the a - venue.
Refrain:(Middle Eight)
|Am-Am7 Am-Am7|Em-Em7|...
|Am-Am7 Am-Am7|Em-Em7|
Oh-aah-uh-aah-uh-aaah,
|Am-Am7 Am-Am7|Em-Em7|
Oh-aah-uh-aah-uh-aaah.
Chorus 3:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7
Don't you slip, don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Girls on the aven - ue.
Bridge 3:
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Fmaj7#11
Friday night see the girls on the aven-ue like a child at,
Cmaj9/G Cmaj7/G Am Am7 Fmaj7#11 G
Big store windows you feel con-fused so many girls on the a - venue.
Chorus 4:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
But don't you slip, don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Girls on the aven - ue.
Chorus 5:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
Oh don't you slip, don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Girls on the aven - ue. Ah-oh.
Chorus 6:
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
Wait now don't you slip, wait boys don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Girls on the aven - ue. Wah-h.
Coda:(Fade)
Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11 G Fmaj7#11
Wa-h now don't you slip, wait boys don't you slip in love with the,
C/G Em7 Am-Am7 Am-Am7
Girls on the aven - ue.
"Thank You!"
[End]
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version 2
[INTRO]
Eb Cm Eb Cm
[VERSE 1]
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue, they're trying to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
Strolling by with their rosebud smiles,
Eb Cm Eb Cm
They're all dressed up to kill, lean on the windowsill,
Ab Gm Cm
Looking your way with eyes of fire.
[CHORUS]
Ab Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip - don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb Cm
In love with the girls on the avenue.
Bb Eb Bb Eb Abmaj7
Friday night see the girls on the avenue,
Eb Bb Cm Cm7
Like a child at big store windows you feel confused
Ab Eb Fm Bb Cm
So many girls on the avenue.
[VERSE 2]
Eb Cm Eb Cm
Girls on the avenue, know how to get you in,
Ab Gm Cm
Casting out sighs like tricks from a hat,
Eb Cm Eb Cm
All the Miss Lonely Hearts, oh they look awful hard,
Ab Gm Cm
Then sometimes they seem as fragile as glass.
[CHORUS]
Ab Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip - don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb Cm
In love with the girls on the avenue.
Bb Eb Bb Eb Abmaj7
Friday night see the girls on the avenue,
Eb Bb Cm Cm7
Like a child at big store windows you feel confused
Ab Eb Fm Bb Cm
So many girls on the avenue.
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Cm Gm (x3)
[CHORUS]
Ab Bb Ab Bb
But don't you slip - don't you slip
Ab Eb Bb Cm
In love with the girls on the avenue.
(Repeat x2 more and fade)
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