Girls on the Avenue
Richard Clapton

Intro: Eb Cm Eb Cm

Eb           Cm      Eb                Cm
Girls on the avenue, they’re tryin’ to get you in,
Ab        Gm                    Cm
strollin’ by with their rosebud smiles.
Eb                  Cm          Eb          Cm
They’re all dressed up to kill, lean on the window sill,
Ab           Gm               Cm
lookin’ your way with eyes of fire.

Chorus:

Abmaj7        Bb    Ab        Bb
But don’t you slip, don’t you slip
   Ab            Eb           Bb/D    Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Bb/Eb  Eb     Bb/Eb   Eb           Abmaj7
Friday night, see the girls on the avenue.
                Eb        Bb/D
Like a child at big store windows,
    Cm   Cm7/Bb       Ab   Eb/G         Fm     Bb    Cm
you feel confused, so many girls on the avenue.

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, ooh they look awful hard,
Ab                 Gm                 Cm
yet sometimes they seem as fragile as glass.

Repeat chorus

Instrumental  Cm Gm G Bb D Cm Gm Cm Gm
                    notes

Abmaj7        Bb    Ab        Bb
But don’t you slip, don’t you slip
   Ab            Eb           Bb/D    Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue.
Abmaj7        Bb    Ab        Bb
But don’t you slip, don’t you slip
   Ab            Eb           Bb/D    Cm
in love with the girls on the avenue. (fade)

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