Belle & Sebastian - Piazza New York Catcheradd

(intro) C#C# F# C#Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll sail around the worldD#m A#mI will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl D#m G#How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take? D#m G#How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays? F# A#mOh, elope with me in private and we’ll set something ablaze D#m G# A#mA trail for the devil to eraseC# F# C#San Francisco’s calling us, the Giants and Mets will playD#m A#mPiazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay? D#m G#We hung about the stadium, we’ve got no place to stay D#m G#We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell F#About the saddest book you've ever read A#mThat always makes you cry D#m G# A#mThe statue’s crying too and well he may C# F# C#I love you I’ve a drowning grip on your adoring face D#m A#mI love you, my responsibility has found a place D#m G#Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words D#m G#Come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd F# A#m“You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job"D#m G# A#mMaybe, but not what she deserves C# F# C#Elope with me Miss Private and we’ll drink ourselves awake D#m A#mWe’ll taste the coffee houses and award certificates D#m G#a privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style D#m G#We’ll comment on the decor and we’ll help the passer by F# A#mAnd at dusk when work is over we’ll continue the debate D#m G# A#mIn a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare C# F# C#The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day D#m A#mThe pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays D#m G#He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor D#m G#He knows the drink affects his speed he’s praying for a doorway F# A#mBack into the life he wants and the confession of the benchD#m G# A#mLife outside the diamond is a wrench C# F# C#I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend D#m A#mI know it wouldn’t come to love, my heroine pretend D#m G#A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day D#m G#You’d settle for an epitaph like “Walk Away, Renee" F# A#mThe sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like a flowerD#m G# A#mMeet you at the statue in an hourD#m G# A#mMeet you at the statue in an hour