C   G   F   G7   
C   G   F   G7

F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
F                                   Eb7
Say what you gotta say Or don't say nothing at all
Abmaj7                                  Dbmaj7
You've been tossin' and turnin' through soft sticky nights
          Bbm7                           C    C7  F   C
While the Bronx below you fights to stay alive

F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
F                                Eb7
Be what you gotta be Or don't be nothing at all
Abmaj7                              Dbmaj7
Be gracious to your mother When you leave this neighbourhood

(The change is going to do her good)
        Ebmaj7
Next to me you look bad
           Bb9/D                     Eb       Fm7  F# Db B Db7
`Cos there ain't no fresh air for my mama, my mama
 
Cm7                            D
But the drop is shear When you break away

C
Take me away
     D7
It's just about time to hit the road
    Bb        Am      Am/G    C
And say  You gotta believe in something
    C    
It's easy to see
          D7
My God is fading away
   Bb                Am      Am/G     C
So pick up your bible    and pray for me
      F
We're all alone in the darkness
        F#dim
But our eyes are wide open
G 
We don't see nothing
        Bb
And our hands are tied
       Dm              C
To the railings of the Bowery
        Bb         Gm7 
And the humid city slickers

F              Bbmaj7
So say one and so say all
F                          Eb7
We had a lot to say And we said it all
Abmaj7                          Dbmaj7 
The cost of livin' in dreams Is rising like a crime wave

(The American way of dying - The American way of dying)
       Ebmaj7
And it gets you every time
       Bb9/D                     Eb       Fm7
And it looks like it's got to my mama  My mama
        F#      Ab    C   G  F  G7   C  
May she rest....in....peace