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D9
The old man down on the corner Is downing in his pain
D9
I can see the sorrow in his eyes His tears, they leave a stain
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The streets have left him broken He's in the final phase
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It's been a long hard road From his glory days

D9
There's a tatoo of his sweetheart Fading on his arm
D9
He talks of painful tragedy How he lost his lucky charm
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His memory is clouded From the thunder in his vein
      Em         F#m      D9/G  A            D9
He's vanishing, vanishing gone In the Harlem rain

       Bm   D9/G    D9
Harlem rain coming down
          Bm   A9  D9/G                   D9
Another shattered soul In the lost and found
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One more night On the street of pain
               D9/G A              D9
Getting washed away by the Harlem rain

D9
On desperation avenue The devil takes his toll
D9
Where the pushers and the poverty Slowly claim your soul
           D9/G
When you reached the realization
                                  D9
That you just can't break the chain, no
        Em         F#m     D9/G   A              D9
You're vanishing, vanishing gone In the Harlem rain

       Bm   D9/G    D9
Harlem rain coming down
          Bm   A9  D9/G                   D9
Another shattered soul In the lost and found
D9 D/F# D9/G   A9              Bm   A9
One more night On the street of pain
               D9/G A9               D9
Getting washed away by the Harlem rain

D9
In your seach for tender mercy No one seemed to care
D9
The faith that used to be your crutch Is now your cross to bear
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You lost yourself so long ago You don't know who to blame

        Em         F#m     D9/G
You're vanishing, vanishing gone
        Em         F#m   D9/G
Vanishing, vanishing gone
        Em         F#m     D9/G   A              D9
You're vanishing, vanishing gone In the Harlem rain