[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
         D             D7              G         Em7
When the hawk's in the kitchen and the sirens in bloom
        D                Bm7            Em7          A7
and the losers have been swept from the gin mills
      D             D7              G         Em7
Hello sucker, merry christmas and a happy new year
  D              A          D     D7
34th Street good tidings to you

[Chorus]
         G          A        D       Bm7
Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
            Em7       A         D        D7
We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey
         G           A                   D            Bm7
And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
           Em7                              A7
Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there

[Verse 2]
              D           D7               G              Em7
You know, the heroes will wait where their dreams used to be
          D                Bm7                     Em7       A7
Go on and ask the hooligans as they sweep down the midway
          D          D7             G         Em7
I'm going waltzing tonight with the Statue of Liberty
         D           Bm7               Em7             A7
And come on, you old lazy-bones, let's get out of this place

[Chorus]
         G          A        D       Bm7
Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
            Em7       A         D        D7
We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey
         G           A                   D            Bm7
And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
           Em7                              A7
Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there

[Verse 3]
               D           D7            G            Em7
Now, there's a counterfeit moon, and I'm seeing right through it
           D             Bm7        Em7    A7
'cause the dawn spent it all in one place
          G           A          D         Bm7
And we'll rise to the top of the morning tonight
        D          Bm7                 Em7          A7
You can ride on my shoulders, and I'll show you the way

[Chorus]
         G          A        D       Bm7
Will you meet me in Paradise Alley tonight
            Em7       A         D        D7
We'll leave town in a bottle of whiskey
         G           A                   D            Bm7
And come on, you old scarecrow, and be a wheel, not a lamppost
           Em7                              A7
Just put a saddle on a wishbone, and you're halfway there