Intro -x2-: Fm Fm Fm

     Fm            Fm  Fm    Fm
Well I'll be damned
                Db
Here comes your ghost again
                 Ab
But that's not unusual
                   Eb
It's just that the moon is full
                    Fm   Fm  Fm   Fm
And you happened to call


    Fm         Fm  Fm   Fm
And here I sit
            Db
Hand on the telephone
          Ab
Hearing a voice I'd known
            Eb
a couple of light years ago
                       Fm   Fm  Fm   Fm  2x
Heading straight for a fall


   Fm                   Fm  Fm   Fm
As I remember your eyes
                Db
Were bluer than robin's eggs
              Ab
My poetry was lousy you said
              Eb
Where are you calling from?
               Fm      Fm  Fm   Fm  2x
a booth in the Midwest


Fm           Fm  Fm   Fm
Ten years ago
                  Db
I bought you some cufflinks
               Ab
You brought me something
                  Eb
We both know what memories can bring
                        Fm   Fm  Fm   Fm  2x
They bring diamonds and rust


Fm                          Fm  Fm   Fm
Well you burst on the scene
          Db
Already a legend
                Ab
The unwashed phenomenon
             Eb
The original vagabond
                    Fm   Fm  Fm   Fm
You strayed into my arms


    Fm               Fm  Fm   Fm
And there you stayed
            Db
Temporarily lost at sea
                Ab
The Madonna was yours for free
                    Eb
Yes the girl on the half-shell
                 Fm     Fm  Fm   Fm
Would keep you unharmed


    Cm
Now I see you standing

With brown leaves falling around
                 Bbm
And snow in your hair
    Cm
Now you're smiling out the window

Of that crummy hotel
                Bbm
Over Washington Square
    Db
Our breath comes out white clouds
                         Ab
Mingles and hangs in the air
         Gbmaj7
Speaking strictly for me
                                 Ab   C7
We both could have died then and there

Interlude -x2-: Fm  Fm   Fm

Fm                    Fm  Fm   Fm
Now you're telling me
              Db
You're not nostalgic
                     Ab
Then give me another word for it
               Eb
You who are so good with words
                      Fm   Fm  Fm   Fm
And at keeping things vague


Fm                                        Fm  Fm   Fm
Because I need some of that vagueness now
                       Db
It's all come back too clearly
                Ab
Yes I loved you dearly
                          Eb
And if you're offering me diamonds and rust
             Fm
I've already paid

Outro -x4-: Fm  Fm   Fm