1. Perdeye Capo
                
(intro) G

G                                    C              G
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the world
Am                                 Em
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl
    Am                                D
How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take?
    Am                                     D
How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays?
    C                                     Em
Oh, elope with me in private and we'll set something ablaze
  Am           D        Em
A trail for the devil to erase

G                                C                    G
San Francisco's calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
Am                               Em
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?
   Am                           D
We hung about the stadium, we've got no place to stay
   Am                           D
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell
          C
About the saddest book you've ever read
     Em
That always makes you cry
    Am             D             Em
The statue's crying too and well he may

  G                                 C            G
I love you I've a drowning grip on your adoring face
  Am                       Em
I love you, my responsibility has found a place
  Am                                 D
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
     Am                          D
Come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd
             C                                Em
'You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job"
Am        D              Em
Maybe, but not what she deserves

  G                                  C                 G
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll drink ourselves awake
      Am                          Em
We'll taste the coffee houses and award certificates
  Am                            D
a privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style
      Am                            D
We'll comment on the decor and we'll help the passer by
       C                            Em
And at dusk when work is over we'll continue the debate
     Am              D           Em
In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare

    G                          C             G
The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day
    Am                             Em
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays
   Am                           D
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor
   Am                                    D
He knows the drink affects his speed he's praying for
a doorway
       C                            Em
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench
Am              D          Em
Life outside the diamond is a wrench

  G                                   C                 G
I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend
  Am                               Em
I know it wouldn't come to love, my heroine pretend
  Am                             D
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day
      Am                         D
You'd settle for an epitaph like 'Walk Away, Renee"
        C                                 Em
The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like
a flower
Am              D         Em
Meet you at the statue in an hour
Am              D         Em
Meet you at the statue in an hour