Biography:
Laura Nyro (born October 18, 1947; died April 8, 1997) was an American songwriter, singer, and pianist. She achieved critical acclaim with her own recordings, particularly the albums Eli and the Thirteenth Confession (1968) and New York Tendaberry (1969), and had commercial success with artists such as Barbra Streisand and The 5th Dimension recording her songs. Her style was a hybrid of Brill Building-style New York pop, jazz, gospel, rhythm and blues, show tunes, rock and soul. In 2012 she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
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I play with a capo on the third fret:
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Invitations to my party, send Jones and inviting card,
C Dm Bb Em
He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God.
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Now, tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city white dock-liners,
C Dm Bb Dm
Happiness on the uptown side of party in the morning tide.
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
F F
In blackpatch, In blackpatch
C Dm C Dm
Clothes pins on washropes, window-to-window tie,
C Dm
Socks and bells and nightgowns,
Bb Am Bb Am Em
Tassels in the mornings, tassels in the morning sky.
Dm C
People are you ready?
Am Em
People are you trying?
Em
Ready, Ready, Ready,
G Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking,
Gm Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking.
F
C Dm C Dm
Woman-child on the side street, flashing in blackpatch,
C Dm Bb Em
Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match.
C Dm C C
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Invitations to my party, send Jones and inviting card,
C Dm Bb Em
He got his mean streak from the gutter, got his kindness from God.
C Dm G
C Dm C Dm
Now, tugboats paint the river, carry coal to the city white dock-liners,
C Dm Bb Dm
Happiness on the uptown side of party in the morning tide.
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
C Am D Em
Oooh, la la la blackpatch,
F F
In blackpatch, In blackpatch
C Dm C Dm
Clothes pins on washropes, window-to-window tie,
C Dm
Socks and bells and nightgowns,
Bb Am Bb Am Em
Tassels in the mornings, tassels in the morning sky.
Dm C
People are you ready?
Am Em
People are you trying?
Em
Ready, Ready, Ready,
G Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking,
Gm Am
I've been trying, I've been thinking.
F
C Dm C Dm
Woman-child on the side street, flashing in blackpatch,
C Dm Bb Em
Lipstick on her reefer, waiting for a match.
C Dm C C
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