The Agony of Laffitte Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[B]All[Em] I ever asked o[Am]f you is
[D]a copy of Garage Days
And to [G]tell me the truth
[C]Ain't no one watching you[B]
exit Ventura Highway
[E]

[Verse 2]
[Em]It's like I knew two o[Am]f you man
[D]The one before and after
[G]we shook hands
[C]Taking the calls but in [B]all forgetting
what's been [E]said[Em]

[Verse 3]
[Em]
And after dark in [Am]a cab in L.A.
For[D]get about the meter man
these [G]are salad days
[C]Comes on radio,[B]
comes on what's being said
[E]

[Verse 4]
[D]
No better than [G]Sylvia[A]
No better than [B]Sylvia
[C](Where you are? Where you've
been?)
No better than [G]Sylvia[A]
No bet[Am]ter [A]than S[B]ylvia
(Where you are? [C]Where
you've been?)

[Verse 5]
[Em]No bet[Am]ter [D]than, oh, no no,
no [G]no
(Where you are? Where
you've been?)
(Where you've gone? [C]Oh,
[B][E][Em][E]
[Em]no)

[Verse 6]
Here's a mark, he's [Am]a
mark on the page
[D]Dishing out the wisdom
of this re[G]flexive age
[C]Dotting the eyes with an eye[B] for
defining what you [E]were[Em][E]
[Em]So

[Verse 7]
when you do that [Am]line tonight
Re[D]member that it came at [G]a steep price
[C]Keep telling you[B]rself there's
more to you than [E]her[Em][E]

[Verse 8]
[D]But you're no better tha[G]n Syl[A]via
No better than [B]Sylvia
[C](Where you've been?)
No better [G]than Sylvia[A]
No better than [B]Sylvia
(Where you are? [C]Where you've been?)

[Verse 9]
No [Em]bet t[Am]er t[D]han,
oh, no no, no no
(Where you've [G]gone? Where
you've been?)
(Where you've [C]gone? Oh, no)
No no no, no [B]no no, no no no

[Interlude 1]
[B][E][Em][Am]
[D][G][C]
[B][E][Em][Am][D]
[G][C][B]

[Verse 10]
[Em]Oh, [Am]no no[D] no, no no, o[G]h[C]

[Outro 1]
[B][Em]