Affair on Eighth Avenue
Author: Gordon Lightfoot
Capo: 2
 
Em7 Am Em7 ‑
Em D Am Bm The perfume that she wore was from some little store
Cmaj7 D ‑ On the down side of town
Em D Am Bm But it lingered on long after she'd gone
Cmaj7 D ‑ I remember it well
G D C D And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
G Em Am F D And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night
Em D Am Bm Her long flowing hair came softly undone
Cmaj7 D ‑ And it lay all around
Em D Am Bm And she brushed it down as I stood by her side
Cmaj7 D ‑ In the warmth of her love
G D C D And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
G Em Am F D And we played a game only she could win
G D C D And she told me a riddle I'll never forget
G Em Am F D Then left with the answer I've never found yet
Em D Am Bm How long, said she, can a moment like this
Cmaj7 D ‑ Belong to someone
Em D Am Bm What's wrong, what is right, when to live or to die
Cmaj7 D ‑ We must almost be born
G D C D So if you should ask me what secrets I hide
G Em Am F D I'm only your lover, don't make me decide
Em D Am Bm The perfume that she wore was from some little store
Cmaj7 D ‑ On the down side of town
Em D Am Bm But it lingered on long after she'd gone
Cmaj7 D ‑ I remember it well
G D C D And she showed me her treasures of paper and tin
G Em Am F D And we played a game only she could win
G D C D And our fingers entwined like ribbons of light
G Em Am F D And we came through a doorway somewhere in the night...