Sixth Avenue Heartache
Jakob Dylan

The Wallflowers
Bringing Down the Horse
1996

"The best new band of 1996" --Dan Smith

I totally agree, Dan!  I fell in love with these guys the first time
I heard this song driving home from a guitar lesson, and bought the
album a bit later.  This song is based on electrics, but there is an
acoustic playing so I'm putting it up (I also need an excuse to figure
it out).  Well, I found out that there are only 4 chords repeated in
the same order for the verse and chorus, so you should have problem
with this one.  Lyrics by Randy Chase and Christine Consolvo.

Capo 3rd

INTRO:

D	A	Em7	G
D	A	Em7	G

           D                    A
The sirens ring, the shots ring out
           Em7               G
A stranger cries screams out loud
         D                         A
I had my world strapped against my back
          Em7                 G
I held my hands and never knew how to act

CHORUS
         D                                         A
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
                      Em7
And now it's drawn me in
             G
Sixth Avenue heartache

D	A	Em7	G

Below me there was a homeless man
Singing songs I knew complete
On the steps alone, his guitar in hand
His fifty years stood where he stands

CHORUS
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache

D	A	Em7	G

Walkin' home on those streets
The river wind moved my feet
The subway steam like silhouettes in dreams
Stood by me just like moonbeams

CHORUS
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache

D	A	Em7	G
D	A	Em7	G

I looked out the window
Down upon that street
And gone like a midnight was that man

But I see his six strings laid against that wall
And all his things, they all look so small
I got my fingers crossed on a shooting star
Just like me, just moved on

CHORUS
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache

D	A	Em7	G

Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me
And now it's drawn me in
Sixth Avenue heartache

D	A	Em7	G
D	A	Em7	G (fades out)

You could also play the song Capo 1st using these chords:
E	B	F#m7	A