Intro. Chords: F - C - Bb7 - Bb - F - C - Bb7 - Bb


Verse 1:
            F                   C 
The sirens ring, the shots ring out.
             Bb7                  Bb 
A stranger cries, he screams out loud.
          F                          C
I had my world, strapped against my back.
           Bb7                 Bb  
I held my hands, and never knew how to act.

Chrous:
         F                                          C                                  Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb
6th Avenue Heartache.

Verse 2:
               F                    C
Well good old me, I was a homeless man.
         Bb7               Bb 
Singing songs, I knew complete.
               F                    C 
On the steps alone, this guitar in hand.
             Bb7                   Bb
These fifty years stood where he stands.

Chrous:
         F                                          C                                  Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb
6th Avenue Heartache.
         F                                          C                                  Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb
6th Avenue Heartache.

Verse 3:
         F             C    
Walking home, on the streets.
           Bb7                 Bb 
The river winds, they move my feet.
            F                       C 
The subway steam , like silhouetes in dreams.
             Bb7          Bb
You stood by me, just like playing games.

Chrous:
          F                                          C                                  Bb7 
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
                 Bb
Yeah 6th avenue heartache.
         F                                          C                                   Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb  
6th Avenue Heartache.

Verse 4:
                F                           C  
Looked out the window, and got up on that street.
               Bb7                Bb
And gone like midnight, was that wind.
                   F                             C
But I sit here with 6-strings, leane against that wall.
                Bb7                    Bb
And all those things, they all look so small.
                  F                      C
I got my fingers crossed, on a shooting star.
          Bb7       Bb 
Just like me, just moved on back home.

Chrous:
         F                                          C                                  Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb
6th Avenue Heartache.
         F                                          C                                  Bb7 
And the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
            Bb
6th Avenue Heartache.
          F                                          C                                  Bb7 
Well the same black line that was drawn on you was drawn on me, and now it's drawing me in.
                 Bb
Yeah 6th avenue heartache.