Band:   Suzanne Vega VERSE CHORDS:   Am      00221x   Am7     00201x  alt  00200x   F       10321x   Fadd9   10320x  alt  10301x CHORUS CHORDS:   Em      022000   F       10321x FANCY POULTRY CHORDS:   A       00222x   A7sus2  00200x   F       10321x   G9      10300x   Cm7     02201x        F6      10323x INTRO:   F     Fadd9 VERSE 1:   In the ironbound section near Avenue L   Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell   The clouds so low the morning so slow   As the wires cut through the sky VERSE 2:   The beams and bridges cut the light on the ground   Into little triangles and the rails run round   Through the rust and the heat the light and sweet   Coffee    color of her skin CHORUS 1:       Bound up in wire and fate   Watching her walk him up to the gate   In front of the ironbound school yard VERSE 3:   Kids will grow like weeds on a fence   She says they look for the light they try to make sense   They come up through the cracks like grass on the tracks     She touches him goodbye CHORUS 2:      Steps off the curb and into the street   The blood and feathers near her feet   Into the ironbound market INTERLUDE:    VERSE 4:   In the ironbound section near Avenue L   Where the Portuguese women come to see what you sell   The clouds so low the morning so slow   As the wires cut through the sky CHORUS 3:      She stops at the stall fingers the ring   Opens her purse feels a longing   Away from the ironbound border INTERLUDE:    (play 4x) FINALE (play 2x):   Fancy poulty  parts sold here   Breasts and   thighs and hearts      Backs are cheap and wings are nearly AND CONTINUE (play 4x):   free                        nearly   free                        nearly REPEAT AND FADE TO END:                                       --crookedpath