[Intro] with improvisations in D minor Dmin / (#11) e|-x----------x----------|-----------x-----x-----| B|-----10---------10-----|----10-----6-----5-----| G|-10---------10---------|-7---------8-----6-----| D|-12---------8----------|-6---------5-----5-----| A|-x----------x----------|-x---------0-----0-----| E|-10---------8----------|-6---------x-----x-----| ************************************ [Chords]: A7(#11b13) x-0-5-8-6-x A7 x-0-5-6-5-x A7(#11) x-0-5-6-4-x Bm7b5 x-2-3-2-3-x (this is a non-essential passing chord) [verse] and [chorus] over: | |/ | |(#11 | [Verse] Nighthawks at the diner of Emma’s Forty-Niner There’s a rendez- vous of strangers around the coffee urn tonight All the g**** hacks and the insomniacs and now the paper’s been read now the waitress said [Chorus] ’Eggs and sausage and a side of toast Coffee and a roll hash browns over easy Chile in a bowl with burgers and fries What kind of pie? sigh...’ [Verse] / It’s graveyard charade it’s late shift masquerade And it’s two for quarter dime for a dance Woolworth’s rhinestone diamond earrings and a sideways glance Now the register ri--- nnnnngggsnnnnngggnnnnggnng now the waitress sings [Chorus] Eggs and sausage and a side of toast coffe and a roll Hash brow- ns over easy Chile in a bowl burgers and fries what kind of pie? Yeah [Solo] [Verse] Now well the classified section offers no direction It’s a cold caffeine in a nicotine cloud Now the touch of your fingers lingers burning in my memory I’ve been eighty- sixed from your scheme Now I’m in a melodramatic nocturnal scene Now I’m a refugee from a disconcerted affair Now the lead pipe morning falls now the waitress calls [Chorus] ’Eggs and sausage another side of toast Coffee and a roll hash browns over easy Chille in a bowl with burgers and fries Now what kind of pie? [Verse] À la mode if you will Just come in and join the crowd Had some time to kill yeah You see I just come in to join the crowd Had some time to killz (fermata) Just come in to join the crowd Cause I had some time to kill [Coda] (instrumental) | |/ | |(#11 |