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Version 1 Version 2[Intro] C G F C G F C G F C G F Ah yeah C G F C G F C G F C G F Oh yeah [Verse 1] C I'm up on the eleventh floor F C G F C G F And I'm watching the cruisers below C He's down on the street F C G F C G And he's trying hard to pull sister Flo F C Oh, my heart's in the basement F C G F C G My weekend's at an all time low F C 'Cause she's hoping to score F So I can't see her letting him go C E Walk out of her heart A Walk out of her mind... Oh, not her [Chorus] B D She's so swishy in her satin and tat B D In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat B C Oh God, I could do better than that (C) G F C G F C G F C G F Oh yeah [Verse 2] C She's an old-time ambassador F C G F C G Of sweet talking, night walking games F C Oh, and she's known in the darkest clubs F C G F C G For pushing ahead of the dames F C If she says she can do it F C G F C G Then she can do it, she don't make false claims F C But she's a Queen, and such are queens F E That your laughter is sucked in their brains [Bridge 1] F Now she's leading him on C And she'll lay him right down F Yes, she's leading him on E And she'll lay him right down F But it could have been me C Yes, it could have been me E Why didn't I say, A why didn't I say, no, no, no [Chorus] B D She's so swishy in her satin and tat B D In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat B C Oh God, I could do better than that (C) G F C G F C G F C G [Verse 3] F C So I lay down a while F C G F C G And I gaze at my hotel wall F C Oh, the cot is so cold F C G F C G It don't feel like no bed at all F C Yeah, I lay down a while F C G F C G And look at my hotel wall F C And he's down on the street F E So I throw both his bags down the hall [Bridge 2] F And I'm phoning a cab C 'Cause my stomach feels small F There's a taste in my mouth E And it's no taste at all F It could have been me C Oh yeah, it could have been me E Why didn't I say, A Why didn't I say, no, no, no [Chorus] B D She's so swishy in her satin and tat B D In her frock coat and bipperty-bopperty hat B Oh God, I could do better than (that) C G F C G F C G F C G F That______ You betcha C G F C G F C G F C Oh yeah Uh-huh