Navesink Banks

Intro: Am F Am F C G Am Am F Am F All hope abandon ye who enter here C G Am Said the sign I read that was hanging above her bed F And the siren's all willing Am F But a man can't ignore the signs C G Am You gotta keep a good eye on the winding road ahead Am C F And my first sin was a young American girl Am C F And my first sin was a young American girl Interlude: Am F Am F C G Am Am F And I spent time 'neath the trestles Am F With the punks and the dimestore saints C G Am We kept faith and a switchblade tucked beneath my coat F And I ran with dirty angels Am F Slept out in the rain C G Am We were scared and tired and barely seventeen Am C F And my first sin was the fear that made me old Am C F And my first sin was the fear that made me old Interlude: Am F Am F C G Am F And now I walk down by the shipyards G Near the place where I was born C F Saying Oh Maria if you'da known me when Am F Am F But she only smiles by the light on the Navesink Banks C G Am Saying Listen baby I know you now Am F Then she steps into the river Am F And I just stand by the moon C G Am Thinking 'bout a ghost I hear at night Am C F And she says Your first sin was a lie you told yourself Am C F And your first sin was a lie you told yourself