[Verse 1]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll sail around the world
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
I will be your Ferdinand and you my wayward girl
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
How many nights of talking in hotel rooms can you take?
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
How many nights of limping round on pagan holidays?
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Oh elope with me in private and we'll set something ablaze
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
A trail for the devil to erase
[Verse 2]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
San Francisco's calling us, the Giants and Mets will play
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Piazza, New York catcher, are you straight or are you gay?
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We hung about the stadium, we've got no place to stay
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We hung about the tenderloin and tenderly you tell
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
About the saddest book you ever read, it always makes you cry
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
The statue's crying too and well he may
[Verse 3]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
I love you I've a drowning grip on your adoring face
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
I love you my responsibility has found a place
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
Beside you and strong warnings in the guise of gentle words
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
Come wave upon me from the family wider net absurd
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
"You'll take care of her, I know it, you will do a better job"
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Maybe, but not what she deserves
[Verse 4]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
Elope with me Miss Private and we'll drink ourselves awake
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
We'll taste the coffee houses and award certificates
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
A privy seal to keep the feel of 1960 style
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
We'll comment on the decor and we'll help the passer by
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
And at dusk when work is over we'll continue the debate
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
In a borrowed bedroom virginal and spare
[Verse 5]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
The catcher hits for .318 and catches every day
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
The pitcher puts religion first and rests on holidays
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
He goes into cathedrals and lies prostrate on the floor
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
He knows the drink affects his speed he's praying for
A doorway
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Back into the life he wants and the confession of the bench
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Life outside the diamond is a wrench
[Verse 6]
<b class="chord">G</b> <b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">G</b>
I wish that you were here with me to pass the dull weekend
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
I know it wouldn't come to love, my heroine pretend
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
A lady stepping from the songs we love until this day
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b>
You'd settle for an epitaph like "Walk Away, Renee"
<b class="chord">C</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
The sun upon the roof in winter will draw you out like
A flower
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Meet you at the statue in an hour
<b class="chord">Am</b> <b class="chord">D</b> <b class="chord">Em</b>
Meet you at the statue in an hour