[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