Rambling Through The Avenues of Time

[Verse 1] D D/C# D/B D/A I was wandering through the streets of the city G G/F# Em A Rambling through the avenues of time D D/C# D/B D/A When from nowhere my eyes fell onto a girl G G/F# Em A And by chance her eyes fell onto mine

[Verse 2] D D/C# D/B D/A So I sat and I acted all nonchalant G G/F# Em A She smoked her lavender cigarette D D/C# D/B D/A Reading the future that lay in my hands G G/F# Em(strum once, let ring) My shadow played a bass clarinet (Bass clarinet plays, no guitar) (Where are you going with this, Bret?)

[Verse 3] D D/C# D/B D/A We waltzed down a moonlight boulevard G G/F# Em A Just two silhouettes in the mist

[Verse 4] (Ah, yes?) D D/C# D/B D/A Days went by and years went by G G/F# Em A Moments went by when we kissed

[Verse 5] (When was this?)

[Verse 6] D D/C# D/B D/A She said, "You beard is woven of heartache G G/F# Em A And we'll drink for the lonely tonight." D D/C# D/B D/A And the moon is a horny old drunkard G G/F# Em A (Ah, Bret. Could you please move over to your right?)

[Verse 7] (There is no guitar in this next part, but I'm sure you've figured out the pattern by now if you wanna play along anyway)

[Verse 8] We drank dandelion wine and we reminisced

[Verse 9] About the moment when we first met that day

[Verse 10] (I'm trying to watch TV)

[Verse 11] Then we reminisced about how we first reminisced

[Verse 12] (Ah yeah. Sounds a bit gay)

[Verse 13] She handed me a broken memory

[Verse 14] A keepsake to forevermore say

[Verse 15] That brief taste of love is as sweet as any

[Verse 16] And with that, she made her way

[Verse 17] (Oh yeah. What was her name?)

[Verse 18] D D/C# D/B D/A She said her name was a secret G G/F# Em A Then she said her name was Cherie D D/C# D/B D/A (Is her middle name Cherie, so it's a Secret Cherie, maybe?) G G/F# Em A Mm.. Maybe

[Verse 19] (What did she look like?)

[Chorus] D D/C# D/B D/A She looked like a Parisian river

[Refrain] (What, dirty?) G G/F# Em A She looked like a chocolate éclair

[Chorus] (That's rare) D D/C# D/B D/A Her eyes were reflections of eyes

[Refrain] (Oh, nice) G G/F# Em A And the rainbows danced in her hair

[Bridge] (Oh yeah..)

[Chorus] D D/C# D/B D/A She reminded me of a winter's morning

[Refrain] (What, frigid?) G G/F# Em A Her perfume was eau de toilette

[Chorus] (What's that mean?) D D/C# D/B D/A She was comparable to Cleopatra

[Refrain] (Quite old?) G G/F# Em A She was like Shakespeare's Juliet

[Bridge] (Thirteen?!)

[Verse 20] D D/C# D/B D/A The bohemians of Soho did pirouettes G G/F# Em A As we waltzed through the streets of Manhattan D D/C# D/B D/A On rivers of ribbon and sailboats of song G G/F# Em A (Bret, did any of this actually happen?)

[Bridge] (guitar drops out here) The girl I described, she's as real as the wind It's true I saw her today The other details are inventions Because I prefer her that way