[Main Riff]
    D/G
eb|-7------10-7---------------|
Bb|---8-10-------8------8-----|
Gb|-----------------7/9---9\7-|
Db|---------------------------|
Ab|---------------------------|
Eb|---------------------------|
 
[Intro] (Main Riff)
D/G D/G D/G D/G
D/G D/G D/G D/G
 
[Verse 1]
G          D              C     G        D      C   G        D C G    D C
 In a hand painted night, me and   Gypsy Scotty are partners
G                   D    C      G   D     C      G     D C G    D C
   At the hotel Flamingo wearing    black market shoes
Am                                         G     D C G    D C
  This loud Cuban band is crucifying John Lennon
Am                                                    G     D C G    D C
  No one wants to be lonely, no one wants to sing the blues
 
[Verse 2]
G                      D      C  G       D    C   G      D C G    D C
  She's perched like a parrot     on his tuxedo shoulder
G                D          C    G                  D    C       G    D C G    D C
 Christ, whatcha doing with him,  when you could be dancing with me
Am                                                G      D C G    D C
 She stirs the ice in her glass with her elegant finger
Am                                                   G      D C G    D C
 I want to be what she's drinking, yeah, I just want to be
 
[Chorus]
C          G
 I saw you first
        Am          G
I'm the first one tonight
C          G
 I saw you first
           Am           G
Don't that give me the right
C           G
 To move around in your heart
Am              D
   Everyone was looking...
 
[Post-Chorus]
               G    D C G    D C  G   D C G    D C
But I saw you first
 
[Verse 2]
G           D             C G        D    C    G    D C G    D C
  On a moon spattered road    in her parrot rebozo
G       D      C  G             D        C     G     D C G    D C
  Gypsy Scotty is driving  his big long yellow car
Am                                G         D C G    D C
   She flies like a bird over her shoulder
Am                                        G       D C G    D C
  She whispers in his ear, boy, you are my star
 
[Chorus]
C          G
 I saw you first
        Am          G
I'm the first one tonight
C          G
 I saw you first
           Am           G
Don't that give me the right
C           G
 To move around in your heart
Am              D
   Everyone was looking...
 
[Solo]
D
 
[Verse 3]
G              D          C  G        D            C     G      D C G    D C
  In the bone colored dawn     Me and Gypsy Scotty are singin'
G              D            C        G        D  C     G      D C G    D C
  The radio is playing, she left her   shoes out in the back
Am                                                     G     D C G    D C
  He tells me a story about some girl he knows in Kentucky
Am                                                     G      D C G    D C
  He just made that story up; there ain't no girl like that
 
[Chorus]
C          G
 I saw you first
        Am          G
I'm the first one tonight
C          G
 I saw you first
           Am           G
Don't that give me the right  (ooh-ooh)
C           G
 To move around in your heart
Am              D/G
   Everyone was looking...
 
[Riff]
D/G D/G D/G  D/G
 
[Post-Chorus]
           G        D C G
But I saw you first
D C   G        D C G    D C
I saw you first           hey!
G   D C G    D C   G         D C
             I saw you first
G    D C G   D    C    G
G    D    C         G     D C G
     yeah yeah-yeah yeah
G   D C G    D C
G   D C G    D C
(fade out)