Jakes Piano - Long Island

[Part I: Jake's Piano]
C C/B Am G
C C/B Am
C/G G

[Chorus]
C  C
 I finally quit smokin' cigarettes
                                 C/B       Am
And I don't go downtown drinkin' 'til it's dawn
         G
The best parts of you are here,
                C
but you're still gone

[Verse]
And, Lord,
C
 I've been tryin' to smile like you told me
Laugh like the old me,
                  Am
it comes out all wrong
         G
The best parts of you are here,
                C
but you're still gone
And I still tie that double knot
The one you taught,
                         Am
that gets caught on the banks
         G
The best parts of you are here,
             C
but you still ain't

[Instrumental]
C Am G C
Bm7b5/A Am G C

[Chorus]
  C
I finally quit smokin' cigarettes
                                 C/B       Am
And I don't go downtown drinkin' 'til it's dawn
         G                                     C
The best parts of you are here but you're still gone

[Part II: Long Island]
Am G C F
Am G C

[Verse]
F             Am
 I heard your father got sick of Long Island
          G
I've been tryin' like hell to call
    C
My mind ain't well and I just can't tell you why
F
Am                                            G
  I heard they shut down the old bar we'd go to when we
needed rest
       C
We'd always stay out too late Tuesday nights
F          Am
 You said I  was the perfect gentleman
             G
You used to hold me by my gentle hands
           C
These ain't the hopeful hands you held before
F Am
    And I've been drinkin' so much lately,
        G
it seems a damn double blade
                  C                                        F
'Cause when I'm drunk I dream you're dancin' down the shore

[Instrumental]
Am G C F
Am G C

[Chorus]
F             Am
 I heard your father got sick on Long Island
             G
I've been tryin' like hell to call
       C
My mind ain't well and I just can't tell you why
F
Am                                             G
  I heard they shut down the old bar we'd go to when we
needed rest
       C                                    F
We'd always stay out too late Tuesday nights

[Instrumental]
Am G C F
Am G C

[Outro]
F             Am
 I heard your father got sick on Long Island
          G
I've been tryin' like hell to call
       C
My mind ain't well and I just can't tell you why
F
Am                                             G
  I heard they shut down the old bar we'd go to when we
needed rest
       C                                 F
We'd always stay out too late Tuesday nights