[Verse 1]

Maureen
It’s hard to explain
I’m never gonna see you again
And you’ll never meet my new friends

Maureen, I miss you
I just can’t explain
I’m never gonna see you again
I wish you could meet my new friends

[Quick chord change similar to intro]

[Verse 2]

Walking along the subway listening to
Loving you is easy acapella
You were a souped-up car in that rent-a-go-cart town
And I miss you Maureen[Gb6add9]

[Breakdown]

[Db/Ab]
We’re as thick as thieves[Ab7sus2]

[Verse 3]

Maureen, Maureen
Remember when my mother said to me
Sade don’t you come home too late
Till you’re back I stay awake

And Maureen
With the boys you could tell at a glance
You’d say he looks good
Let’s hope he can dance
Wicky wacky party to the

Where are we going tonight
And what will you be wearing
Shone like a souped-up car in that rent-a-go-cart town
And I miss you Maureen, I miss you girl[Gb6add9]

[Verse 4]

You were my best friend
Never gonna see you again, Maureen
And you’ll never meet my new friends
You really were a pearl in my world, Maureen

Maureen
It’s hard to explain
You’ll never call ‘round to see me again
You’ll never meet my new friends

[Outro fadeout]

Never meet my new friends
Never meet my new friends
Never meet my new friends

C#m7 G#aug
Granma came to see
C#m7 G#aug
Something she could not believe
C#m7 G#aug
How could her girl be
C#m7 G#aug
So naive

Tar baby, tar baby told
N.C.
The secret she conceived

[Verse 2]

C#m7 G#aug
That big old smile of yours
C#m7 G#aug
Could turn the wind into a song
C#m7 G#aug
How could I have doubted
C#m7 G#aug
Honey it’s with me that you belong

Tar baby, tar baby
I love you so

Like a brand new blade
You cut into my life
Cut through two decades
Like a hot coal on ice

Tar baby, my tar baby
It ma—-ybe was meant to be

[Verse 3]

C#m7 G#aug
When I look at you
C#m7 G#aug
I can’t believe my eyes
And with your magic
G#aug C#m7 G#aug
I think you just might charm the birds out of the sky

Tar baby, tar baby, tar baby
N.C.
Came good out of grief

A golden thread inside of the web
That I got caught in
Oh, it’s a lover’s revenge, but out of the pain
Come the best things

You cut into my life
You cut into my life (baby baby baby baby don’t you know that)
You cut into my life (I love you)
You cut into my life

La la la la la ooh
You can turn the wind into a song
La la la la la baby baby baby
It’s with me you belong