Chords with lyrics
Bb majorBb
Alarm goes off at seven
G minorGm
And you start uptown
DmDm
You put in your eight hours
C minorCm FF Bb majorBb G minorGm
For the powers that have always been
C minorCm FF
Till it's five p. m
Then you go
Bb majorBb
Downtown
Where the folks are broke
DmDm
You go downtown
Where your life's a joke
Eb MajorEb
You go downtown
G minorGm FF
When you buy your token, you go
Bb majorBb
Home to skid row
G minorGm FF
(Home to skid row)
Yes, you go
Bb majorBb
Downtown
Where the cabs don't stop
DmDm
Downtown
Where the food is slop
Eb MajorEb
Downtown
G minorGm FF
Where the hop-heads flop in the snow
Bb majorBb
Down on skid row
G minorGm
Oh, uptown you cater to a million jerks
Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks
C minorCm
Eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts
FF
The bosses take your money and they break your hearts
G minorGm
Uptown you cater to a million whores
You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors
C minorCm
The jobs are really menial you make no bread
G minorGm FF
And then at five-o'clock you head
By subway
Bb majorBb
Downtown
Where the guys are drips
DmDm
Downtown
Where they rip your slips
Eb MajorEb
Downtown
G minorGm FF
Where relationships are no go
Bb majorBb
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
G minorGm
Down on skid row
Down on skid row
Eb MajorEb
Down on skid
Down on skid row
C minorCm FF
Down on skid row!
G+G Eb MajorEb
Poor, all my life I've always been poor
G minorGm
I keep askin' god what I'm for
FF
And he tells me: Gee, I'm not sure
DmDm FF
Sweep that floor, kid!
C minorCm G minorGm
Oh! I started life as an orphan
C minorCm
A augmentedA child of the street, down here on skid row!
G minorGm
He took me in, gave me shelter
F# minorF#m FF
A augmentedA bed, crust of bread and a job
E minorEm
He treats me like dirt, calls me a slob
FF
Which I am
So I live
Bb majorBb
Downtown
That's your home address, you live
DmDm
Downtown
When your life's a mess, you live
Eb MajorEb
Downtown
G minorGm FF
Where depression's just status quo
Down on skid row
Bb majorBb
Someone show me a way to get outta here
DmDm
'Cause I constantly pray I'll get outta here
Eb MajorEb
Please won't somebody say I'll get outta here
Bb majorBb FF
Someone gimmie my shot, or I'll rot here!
Bb majorBb
(Downtown)
(There's no rules for us) show me how and I will, I'll get outta here
DmDm
(Downtown)
('Cause it's dangerous) I'll start climbin' up hill and get outta here
Eb MajorEb
(Downtown)
G minorGm FF
(Where there rainbow just doesn't show)
Someone tell me I still could get outta here
Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here!
Bb majorBb
Gee it sure would be swell to get outta here
DmDm
Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here
Eb MajorEb
I'd move heaven and hell to get outta skid
G minorGm FF
I'd do I don't know what to get outta skid
Bb majorBb
(Downtown)
But a hell of a lot to get outta skid
DmDm
(Downtown)
People tell me there's not a way outta skid
Eb MajorEb
(Downtown)
But believe me I gotta get outta skid
Bb majorBb