Downtown chords by Greg Brown

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
E minorEm


Verse 1:
   A minorAm
Well, yes, I could stay home, read a book or two,
    E minorEm
Try to get a little bit better at some of these bad things I do.
    A minorAm
But the night it is young; so am I for a while,
   E minorEm
So I put on my hat and coat and pants and my boots and smile.

Chorus:
          A minorAm
And I'm a gonna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Verse 2:
   A minorAm
Well, some people tell me that they love the mountains best,
E minorEm
Far as I can see it's just one big wilderness.
     A minorAm
I've seen squirrels writin' tickets, dolphins drivin' cars,
E minorEm
Blowfish blowin' tubas, grizzly bears in the bars.


Chorus:
          A minorAm
And I'm a gonna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Verse 3:
     A minorAm
Well now if you've ever checked it out, you know just what I mean,
    E minorEm
There's always a few surprises in that same old scene.
  A minorAm
You might meet some fella who can really blow the horn,
E minorEm
Make you glad for a change you done got born.

Chorus:
          A minorAm
Don't you wanna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Solo:
A minorAm  E minorEm
A minorAm  E minorEm


Verse 4:
A minorAm
Yes, I might get lucky, run into my friend, Jane,
E minorEm
Walk to her apartment in the shiny city rain.
A minorAm
Put on a little record; I get so long and tall,
    E minorEm
I wish I was the wallpaper; Jane could be the wall.


Chorus:
          A minorAm
And I'm a gonna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Verse 5:
     A minorAm
Yeah and when those lights come up, so soon, so soon,
     E minorEm
We might sit and play some music in that trashed-out livin' room.
A minorAm
 Keep playin' that music 'til the dawn's early light,
E minorEm
Laugh like no one's business, Man ain't that the life.


Chorus:
        A minorAm
I'm a gonna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Solo:
A minorAm  E minorEm
A minorAm  E minorEm


Verse 6:
     A minorAm
Have you ever known the magic hour just before the dawn?
     E minorEm
When the mornin' is still sleeping, but the night is not yet gone.
      A minorAm
And you're walkin' home from some little joint with someone you love,
     E minorEm
With the moon and stars and the bells and birds all ringin' up above.


Chorus:
          A minorAm
Don't you wanna go downtown, downtown tonight,
        E minorEm
I'm a gonna go all around the town, check out all the sights,
     A minorAm
I will be back in the mornin', feelin' bad or good,
    E minorEm           BB        E minorEm
Well, I  do what I want, and I don't do what I should.


Solo:
A minorAm  E minorEm
A minorAm  E minorEm


Outro:
A minorAm  E minorEm