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Lawless Avenues chords by Jackson Browne

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Intro
Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramDsusDsus  D5/A   Chord diagramG/DG/D    Chord diagramA augmentedA   Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramA augmentedA

verse 1
Chord diagramD MajorD
  Papa hit him, Mama kissed him
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Made him go to Catechism
Chord diagramD MajorD                                     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  With the sisters in their black and white
Chord diagramD MajorD
  And all the time those city streets
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
  Were teaching him another kind of wisdom
                          Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  When to run and when to fight
Chord diagramD MajorD
  Up at the playground after school
Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramB minorBm            Chord diagramB minorBm Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramG+G
  Listening to tales of the prison system
            Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  And those lawless avenues

Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Dawn on a half darkened street
Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Chord diagramA augmentedA child's footsteps repeat
Chord diagramD MajorD
  And something there turns them
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Down those lawless avenues

verse 2
Chord diagramD MajorD
  Silent Joe went down so bad
Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA augmentedA                   Chord diagramD MajorD
  He was the strongest fighter the avenues had
                                     Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Stabbed in the chest--he went down swinging
Chord diagramD MajorD
  Someone from some other part of town
Chord diagramG+G             Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
  No one even seen it coming down
                                     Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  And you don't hear no church bells ringing
             Chord diagramG+G
  And in the violent night the police light
                                 Chord diagramB minorBm     Chord diagramG+G
  Sweeps across the lots and the yards
                  Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Following those lawless avenues

Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G                      Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Down on a half darkened street
Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G                         Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Armies advance and retreat
Chord diagramD MajorD
  And struggle to take control
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  From those lawless avenues

verse 3
Chord diagramD MajorD
  Manuelito's sister Rosa
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD
  Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa

  Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramA augmentedA              Chord diagramD MajorD            Chord diagramG+G         Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Hay mira como estan las cosas!
Chord diagramD MajorD
  But who could blame her after she saw
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramA augmentedA                         Chord diagramD MajorD
  Every boy die who could have gotten close to her

  Rosa es joven u solo quiere
Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramA augmentedA           Chord diagramD MajorD
  Ver la belleza del mundo
                                                           Chord diagramG+G
  Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this life"
                   Chord diagramA augmentedA               Chord diagramD MajorD
  Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam

  Otra guerra sin razon
Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor
Chord diagramD MajorD
  And she was fighting to understand
Chord diagramG+G                   Chord diagramA augmentedA                Chord diagramB minorBm
  When they shipped Manuelito's body home
                      Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramG+G
  All she heard was-  one more shot
               Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD
  Echoing down lawless avenues
Bridge
       Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramG+G
  Hoy amigo,   tal igual como ayer
Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA         Chord diagramD MajorD
  La lucha en el barrio no cambia
           Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramG+G
  Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer
Chord diagramG+G                        Chord diagramA augmentedA            Chord diagramD MajorD
  Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos
        Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Y chingazos

Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E


Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G                     Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Down on a half darkened street
Chord diagramD MajorD                            Chord diagramG+G                  Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Fathers' and sons' lives repeat
Chord diagramD MajorD
  And something there turns them
Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramG+G                 Chord diagramA augmentedA Chord diagramAsusAsus Asus4/E
  Down those lawless avenues


Outro

Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Down on a half darkened street   (En el calor de la calle)
Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G                Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Down on a half darkened street   (Buscan valor en la calle)
Chord diagramD MajorD                         Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA augmentedA
  Down on a half darkened street   (Hasta final de la calle)
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