Chords with lyrics
Intro
D MajorD DsusDsus D5/A G/DG/D A augmentedA D MajorD
G+G A augmentedA
verse 1
D MajorD
Papa hit him, Mama kissed him
G+G A augmentedA
Made him go to Catechism
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
With the sisters in their black and white
D MajorD
And all the time those city streets
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Were teaching him another kind of wisdom
G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
When to run and when to fight
D MajorD
Up at the playground after school
G+G A augmentedA B minorBm B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Listening to tales of the prison system
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
And those lawless avenues
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Dawn on a half darkened street
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
A augmentedA child's footsteps repeat
D MajorD
And something there turns them
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Down those lawless avenues
verse 2
D MajorD
Silent Joe went down so bad
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
He was the strongest fighter the avenues had
G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Stabbed in the chest--he went down swinging
D MajorD
Someone from some other part of town
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
No one even seen it coming down
G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
And you don't hear no church bells ringing
G+G
And in the violent night the police light
B minorBm G+G
Sweeps across the lots and the yards
A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Following those lawless avenues
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Down on a half darkened street
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Armies advance and retreat
D MajorD
And struggle to take control
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
From those lawless avenues
verse 3
D MajorD
Manuelito's sister Rosa
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa
Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Hay mira como estan las cosas!
D MajorD
But who could blame her after she saw
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Every boy die who could have gotten close to her
Rosa es joven u solo quiere
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Ver la belleza del mundo
G+G
Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this life"
A augmentedA D MajorD
Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam
Otra guerra sin razon
G+G A augmentedA
Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor
D MajorD
And she was fighting to understand
G+G A augmentedA B minorBm
When they shipped Manuelito's body home
G+G A augmentedA G+G
All she heard was- one more shot
A augmentedA D MajorD
Echoing down lawless avenues
Bridge
G+G D MajorD G+G
Hoy amigo, tal igual como ayer
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
La lucha en el barrio no cambia
G+G D MajorD G+G
Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos
A augmentedA
Y chingazos
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Down on a half darkened street
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Fathers' and sons' lives repeat
D MajorD
And something there turns them
G+G A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA AsusAsus Asus4/E
Down those lawless avenues
Outro
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Down on a half darkened street (En el calor de la calle)
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Down on a half darkened street (Buscan valor en la calle)
D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Down on a half darkened street (Hasta final de la calle)
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