Downtown chords by Jackson Browne

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

A A7 D x4


Verse:
A                     G                            A       G D
Downtown people gotta work a little harder working downtown
A                    G                                     A       G D
Downtown they got to think a little quicker 'cause they're downtown
G
Downtown, the breaks are harder
D
Downtown, the thieves are smarter

Verse:
A                                   G                       A       G D
I've got this place I'm renting, it cost me next to nothing downtown
A                   G                           A         G D
Nobody comes around telling me I gotta turn the sound down
A         G
Broadway, down on the corner
A                       G
The bible screamer, the plasma donor
A                 G
Buses, car horns, ghetto blasters
A                           G
The shouts and cries of the human disasters
Bm7             E              F#m
It's all music, it's all music downtown
Bm7             E
It's all music, it's all music


Break:
A D A A
A D A A
A7 G D A
A7 G E A
A7 Bm E F#m
Bm E A


Chorus:
  A7                    D
I feel alright when I'm downtown
   A                       D
My feet are light when I'm downtown
  A                    G
I cast my hopes on the human tide
  D                A
I place my bet and let it ride
    A                  D
I'm open wide when I'm downtown


Verse:
A                      G                            A       G D
Downtown there's every kind of people walkin' round downtown
A                      G                          A       G D
Downtown there's every language every human sound downtown
G
Downtown, the nights are longer
D
Downtown, the sights are stronger
A        G              F#m
Downtown wandering all around downtown
Bm              E
It's all music, ohhhhhh


Bridge:
A                     D
Eight blocks south of city hall
    A                     G
The rats run free and the winos crawl
A                     D
Darkness falls on the vast machine
          A
Where the future stalks the American dream


Chorus:
  A7                    D       G D
I feel alright when I'm downtown
   A                         D       G A
My head feels light when I'm downtown
     A7                    D       G D
It's all in sight when I'm downtown
  A                     D       G D
I feel alright when I'm downtown


Outro:
A Asus4 G A x4