Chords with lyrics
CARDBOARD TOWN
Intro
B,B(noBarre) x2, E minorEm
B,A,E,B
BB
Life is wicked in wino city
A augmentedA
Life down here just ain't pretty
E MajorE
We get down to the "Nitty Gritty"
BB
You can smell the stench of vagabond city
BB
Life used to be sex, smack and tears
A augmentedA
For a dirty hero playin' guitars for those years
E MajorE
To make a few quid for breakfast at Sids
BB
And a pack o' ten tabs for me n' my missus
G+G
An all those people hit me
F#F#
They just knock me down,
BB G+G BB
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#F# E minorEm
Where everyone gets down,down
BB
From the Irish to the rich that have fallen from grace
A augmentedA
To the battered wife took one too many on the face
E MajorE
The husband is drunk n' so absurd
BB
To the people who give up on the world
G+G
An all those people hit me
F#F#
They just knock me down
BB G+G BB
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#F# E minorEm
Where everyone gets down,down
solo
B,A x6 E minorEm
BB
Down in the gutter sleepin' with the dogs
A augmentedA
Talkin' to the fleas, rats n' the hogs
E MajorE
Drinkin' the grain that'll rot my brain
BB
Leavin' thunderbird city on the next nightrain
G+G
An all those people hit me
F#F#
They just knock me down,
BB G+G BB
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#F# E minorEm
Where every one gets down,down
BB
Come on down, irish n' slick guys hang around
F#F#