Cardboard Town chords by The Dogs Damour

CARDBOARD TOWN

Intro
B,B(noBarre) x2, Em
B,A,E,B

B
Life is wicked in wino city
A
Life down here just ain't pretty
E
We get down to the "Nitty Gritty"
B
You can smell the stench of vagabond city
B
Life used to be sex, smack and tears
A

For a dirty hero playin' guitars for those years
E
To make a few quid for breakfast at Sids
B
And a pack o' ten tabs for me n' my missus

G
An all those people hit me
F#
They just knock me down,

B                  G             B
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#                       Em
Where everyone gets down,down

B
From the Irish to the rich that have fallen from grace
A
To the battered wife took one too many on the face
E
The husband is drunk n' so absurd
B
To the people who give up on the world

G
An all those people hit me
F#
They just knock me down

B                  G             B
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#                       Em
Where everyone gets down,down

solo
B,A x6 Em

B
Down in the gutter sleepin' with the dogs
A
Talkin' to the fleas, rats n' the hogs
E
Drinkin' the grain that'll rot my brain
B
Leavin' thunderbird city on the next nightrain

G
An all those people hit me
F#
They just knock me down,

B                  G             B
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#                       Em
Where every one gets down,down

B
Come on down, irish n' slick guys hang around
F#