Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
A minorAm Am G+G A minorAm
Verse 1:
A minorAm
The skies are full of dirt and gray
G+G
The city's kids come out to play
A minorAm
Running in the broken glass
E minorEm A minorAm
From old deserted windows
A minorAm
Verse 2:
A minorAm
Dollar winos fill the streets
G+G
The poolroom music's soulful beat
A minorAm
Engulfs the gray and dirty air
E minorEm A minorAm
In inner city limits
A minorAm
Verse 3:
A minorAm
Children run in hopeless heat
G+G
Long the dirty junkie streets
A minorAm
Women sell themselves to men
E minorEm A minorAm
Through ruthless mediators
A minorAm
Verse 4:
A minorAm
The sidewalk cracks are deep and wide
G+G
The children kneel to look inside
A minorAm
For pennies, maybe nickels
E minorEm A minorAm
Dropped in passing
A minorAm
Verse 5:
A minorAm
They live their lives like others past
G+G
The winos drink, the pimps sell ass
A minorAm
Little girls ten years ago
E minorEm A minorAm
Are older now by twenty
A minorAm
Verse 6:
A minorAm
Social change is still just talk
G+G
The things you see in urban walks
A minorAm
Should make you sick and lose your lunch
E minorEm A minorAm
Inside your high-rise diners
A minorAm
Verse 7:
A minorAm
Make the laws, you own the land
G+G
You hold them down when you can't stand
E minorEm A minorAm
One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty
E minorEm A minorAm
One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty
E minorEm A minorAm
One of these day's you'll get yours aplenty