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Intro: Bb Gm Alarm goes off at seven and you start uptown. Dm Cm7 F7 Bb Bb F/A Gm You put in your eight hours for the powers that have always been. Gm Cm7 Eb/F Till it's five P.M., ... N.C.Then you go Verse: Bb F Bb Downtown, where the folks are broke. Dm A Dm You go Downtown, where your life's a joke. Eb Bb Eb You go Downtown, when you buy your token,
Gm Eb/F Bb F You go, home to skid row Bb Gm Eb/F Home to skid row ...N.C.yes, you go Bb F Bb Downtown, where the cabs don't stop Dm A Dm Downtown, where the food is slop Eb Bb Eb Downtown, where the hop-heads flop Gm Eb/F Bb F Bb In the snow - Down on Skid Row Chorus: Ebmaj Uptown you cater to a million jerks. Gm Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks Cm Eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts. F7 The bosses take your money and they break your hearts. Ebmaj Uptown you cater to a million whores. Gm You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors. Cm Your job is really menial and you make no bread C5 C#5 D5 Eb5 F7 Then a five o'clock you head ...by subway Verse, Audrey: Bb F Bb Downtown, where the guys are drips. Dm A Dm Downtown, where they rip your slips. Eb Bb Eb Downtown, where relationships Gm Eb/F Bb F Bb Are no go - Down on skid row, (Down on skid row) Gm D7 Gm Down on skid row (Down on skid row) Eb Bb Eb Cm7 F7 Down on skid row! Down on skid row! Down on skid row! Bridge: Gm D5 F5 Gm Eb Poor! All my life I've always been poor. Bb5 D5 Eb Gm I keep asking God what I'm for, D5 F5 Gm Dm And he tells me "Gee, I'm not sure Cm7 Eb/F Sweep that floor, kid." Cm G Cm F Gm Oh, I started life as an orphan, D7 Gm A child of the street Bb Cm G Here on skid row Cm F Gm Gm/F He took me in, gave me shelter, a bed, C7/E Crust of bread and a job Bb/D Treats me like dirt, C7 F7sus4 F7 Calls me a slob, Which I am. So I live Verse Seymour: Bb Downtown, that's your home address. Dm You live Downtown, when your life's a mess. Eb Gm You live Downtown, where depressions' just Status Quo. Eb/F Bb Down on skid row Bb Someone show me a way to get outa here, Dm 'Cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here Eb Please, won't somebody say I'll get outa here Gm Eb/F Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here. Ending: Bb (Downtown) Show me how and I will, I'll get out-a here. Dm (Downtown) I'll start climbin' up hill and get out-a here. Eb (Downtown) Someone tell me I still could get out-a here. Gm Eb/F Someone tell lady luck that I'm stuck here. Bb F Bb F Bb (Downtown) Gee it sure would be swell to get out of here Dm A Dm A Dm (Downtown) Bid the gutter fairwell and get out of here Eb Bb Eb Bb Eb (Downtown) I'd move heaven and hell to get out of skid Gm F7sus4 (Row) I'll do I dunno what to get outta skid F7sus4 (Downtown) but a hell of a lot to get out-a skid F7sus4 (Downtown) people tell me there's not a way out-a skid F7sus4 Bb (Downtown) but believe me I gotta get out-a skid row. Bb5 G5 F5 Bb5 G5 F5 G5 x6 Bb
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