Lawless Avenues Chords & Lyrics - Jackson Browne

[Chords]
Asus 002230
Asus4/E 002235
Dsus x00233
D5/A x00235

[INTRO]
[D] [Dsus] [D5/A] [G/D] [A] [D]
[G] [A]

[VERSE 1]
[D] Papa hit him, Mama kissed him
[G] Made him go to [A]Catechism
[D] With the sisters in their black and [G]white [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] And all the time those city streets
[G] Were teaching him ano[A]ther kind of [D]wisdom
When to run and when to [G]fight [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] Up at the playground after school
[G] Listening to [A]tales of the prison [Bm]system [Bm] [A] [G]
And those [A]lawless [D]avenues [G] [D] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[CHORUS]
[D] Dawn on a half darkened [G]street [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] A child's footsteps re[G]peat [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] And something there turns them
[G] Down those [A]lawless [D]avenues [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[VERSE 2]
[D] Silent Joe went down so bad
[G] He was the strongest [A]fighter the avenues [D]had
Stabbed in the chest--he went down [G]swinging [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] Someone from some other part of town
[G] No one even [A]seen it coming [D]down
And you don't hear no church bells [G]ringing [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
And in the [G]violent night the police light
Sweeps across the lots and the [Bm]yards [G]
Following those [A]lawless [D]avenues [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[CHORUS]
[D] Down on a half darkened [G]street [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] Armies advance and re[G]treat [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] And struggle to take control
[G] From those [A]lawless [D]avenues [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[VERSE 3]
[D] Manuelito's sister Rosa
[G] Ran away with a [A]surfer from Her[D]mosa

Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
[G] Hay mira [A]como estan las [D]cosas! [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] But who could blame her after she saw
[G] Every boy [A]die who could have gotten [D]close to her

Rosa es joven u solo quiere
[G] Ver la [A]belleza del [D]mundo
Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this [G]life"
Just before they [A]shipped him over[D]seas to 'Nam

Otra guerra sin razon
[G] Otra guerra sin [A]fin, sin honor
[D] And she was fighting to understand
[G] When they shipped [A]Manuelito's body [Bm]home
All she heard was- [G]one[A] more[G] shot
Echoing down [A]lawless [D]avenues

[BRIDGE]
Hoy a[G]migo, tal igual [D]como a[G]yer
[G] La lucha en el [A]barrio no [D]cambia
Nuestros [G]hijos son los que [D]han de c[G]recer
[G] Por ley de la calle, vi[A]viendo entre [D]abrazos
Y chin[A]gazos

[D] [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[CHORUS]
[D] Down on a half darkened [G]street [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] Fathers' and sons' lives re[G]peat [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]
[D] And something there turns them
[G] Down those [A]lawless [D]avenues [G] [A] [Asus] [Asus4/E]

[OUTRO]

[D] Down on a half darkened [G]street (En el [A]calor de la calle)
[D] Down on a half darkened [G]street (Buscan [A]valor en la calle)
[D] Down on a half darkened [G]street (Hasta [A]final de la calle)
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