Skid Row Downtown chords

[INTRO]
[Bb]Alarm goes off at seven and you [Gm]start uptown.
You [Dm]put in your eight hours for the [Cm7]powers that have [F7]always [Bb]been. [Bb] [F/A] [Gm]
[Gm]Till it's five P.[Cm7]M., [Eb/F] ... N.C.
Then you go

[VERSE]
[Bb]Downtown[F] , where the [Bb]folks are broke.
You go [Dm]Downtown,[A] where your [Dm]life's a joke.
You go [Eb]Downtown,[Bb] when you [Eb]buy your token,
You [Gm]go, [Eb/F] home to skid [Bb]row [F]
[Bb]Home to skid [Gm]row [Eb/F] ...N.C.
yes, you go

[Bb]Downtown, [F]where the [Bb]cabs don't stop
[Dm]Downtown, [A]where the [Dm]food is slop
[Eb]Downtown, [Bb]where the [Eb]hop-heads flop
In the [Gm]snow [Eb/F] - Down on Skid [Bb]Row [F] [Bb]

[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.
The [F7]bosses take your money and they break your hearts.

[Ebmaj]Uptown you cater to a million whores.
You [Gm]disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors.
Your [Cm]job is really menial and you make no bread
[C5]Then a [C#5]five o'[D5]clock [Eb5]you [F7]head ...by subway

[Verse, Audrey]
[Bb]Downtown, [F]where the [Bb]guys are drips.
[Dm]Downtown, [A]where they [Dm]rip your slips.
[Eb]Downtown, [Bb]where rel[Eb]ationships
Are no [Gm]go [Eb/F] - Down on skid [Bb]row, (Down on [F]skid [Bb]row)
Down on skid r[Gm]ow (Down on [D7]skid [Gm]row)
Down on skid [Eb]row! Down on [Bb]skid[Eb] row! Down on skid [Cm7]row! [F7]

[BRIDGE]
[Gm]Poor! [D5]All [F5]my l[Gm]ife I've always been [Eb]poor.
[Bb5]I [D5]keep [Eb]asking God what I'm [Gm]for,
[D5]and [F5]he t[Gm]ells me "Gee, I'm not [Dm]sure
[Cm7]Sweep that [Eb/F]floor, kid."
[Cm]Oh, [G] [Cm] I started life as [F]an [Gm]orphan,
a child of [D7]the [Gm]street
Here on [Bb]skid [Cm]row [G]
[Cm]He took me in, gave[F] me [Gm]shelter, a [Gm/F]bed,
Crust of [C7/E]bread and a job
[Bb/D]Treats me like dirt,
[C7]calls me a slob, Which I[F7sus4] am. [F7] So I live

[Verse Seymour]
[Bb]Downtown, that's your home address.
You live [Dm]Downtown, when your life's a mess.
You live [Eb]Downtown, where depressions' just[Gm] Status Quo.
[Eb/F]Down on skid [Bb]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]Someone gimme my [Eb/F]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]Someone tell lady [Eb/F]luck that I'm stuck here.

[Bb](Downtown) Gee it [F]sure would be [Bb]swell to get [F]out of [Bb]here
[Dm](Downtown) Bid the [A]gutter fairw[Dm]ell and get [A]out of [Dm]here
[Eb](Downtown) I'd move [Bb]heaven and [Eb]hell to get [Bb]out of [Eb]skid
[Gm](Row) I'll do I dunno w[F7sus4]hat 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](Downtown) but believe me I gotta get out-a skid [Bb]row.

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