Chords for Dan Penn & Bobby Emmons - "The Dark End of the Street"

kind of the way it was.
No matter whose artist it was,
if it was a good song,
we were like, let's cut it.
So James Carr came up to cut it.
And, uh,
_ American Studios was being torn down,
and we went over to High _ Studios
in Memphis there,
and cut the record.
Brother Bobby played, keyboarders on it.
One of the best records ever made,
any time, to [C] me.
I just got out the little door room
and cut it myself.
_ _ It was a great record,
and _ I _ wasn't wearing
_ pedal pushers or skirts at that time.
_ [N] _ I was a lady on that
unit at High Horse. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I didn't mind
being a lady back then.
_ Laughter _ _
Whatever it took, and anyway, _ _ _
I didn't know James
very well, but so me and Chip
were on the
_ _ control room. _ _
So we're running it down,
and James is kind of sleepy.
He's not quite got it. _ _ _
_ He's been around the block two or three times,
but he's still kind of
sleepy a little bit.
_ _ Chip said, Dan, go out there and show them how to sing.
_ _ I said, okay.
_ _ _ I said, James, let me take a pass. _ _ _ _
_ _ What?
_ _ And I said, let me show you how to go.
_ So, _
I sang the dookie out of it.
I just rapped back and did all I could.
I'm not a James Carver,
but I used to sing pretty good.
So I sang it pretty good,
and old James, when I got through,
just looked me dead in the eye and he said,
I think I got it.
Laughter
_ _ _ And you know, the very next cut, he had it. _ _
Laughter
Went back in the control room, and he killed it.
Just killed it.
Great singer.
_ _ Okay.
_ [C]
There.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ At the _ dark [Gbm] end of [Em] the street
_ _ _ _ [G] That's where [Gbm] we all
_ [Em] meet
_ _ Hiding _ [G] in shadows
_ [C] where we _ don't
[G] belong
_ _ Living _ [C] in _ darkness
[D] _ _ _ _ [G]
hide alone
[C] _ _ _ [G] You and me _ at _ [C] the dark _ [D] end
_ _ [G] of the street
[F] _ [C] You and
[G] _ me
[D] _ _ I [G] know _ time's gonna [Gbm] take
_ [Em] its toll
_ We have to [G]
pay _ [Gbm] for the _ love
[Em] _ stolen
_ _ _ _ [G] It's a sin, _ [C] and we know [G] it's _ _ wrong
For what [C] I love [D] is gone
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] strong
_ _ [G] Steal away _ to
_ [C] the dark end
[D] _ _ _ [G] of the street
_ [C] _ Mmm
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] You're _ _ [G] gonna find _ us
_ _ [Gbm] You're gonna find _ us
_ _ [Em] You're gonna find _ us
Oh
_ [G] _
_ _ [C] Someday You [G] and me
_ at _ [C] the dark _ [D] end
_ _ [G] of the street
_ [C] _ _ You [G] and _ _ [Eb] me
_ And [Ab] when the daylight _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Fm] rolls around
_ _ _ _ [Ab] And by _ chance
[Gm] we go [Fm] down the tunnel
_ _ _ If we [Ab] should _ meet
[Db] Just walk on
[Ab] by
_ _ Oh _ _ [Db] _ darling
_ [Eb] _ _ Please [Ab]
don't cry
[Db] _ _ Tonight [Ab] we'll meet
_ _ _ _ at [Db] the dark end
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] of the street
Play it, [Db] buddy
_ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Cm] _ [Fm] _
_ _ _ _ If we should [Ab]
meet
Just [Db] walk on
[Ab] _ by
_ _ _ [Db] Oh darling
_ [Eb] Mmm
Please [Ab] don't cry [Db] Don't cry
Tonight [Ab] we'll meet
_ _ _ _ [Db] at the dark end
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Ab]
of the street
_ _ [Db] Mmm _
_ _ Oh _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ yeah Oh Oh
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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