Dirty Blvd. (2020 Remaster) Chords

_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
[Gm] _ [Dm] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] _
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[G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] [D] Pedro lives out [A] of the Wilshire Hotel.
[D] _ He looks out a window without glass.
[A] _ _ [D] _ _
The walls are made of cardboard.
[Em] _ [Dm] Newspaper's on his feet and [D] his father beats him because he's too tired to [A] beg.
_ [D] _ He's got nine brothers and sisters.
They're brought up on their knees.
It's hard [G] to [D] run when a coat hanger [A] beats you on the [D] thighs. _
[G] Pedro dreams [D] of being older [A] and killing [D] the old man, but that's a slim chance.
He's going [A] to the boulevard.
[D] _ He's going [G] down.
_ _ [A] On the [D] dirty boulevard.
He's going [G] out.
_ [A] To the dirty [D] boulevard.
He's going [G] down.
[A] To the dirty [D] boulevard. _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
This room costs $2,000 a month.
You can believe it, man.
It's true.
Some wear [Gm] a [D] landlord's laugh until it wets [A] his pants.
[D] _ No one dreams of being a doctor [A] or a lawyer or [D] anything.
They dream of dealing on the dirty boulevard.
_ _ Give me your hungry, your [A] tired, your poor.
I'll piss [D] on them.
That's what the statue of bigotry says. _ _ _
Your poor huddled masses, let's club them to death.
Get it over with and [G] just dump [D] them on the boulevard. _ _ _ _
[G] Get them out.
_ On the dirty [D] boulevard.
Going [G] out.
_ To the dirty [D] boulevard.
They're [G] going down.
On the dirty [D] boulevard.
Going [G] out.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
Outside, it's a bright night.
There's an opera at Lincoln Center.
Now, movie stars arrive by limousine. _ _
[G] The [D] cleeglights shoot up [B] over the skyline of Manhattan,
but the lights are out on the lean streets.
_ _ A [G] small kid [D] stands by Lincoln Tunnel.
_ _ He's selling [G] plastic roses [D] for a pot.
_ _ _ The [G] traffic's backed [D] up to 39th Street.
_ _ The [G] TV whores are calling the cops [A] out for a suck.
[D] _ And [G] back at the [D] wheelchair, Pedro sits there dreaming.
_ He's found a book on magic in a garbage can.
_ _ [G] He looks at the pictures [D] and stares up at the cracked ceiling.
At the [G] count of three, he says,
[D] I hope I can disappear and fly, fly [G] away.
_ From this dirty [D] boulevard, I want [G] to fly.
_ _ From the [D] dirty boulevard, I want [G] to fly.
_ [A] _ From the [D] dirty boulevard, I want [G] to fly, fly, fly, [A] fly.
From the [D] dirty boulevard, I want to fly away.
_ [A] _ _ [D] I want to [G] fly, [D] _ _ _ _ fly, fly away.
_ _ [B] _ _ [D] I want to [G] fly, [D] _ _ _ _ fly, fly away.
Fly, fly, fly away.
Fly, fly, fly away.
_ Fly, [G] fly [D] away.
Fly, [A] fly, [D] fly away.
[G] _
_ [D] Fly, [A] fly, fly [D] away.
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