Chords for Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

[G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
Boy! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now in the street there is violence
[G] And there are [A] lots of work to be done _
No place to hang out or wash in
And I [Ab] can't play [A] ball on the sun Oh [B] no!
We're gonna [A] run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, we're gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher _
[G] _ [A] Workin' so hard like a soldier
Can't afford a thing
And _ deep in my heart I adore ya
Can't get food where there can't [Em] be food [A] God!
We're gonna run down to [G] Electric [A] Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh, we're gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher Oh no!
_ _ [A] Oh no! _
_ Oh no!
_ _ Oh no! _
Oh no!
We're gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
[E] Oh, we're gonna run down [A] to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Who is to blame in one country
Never can get to the one
_ Dealing in multiplication
And they still can't feed everyone Oh no!
We're gonna run down [E] to [A] Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh no!
We're gonna run down to [G] Electric [A] Avenue
And then we'll take it [A] higher
[G] Out [A] in the street
Out in the street
_ Out in the playground
[E] In the dark [A] side of town
Oh, we're gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Hey, we're gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Rock it in the daytime Electric Avenue
Rock it in the night
And then we'll take it higher Electric [B] Avenue
Rock it in the night
And then [Em] we'll take it higher [A] Electric