Chords for Eddy Grant - Electric Avenue

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[G] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [A] _ _
Boy! _ _ _ _ _ _
Boy! _ _ _ _ _ _
Now we will treat there is violence
And then a lot of work will be done _ _ _
No place to hang out or wash in
And then again they fall on the ground Oh [Em] no!
We gonna run down [A] to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
Oh _ [G] we gonna [A] run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ _ _ [Em] _
[A] Workin' so hard like a soldier _ _
Can't afford a thing
And _ _ _ _ deep in my heart I adore ya _ _
Can't have food but I can't be food [Em] scarred
We gonna [A] run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ Oh we gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ _ Oh no!
_ _ _ _ _ Oh no!
_ _ _ _ _ Oh no!
_ _ _ _ _ Oh no!
_ _ _ Oh no!
We gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ [E] Oh we gonna run down [A] to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ Who _ _ is to blame in what country _ _
Never can get to the one _ _ _
Dealing in multiplication
_ _ And they still can't feed everyone Oh no!
We gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher _ Oh no!
We gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ _ _ [G] _ _
[A] Out in the street
_ [A] _ _ _
Out in the street _ _ _ _
[C#] Out in [A] the playground
_ _ In the dark side of town
_ Oh we gonna run down to Electric Avenue
And then we'll take it higher
_ Hey we gonna run down to _ Electric Avenue Oh yeah!
_ _ _ _ [Em] Rock it in [A] the day
I'ma rock _ _ it in the night
Take it higher
_ _ [G] We're rockin' and [E] we're rockin'
[A] Electric _ Avenue _