Jim Carroll "City Drops Into The Night" Chords

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[Eb] _ _ _ It's when Billy's whores are working, [Db] _ they're working with a skeleton crew.
[Ebm] _ _ _ It's when the sky over [Db] Jersey, that sky starts to drain from [Eb] view.
_ It's when my woman pours her [Db] voice on, so she can make her old excuses sound [B] new.
_ _ _ [Gb] I just want [E] _ warm blue.
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[Eb] Cause when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of
light, [Eb] _ and everything seems [Db] clear.
But when you look at the other side, you see it's so near.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] What's seen wrong?
[Db] I think it's gonna be just about right.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, the [Db] city drops, it drops into [Ebm] the night. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ It's when the door to the river, [Db] _ that door is like 26 miles.
[Ebm] _ _ It's when ambitious little girls [Db] start, they start to dream about a change in style.
[Eb] _ _ It's when the slick boys got their [Db] fingers, they got their fingers in the telephone [B] dial.
_ _ _ [Gb] But I think I'll just [E] wait a while.
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[Eb] Cause when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of
light, [Eb] _ that's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so near.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] What's seen [Db] wrong?
I think it's gonna be, gonna be right.
[Eb] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, the city [Db] _ drops, it drops into [Ebm] the night.
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[Ebm] Into the night.
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[Eb] _ _ _ It's when the sneak thieves are checking, [Db] _ bitch, in the alleys for unliked [Ebm] dogs.
_ And Billy's sister's getting frantic [Db] cause, cause Billy's sister's little brother can't score.
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ebm] It's when the woman from my [Db] dream is, oh my god, that's the woman on the [B] floor.
_ She's [Gb] promising, just one [E] promise _ [Db] more.
_ It's [Eb] _ when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of [Eb] light,
_ that everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so [Ebm] near.
_ _ [Eb] What's seen _ [Db] wrong?
I think it's gonna be just about right.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, [Db] the city drops, _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] it drops into the night. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ It's when Teddy's ghost is on [Db] the roof, beating his drum. _
[Eb] _ And Teddy's best friend [Ebm] is two blocks [Db] east and he's making Teddy's ex-girlfriend [Ebm] come.
_ They mistook Teddy's good [Db] trust for proof that Teddy was dumb. _
[B] _ But listen, you [Gb] know, I think that they are [E] both just _ [Db] stunk.
_ It's [Eb] _ when the city drops into the night, [Db] _ before the darkness there's one moment of light,
[Eb] _ that's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so [Ebm] near.
_ _ _ [Eb] What's seen [Db] wrong?
I think it's gonna be _ right.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] Before the city drops, [Db] it drops, it goes down into [Ebm] the night.
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_ _ _ It's when the body at the [Db] bottom, _ that body is my only [Eb] reflection.
_ But it ain't here [Ebm] to sink that [Db] low, unless you're gonna make a resurrection.
_ [Ebm] _ They're always gonna come to your door, they're [Db] gonna see, they're gonna say,
it's just a routine inspection.
_ [Ebm] But what do you get when you open your door?
[Db] _ What you get is just another [Eb] injection.
_ And there's always gonna be one more, with just [Db] a little bit less until the next one.
_ They're waiting [Ebm] shadows of still life from your eyes,
[Db] to them, vision's just some costly infection. _
[Eb] _ _ But you should, [Ebm] you should come with me.
[Db] I'm the fire, I'm the fire's reflection. _ _
[Eb] _ _ I'm [Ebm] just a constant warning, [Db] just a constant warning to take the other direction.
[B] _ _ Mister, [Gb] I am your [E] _ _ [Db] connection. _ _ _ _
[Eb] It's when the city drops into the [Db] night, before the darkness there's one moment of light,
[Eb] _ that's when everything seems clear.
[Db] The other side, it seems so [Ebm] near.
_ _ [Eb] What's the frame for? _
[Db] I think it's gonna be, it's gonna be alright.
[Ebm] _ _ _ [Eb] Oh, city drops, [Db] city drops, city drops, go out [Ebm] into the night, _ _ _ _ [Db] into the night.
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