Chords for Little Shop of Horrors - Skid Row (Downtown)

[Bb] _ _ _ The alarm _ _ _ _ _ _ goes off at 7 _ [Gm] and you start _ uptown.
_ _ _ _ You [Dm]
put in your 8 hours [Cm] for the powers [F] that have _ _ [Bb] always _ _ been.
[F] Sing it [Gm] child!
_ Till it's _ _ _ [Cm] 5pm. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Then you go [F] downtown where [Bb] the folks are folk.
You [Dm] go [A] downtown [Dm] where life's a joke.
You [Eb] go downtown [Bb] when [Eb] you buy your clothes.
[F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
Home to [Bb] Skid Row. _ _ _ _
Home to [Gm] Skid Row.
_ _ [Bb] _
Yes you go [F] downtown [Bb] where the cabs don't stop.
_ [Dm] Downtown [A] where [Dm] the food is slop.
[Eb] _ [Bb] Downtown [Eb] where the hot pets [F] flop [Gm] in the snow. _
[F] _ _ Down [Bb] on Skid Row.
_ _ _ [Eb] Down _ you [Cm] cater to [Eb] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ messengers and mail room clerks.
[Cm] Eating [Gm] all your lunches at [Eb] the _ _ _ hotboxes.
Take your money and they break your heart. _ _
[Gm] Uptown you cater to a million whores.
You disinfect [Dm] your boss so he'll [Gm] get the. _ _
[Cm] Your morning's tribulation, afternoon's a curse.
_ [Bb] The clock [G] is [F] even worse.
That's [Bb] when you go downtown [F] where [Bb] the guys are drips.
[Dm] _ [A] Downtown [Dm] where they rip your slips.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] Downtown where relationships [F] are [Gm] down.
_ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] Down on Skid Row. _ _ _
All _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _
my life I've always [Eb] been poor. _
I keep asking God what [Gm] I'm for.
And he tells me gee I'm [E] not sure. _
[Cm] _ [Eb] Sweep that floor _ [Cm] kiddo. _
[G] _ [Cm] I started life [Gm] as an orphan, a child of the street.
[Bb] Here on [Cm] Skid Row. _
[G] _ _ [Cm] He took me [Gm] in, gave me shelter, a bed, [Gb] crust of bread and a job.
[Bb] Treats me like dirt.
[C] _ Calls me a slob which [Eb] I am.
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Eb] So [F] I _ [Bb] live. _
_ _ _ That's your home address you [Dm] live.
_ _ _ When your life's a mess you [Eb] live. _
_ Where _ depression's just [A]
[Gm] status quo.
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb]
Down on Skid Row.
[Gm] [F] Someone show [Bb] me a way to [F] get [Bb] out of [Dm] here.
[E] Cause I constantly [Dm] pray [G] I'll get out [Dm] of [Eb] here.
Please won't somebody say I'll get out [A] of [Gm] here.
Someone give me [Eb] my shot or I'll rot [Bb] here.
Show me how and I will.
I'll get out of here.
I'll [E] start climbing [Dm] uphill and get out of [Eb] here.
Someone tell me I still can get [A] out of [Gm] here.
Someone tell [Eb] that _ I'm stuck [Bb] here.
[F] She ain't sure [Bb] when you're 12 [F] to get [Bb] out of [Dm] here.
Make a good farewell and get out of [Eb] here.
[Bb] I'm new [Cm] having a bad day and I'm a [Gm] skid.
_ _ [Eb] _
_ _ I'm a skid.
[G] But I have a lot to get out of Skid.
Someone tell me there's not a way out of Skid.
[Fm] But believe me I gotta [Bb] get out of Skid. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
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