Chords for Low Life in High Places

_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
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[Em] [Am] Mama, _ tell your children not to go [Em] down to the city [Am] where the desperate people go.
And mama, _ _ don't you let them stray. _
They won't find peace of mind in such a lonely place. _
[A] _ [G] Wannabes and losers [A] all trying to get [G] a break.
[C] They don't give a damn, they'll [G] do whatever [A] it takes.
If they [G] climb the ladder, [Em] they get to play by [F] high stakes.
That's why [C] there's low [Bb] life in [F] high places. _ _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ [A] Mama, _ [Am]
things have changed since you were young.
When you scream in the dead of night, now no one ever comes.
And the poor man, he's cast as a villain and a thief.
_ You see him down on the street, begging for enough to eat.
_ [D] Waiting [G] on the corner, [D] I saw her waiting for [G] the man.
[C] When the limo pulled up, [G] I saw what was changing [D] hands.
I should have [G] tried to warn her [Em] and make her understand.
There [C] is low [Bb] life [F] in high places.
There is [G] low life [A] like you never even knew.
There [F] is low life [D] and it lives in me and you.
[A] _ _ [D] _
But we don't all let [G] it grow.
_ _ Don't you let them [D] go.
_ _ _ [A] _ You gotta have some [D] faith.
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] Don't you let them go.
[E] You _ [A] _ _
[D] gotta keep on the way.
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[G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] Waiting [G] on the corner, [Dm] I saw her waiting for [G] the man.
_ [C] When the limo pulled up, [G] I saw what was changing [Dm] hands.
I should have tried [G] to warn her [Em] and [F] make her understand. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [A] _ Mama, tell your children not to go
down to the city [Am] where the desperate people go.
[Am] And mama, _ don't you _ _ [C] worry.
They [Am] won't find peace of mind in such a [E] _ [F] lonely [E] place. _ _ _
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