Skid Row (Downtown) Chords

[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ Alarm _ _ _ _ _ goes off at seven _ [Gm] and you start _ uptown.
_ _ _ _ You [Dm]
put in your eight hours [Cm] for the powers [F] that have _ _ [Bb] always _ _ been.
[F] Sing it, [Gm] child.
_ Till it's five p [Cm] _ _ .m. _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ Then you go [F] downtown where [Bb] the folks are.
You go [Dm] [A] downtown [Dm] where your life's a joke.
You [Eb] go downtown [Bb] when [Eb] you buy your [F] token.
[Gm] You go _ _ [F] _
home [Bb] to Skid Row. _ _ _
Home to [Gm] Skid Row.
_ _ [Bb] _
Yes, you go downtown [F] [Bb] where the cabs don't stop.
_ [Dm] _ [A] Downtown where [Dm] the food is slop.
[Eb] _ [Bb] Downtown [Eb] where the hoppits [F] rock [Gm] in the snow. _
[F] _ _ Down [Bb] on Skid Row.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ Downtown [Cm] you cater to [Eb] a million jerks.
[Gm] _ _
Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks.
[Eb] Eating [Gm] all your lunches at [Eb] the hub. _ _ _
Bosses take your money and they break your heart. _ _
[Gm] Uptown you cater to a million whores.
You disinfect [Dm] a rostow [Gm] on your bed. _
[Cm] Your morning's tribulation, afternoon's a curse.
_ [Bb] The fog [G] is [F] even worse.
That's [Bb] when you go [F] downtown.
Downtown where [Bb] the guys are drips.
[Dm] _ [A] Downtown [Dm] where they rip your slips.
_ [Eb] Downtown [Bb] where [Eb] _
relationships [F] are [Gm] now _ _ _ [F] gone.
[G] Down [Bb] on Skid Row. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] All [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] kid. _ _
[G] _ [Cm] I started life [Gm] as an orphan, a [D] child [Gm] of the street.
[Bb] Here on [Cm] Skid Row. _
[G] _ _ [Cm] He took me in, gave [Gm] 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] _
_ _ _ _ _ [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.
[Dm] 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 f*** that I'm stuck [Bb] here.
[F] Gee, sure [Bb] we'd be swell [F] to get [Bb] out of [Dm] here.
Bid the God of Farewell and get out of [Eb] here.
[Bb] I knew heaven [Cm] and hell and yet I was [Gm] scared.
I [Eb] don't know what to take out of Skid.
[G] What a hell of a lot to get out of Skid.
[Fm] Someone tell me [G] there's not a way out of Skid.
[Fm] Oh believe me I gotta [Cm] get out of [Bb] Skid. _ _
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