Chords for That Petrol Emotion - Stories of the Street

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The [Cm] stories _ _ [Eb] of the street are _ mine, [Gm] the Spanish _ voice [Dm] is loud. _ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ Cadillacs [Eb] go creeping _ down [Gm] through the night and the _ [Dm] poison guy. _ _
_ [Cm] I lean from [Ab] my _ _ windowsill in [D] this old [A] hotel [D] I choose. _ _ _
_ [G] One _ hand on [C] my _ suicide _
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_ _ _ I know you've heard [Eb] it's over _ now [Gm] and war must [Dm] surely come.
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Cities they [Eb] are broken _ now [Gm] and little _ _ [Dm] men are gone.
_ _ _ [Cm] Let me _ ask [Ab] you one more [C] _ time, [D] oh children [A] _ of [D] the _ dust.
All [G] these _ hunters who [C] are _ shrieking, die, [G] _ _
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[C] And where do all [Eb] these highways go _ [Gm] now _ that we [D] are free? _ _ _
_ [C] Why are the _ _ [Eb] armies marching _ still that [Gm] we're coming _ _ home [D] to be? _ _ _
[Cm] Oh lady _ _ with [Ab] your legs so _ fine, [D] oh _ [A] stranger I [D] shall be.
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You [G] are _ laughing to [C] your _ suffering, _ [G] your pleasures _ I'll [F] see. _ _ _ _
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Oh come with me [Eb] my little _ one, [G] be well and find [D] that _ song.
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_ [Cm] Grow a scry and [Eb] stand out there _
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chance [Ab] I wake at night, [D] I ask _ [A] you who [D] I am.
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Oh take _ me to [C] this _ lot of house I [G] will wait there with [F] the _ lamb. _
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_ _ _ With one _ hand [Eb] on a patch of ground _ [Gm] and one _ hand [D] on a pole.
_ _ _ [C] A ballad and a song [Eb] _
wishing well _ [Gm] and all men to [Dm] call the world.
_ _ [Cm] _ We are so _ small [Ab] between the _ [D] stars, so [A] large against [D] the _ sky.
_ _ [G] And lost among [C] the _ subway crowds [G] I try to [F] catch a ride. _ _ _ _ _
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