On The Dark Streets Below Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

AmSlow down, liDmttle girl

You've lost your wGay in this wAmorld

Slow dAmown and start aDmgain

You'll feel much bEetter in the Amend

[Enter trumpets] Am

"Annie's Amalways been a live one," says the matroness

She nAmever cries, she never lets her sorrows get the best of her

She mDmakes a kind of music of the buttons popping off her dress

She kEnows it's just the way it goes on the dark streets beAmlow.

[Trumpets] Am

AAmdele came from a decent town, scraped by for her first month's rent

GAmuessed with her brains she could find a job in management

She sDmhowed promise in algebra but now her talent's spent

Counting oEther people's dough on the dark... streets below!

[More trumpets] Am Dm Am E Am

So Dmget up kid, you're Amnot licked yet!

I Enever knew a time when you wouldn't take a bet

SlEooooooooow Amdown, little Dmgirl

You've lGost your way Amin this world

Slow dAmown and start aDmgain

You'll fGeel much better Amin the end

AmAugust's from the old country, came over on a ship

It was Amlike a floating oil drum, it barely made the trip

She Dmknew that she'd been screwed as soon as she pulled up to the spit

Now she kEnows it's girls like her who compose the dark streets beAmlow

These folks got Enowhere left to go but the dark streets beAmlow E

The dark streets belAmow E

The dark streets belAmow E

The dark streets belAmow E

The dark streets belAmow!