Chinatown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Am][F][G]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]There
was a murder down in
[Dm]Chinatown on a [G]cold
[Dm]September late
A [Am]teenage killer [F]pulls [Dm]a gun,
blood spat[G]ters on [Dm]the plates
[Am]Curious stop, the [G]siren screams,
[Dm]soon there is a [G]crowd
[Am]Someone killed in
[G]Chinatown,
they [Dm]said it [G]right out [Dm]loud[Bdim][Dm]
[G]Famili[Em]es flee, the restau[Am]rant closed,
[Em]people running [Am]fast
[Em]Cops poke through [Am]the garbage,
find a [Dm]body by [Am]the t[E]rash[Esus4][E]
While [Am]unseen steps walk [G]through the
rain to a [Dm]subway underground
[G]A gun[Am] is tossed alon[G]g the tracks and
the [Dm]wheel goes [G]one more [Am]round
The pretty couple [F]pay the tab [Dm]and
[G]walk across the [Dm]street
Flash[Am]ing lights, they [Dm]draw a stairway,
[G]canal and mulberry [Dm]mead
He [Am]wraps a jacket [G]round her arms,
with a [Dm]quick eye down her [G]brow
A [Am]button now [G]reveals a
[Dm]curve [F]he never [Dm]saw
He [Em]likes her name,
Char[Am]lene,
Char[Em]lene sounds so [Am]clean
And [Em]that she works on
Wall
[Am]Street at a firm[Dm] with twenty
[Esus4]names[E][Esus4]
[E]Oh, an [Am]ambulance was one[G] trip
that could [F]never be [Dm]for [G]them
He [Am]puts his arm [G]around her waist
and [F]lets [G]the bottle [Am]spin
Spins [F]around, [G]it goes [Am]around
A gun is crushed beneath [F]the tracks and
[G]the wheel goes [F]one more [Am]round
Charlene hikes a [F]skirt up,
pulls a [G]stocking down her leg
She [Am]takes the band [F]out from [Dm]her hair,
gets [G]up and shuts the [Dm]shade
A [Am]lawyer in her bath[G]room,
she [F]met him [Dm]at a bar
[G]She negot[Am]iates with the earth now[G],
she [Dm]gave up [Bdim]all the [Dm]stars
The [Em]coolness of [Am]his hand exposed
the [Em]softness of his skin
[Am]She show[Em]s the wind between her l[Am]egs and
[Dm]reaches out [Am]for [E]him[Esus4][E][Esus4]
[E]Her [Am]other hand can [G]feel the dress,
she [Dm]has no wedding g[G]own
Twist [Am]the cloth [G]of broken dreams and the wheel
goes one more [Am]round[F][G][Am][F]
[G][Am]
At two a .m. it's finished,
she lights a cigarette
[F]She [Am]doesn't hear his [F]lame excuse,
I [Am]see him getting [G]dressed[Dm][F]
[Am]Outside he walks to
[G]Chinatown to [F]get something to eat
[G]Strange wom[Am]en make him[G] nervous,
the [F]first time [G]when they [F]meet
The [Em]restaurant wasn't [Am]open,
only [Em]cops and broken glass
[Am]Some[Em]thing evil happe[Am]ned here,
a [Dm]feeling [Am]told [E]and met[Esus4]
[Em]Takes [Am]a taxi in th[G]e rain,
[F]in the dark he looks [G]around
[Am]Finds a phone,
[G]makes [Am]a call and the wheel goes one more round
Spins [F]around, [G]it goes aro[Am]und
Just the cloth [F]of broken dreams and the
[G]wheel goes one [Am]more round
The stretcher from the [F]ambulance
drops a body [G]at the [Dm]morgue
It's [Am]quiet for a
[F]Sunday night, just a [Am]few above the f[Dm]loor
[F]They [Am]roll into a [G]cold room,
where they [F]write a short report
[G]A fac[Am]e with no identit[G]y,
they [F]didn't have much more
Mean[Em]while in a [Am]bed room,
two [Em]eyes look in the [Am]mir ror
A [Em]face with no iden[Am]tity,
[D]with a voice no [Am]one [Esus4]can hear
She [Am]pulls the window [G]shades,
sees the [F]lights of
Chinatown
[G]With a dea[Am]d dream of the liv[G]ing,
[F]the wheel goes [G]one more [Am]round
It goes [F]around, [G]it spins [Am]around
The face with no iden[F]tity,
and [G]the wheel goes one more round
[Am]It goes ar[F]ound, it[G] spins a[Am]round
With the daydream of the [F]living
The [G]wheel goes round and [Am]round
It was a murder down in
Chinatown
[F]It [G]was[F] a murd[Am]er down in
[F]Chinatown[Am]
[F]Just a [Am]minute down in
[F]Chinatown[Am]
Just a minute down in

[Outro 1]
Chinatown
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