Downtown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C]
[D][E][G][D]
[C][D][E][C][D]
[C][D]

[Verse 1]
[E]Hey, turn aro[Em]und,
man, I'm [D]gonna take you downtown
[C]If you wanna grab [G]a sack,
[C]go ahead and [D]do [Bm]it
[E]My fear of death was[D] set in place by a lie
[C]A glorified youth,
that's the only way of [D]life, yeah

[Verse 2]
[E]My teeth were shakin',
[Em]slowly, [D]surely dissipating
[Em]Yeah, the [C]wrinkles on my face,
they weren't from my old [B]age[Bm]
[E]I try to understa[Em]nd you thr[D]owin' it away
All your [C]talent down the drain, man,
it just makes perfect [D]sense[B]
[Bm]When I [G]look you in the

[Verse 3]
[C]eyes,
it takes me right [B]back
Yeah, your [G]fu ture helps me
[C]move on from my dark [D]past

[Verse 4]
[E]Don't giv[G]e in[D][Em][C]
It's not [D]real
[E]You don't have a c[D]hoi[C]ce
Choose to [D]feel

[Verse 5]
[E]Your words' [Em]insane, man[D],
only if I was left-brained
[C]I I could understand all your funny logic
[E]I was indif[Em]ferent, I s[D]aw the first time
Come on [C]back, come on back,
come on back to gain your [D]life

[Verse 6]
[E]Yeah, man, it's har[Em]d whe[G]n
that [D]loco keeps on moving
Got some [C]money and some change
just to wait for my [D]train
[E]I try to stop me now[Em],
I'm [D]locked and engaged
Come on [C]back, come on back,
come on back and leave your [D]pain[B]
[Bm]When I [G]look you in the

[Verse 7]
[C]eyes,
it takes me right [B]back
Yeah, your [G]future helps me
[C]move on from my dark [B]past

[Verse 8]
[E]Don't giv[Bm]e in[D][Em][C]
It's not [D]real
[E]You don't hav[C]e a cho[D]ice
[C]Choose to fee[D]l

[Verse 9]
[E]Yeah, we [Em]found you laying
in your [D]hotel room
With your [C]Bible tied up because
you were up to no [Bm]good
[E]We started shaking you[Em] all in [D]your bed
Doing [C]everything we could,
just hoping that you're not [D]dead
[E]We dra[Em]gged you out and
threw you [D]into our car
[Em]Pushed the [C]pedal to the floor
and drove to the hospital [D]yard
[E]They brought you in and tol[C]d us bot[D]h to wait
I was [C]praying to myself it's not
too [D]late
[E][Em]

[Verse 10]
[D]
There are [C]consequences for your
ac[G]tions [C](living hand to mouth)
There are [G]con[D]sequences [Em]in real life
[D]There are con[Em]sequences,
[C]you can't escape fro[G]m them[C]
There are con[Em]sequences (leave your
bed of concrete)

[Verse 11]
Don't hide behind your reasons Real life is full [D]of
feeling (living hand to
[C]mouth)
Things come and go [G]in seasons
[C]Truth [G]sho[D]uld[Em] tra[D]nsce[Em]nd[C][G]
[C][Bm][E]
[Em]our [D]feelings ([G]leave your bed of conc[Em]rete)
Don't [C]hide behind your reasons
[G]Real lif[C]e is ful[G]l of fee[Bm]ling[Em]
(living hand to mouth)
Things come and go [D]in
[Em]seasons[C]
Truth should [G]tran[C]scend our [D]feelings