Downtown L.A. Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Downtown l.a. is a [G]de pressing place
You [D]can see young men with
deep [Am]lines in their face
They could all be something
if [G]somebody cared
But [D]nobody knows they're
even down [Am]there
[G]Old woman walking with
[Am]a sack on her back
[G]Picking up the garbage
people [Am]put out back
[G]Men down there trying [Am]to walk the line
[G]Trading their soul for a [Am]bottle of wine
In the inner city it [G]ain't no good
It's a [D]long, long way from [Am]hollywood
Bad kind of people got a
[G]hold of the street
[D]They got something that
the poor [Am]people need
At [G]two in the morning they [Am]bust your head
[G]Fat chance walking you'll
en[Am]d up dead
It' the [G]law of the jungle
with a [Am]gun and a knife
If [G]you stay long enough you [Am]lose[G][D][Am]
[G]
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[Am]your[G][D][Am]
life
Man down there he [G]couldn't be lying
He [D]was sleeping in [Am]the street and he
couldn't keep from crying
Said he'd been there for
[G]twenty one years
Through [D]the bars and the brawls
and [Am]the blues and the tears
[G]Prop up the front the [Am]back falls down
[G]All around the canyons [Am]of l.a. town
When he [G]asked me for a dollar
[Am]I looked him in his face
[G]Downtown l.a. is a depressing place

[Outro 1]
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