Inner City Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[C][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]Going down a
dirty inner city side road
I plot[C]ted
[G]Madness passed me by, she smiled hi
I nod[C]ded
[G]Looked up as the sky began to [D]cry
She shot [G]it

[Verse 2]
[G]Met a girl from Dearborn,
[C]early six o'clock this morn
A [G]cold fact
[C]Asked about her bag,
suburbia's such a drag
Won't go [G]back
Coz [Bb]Papa don't allow no
[F]new [C]ideas [G]here
And [Bb]now he sees the news,
but the pic[F]ture's [C]not too [G]clear, yeah

[Verse 3]
[C]Well Mama, Papa, stop
Treasure what you got
Soon you may be caught
[G]Without it
[C]The curfew's set for eight
Will it ever all be straight
I [G]doubt it

[Interlude 1]
[G]

[Verse 4]
7 jealous fools playing by [C]her rules
Can't [G]believe her
[C]He feels so in between,
can't break the scene
It would [G]grieve her
And that's the reason
why he must [D]cry
He'll never [G]leave her
Alright

[Verse 5]
Oh now, [G]crooked children, yellow chalk
Writ[C]ing on the concrete walk
Their [G]king died
[C]Drinking from a Judas cup
Looking down but seeing up
Sweet [G]red wine
Coz [Bb]Papa won't allow no
[F]new [C]ideas [G]here
And [Bb]now he hears the music
But the word[F]s don't s[C]ound too clear,
[G]yeah
[C]Well

[Verse 6]
Mama, Papa, stop
Treasure what you got
Soon you may be caught
[G]Without [Gm]it
[C]The curfew's set for eight
Will it ever all be straight
I [G]doubt [Gm]it[G]

[Verse 7]
Going down a dusty, Georgian side road
I won[C]der
The [G]wind splashed in my face
Can smell [D]a trace
Of thun[G]der

[Interlude 2]
Alright
[G]
[Gm]
[G]Oh the

[Verse 8]
wind splashed in my face
Can smell a trace
Of thunder

[Verse 9]
[G]He feels so in between,
can't break the scene

[Outro 1]
It would grieve her
[G]