Lou Marsh Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Am][D]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
On [Em]the streets of New York
city when [Am]the hour was [A]getting[B]
There were [Em]young men armed with knives and guns,
[Am]young men [B]armed with [Em]hateAnd Lou Marsh stepped between them and [G]died [D]there in [Em]his tracks
For one man is no army when
the [Am]city turns [D]it s back
[G]Now the streets are empty,
[Am]now the streets are dark
[D]So keep an eye on shadows
[Em]and never pass the park
For the [G]city is a jungle when
the [Am]law is out of sight
[D]An d death lurks in El Barrio with the
[Em]orphans of the night

[Verse 2]
He left behind [Em]a chamber of a
[Am]church [A]he served [B]so long
For [Em]he learned the prayers of distant
men will [D]never right the wrong[B]s
His [Em]church became an alley and his
[G]pulpit [D]was [Em]the street
He made his congregation from the [Am]boys he used
[D]to meet

[Interlude 1]
[G][Am][D][Em][G]
[Am][D][Em]

[Verse 3]
There were two gangs [Em]approaching
[Am]in spanish Harlem [B]town
The [Em]smell of blood was in the air,
the [Am]challenge was laid [B]down
He [Em]felt their blinding hatred,
and he [G]tried to save their [Em]lives
And the answer that they gave him was [Am]their fists and feet
an[D]d knives

[Interlude 2]
[G][Am][D][Em][G]
[Am][D][Em]

[Verse 4]
Will Lou Marsh lie forgotten in [Am]his
cold and silent [B]grave?
Will [Em]his memory still linger on,
in [D]those he tried to [B]save?
[Em]All of us who knew him w[G]ill now
and [D]then re[Em]call
And shed a tear on poverty,
[Am]tombstone of [D]us all[G]

[Outro 1]
[Am][D][Em][G]
[Am][D][Em]