^BbAlarm goes off at seven and you ^Gmstart uptown. You ^Dmput in your eight hours for the ^Cm7powers that have ^F7always ^Bbbeen. ^{Bb F/A Gm Gm}Till it's five P.^Cm7M., ^Eb/F ...

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Then you go

^BbDowntown^F, where the ^Bbfolks are broke. You go ^DmDowntown,^A where your ^Dmlife's a joke. You go ^EbDowntown,^Bb when you ^Ebbuy your token, You ^Gmgo, ^Eb/F home to skid ^Bbrow ^{F Bb}Home to skid ^Gmrow ^Eb/F ...

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yes, you go

^BbDowntown, ^Fwhere the ^Bbcabs don't stop ^DmDowntown, ^Awhere the ^Dmfood is slop ^EbDowntown, ^Bbwhere the ^Ebhop-heads flop In the ^Gmsnow ^Eb/F- Down on Skid ^BbRow ^{F Bb}

^EbmajUptown you cater to a million jerks. ^GmUptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks ^CmEating all your lunches at the hot dog carts. The ^F7bosses take your money and they break your hearts.

^EbmajUptown you cater to a million whores. You ^Gmdisinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors. Your ^Cmjob is really menial and you make no bread ^C5Then a ^C#5five o'^D5clock ^Eb5you ^F7head ...by subway

^BbDowntown, ^Fwhere the ^Bbguys are drips. ^DmDowntown, ^Awhere they ^Dmrip your slips. ^EbDowntown, ^Bbwhere rel^Ebationships Are no ^Gmgo ^Eb/F- Down on skid ^Bbrow, (Down on ^Fskid ^Bbrow) Down on skid r^Gmow (Down on ^D7skid ^Gmrow) Down on skid ^Ebrow! Down on ^Bbskid^Eb row! Down on skid ^Cm7row! ^F7

^GmPoor! ^D5All ^F5my l^Gmife I've always been ^Ebpoor. ^Bb5I ^D5keep ^Ebasking God what I'm ^Gmfor, ^D5and ^F5he t^Gmells me "Gee, I'm not ^Dmsure ^Cm7Sweep that ^Eb/Ffloor, kid." ^CmOh, ^{G Cm} I started life as ^Fan ^Gmorphan, a child of ^D7the ^Gmstreet Here on ^Bbskid ^Cmrow ^{G Cm}He took me in, gave^F me ^Gmshelter, a ^Gm/Fbed, Crust of ^C7/Ebread and a job ^Bb/DTreats me like dirt, ^C7calls me a slob, Which I^F7sus4 am. ^F7 So I live

^BbDowntown, that's your home address. You live ^DmDowntown, when your life's a mess. You live ^EbDowntown, where depressions' just^Gm Status Quo. ^Eb/FDown on skid ^Bbrow

^BbSomeone show me a way to get outa here, ^Dm 'Cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here ^Eb Please, won't somebody say I'll get outa here ^GmSomeone gimme my ^Eb/Fshot or I'll rot here.

^Bb(Downtown) Show me how and I will, I'll get out-a here. ^Dm(Downtown) I'll start climbin' up hill and get out-a here. ^Eb(Downtown) Someone tell me I still could get out-a here. ^GmSomeone tell lady ^Eb/Fluck that I'm stuck here.

^Bb(Downtown) Gee it ^Fsure would be ^Bbswell to get ^Fout of ^Bbhere ^Dm(Downtown) Bid the ^Agutter fairw^Dmell and get ^Aout of ^Dmhere ^Eb(Downtown) I'd move ^Bbheaven and ^Ebhell to get ^Bbout of ^Ebskid ^Gm(Row) I'll do I dunno w^F7sus4hat to get outta skid ^F7sus4(Downtown) but a hell of a lot to get out-a skid ^F7sus4(Downtown) people tell me there's not a way out-a skid ^F7sus4(Downtown) but believe me I gotta get out-a skid ^Bbrow.