Intro
B5 , B(noBarre) x2, E5
B5 , A5 , E5 , B5

B5
Life is wicked in wino city
A5
Life down here just ain't pretty
E5
We get down to the "Nitty Gritty"
B5
You can smell the stench of vagabond city
B5
Life used to be sex, smack and tears
A5
For a dirty hero playin' guitars for those years
E5
To make a few quid for breakfast at Sids
B5
And a pack o' ten tabs for me n' my missus

G5
An all those people hit me
F#5
They just knock me down,

B5                  G5             B5
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#5                       E5
Where everyone gets down,down

B5
From the Irish to the rich that have fallen from grace
A5
To the battered wife took one too many on the face
E5
The husband is drunk n' so absurd
B5
To the people who give up on the world

G5
An all those people hit me
F#5
They just knock me down

B5                  G5             B5
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#5                       E5
Where everyone gets down,down

solo
B5 , A5 x6 E5

B5
Down in the gutter sleepin' with the dogs
A5
Talkin' to the fleas, rats n' the hogs
E5
Drinkin' the grain that'll rot my brain
B5
Leavin' thunderbird city on the next nightrain

G5
An all those people hit me
F#5
They just knock me down,

B5                  G5             B5
In cardboard town, come on down, cardboard town
F#5                       E5
Where every one gets down,down

B5
Come on down, irish n' slick guys hang around
F#5
25 cents if you got any sense