Am (x02210@1)         DmSlow (xx0231@1)down, little girl
                  G (320003@1)         AmYou've (x02210@1)lost your way in this world
      Am (x02210@1)           DmSlow (xx0231@1)down and start again
                  E (022100@1)          AmYou'll (x02210@1)feel much better in the end

[Enter trumpets] Am

         Am"Annie's (x02210@1)always been a live one," says the matroness
     AmShe (x02210@1)never cries, she never lets her sorrows get the best of her
     DmShe (xx0231@1)makes a kind of music of the buttons popping off her dress
     E (022100@1)                                                  AmShe (x02210@1)knows it's just the way it goes on the dark streets below.

[Trumpets] Am

 AmAdele (x02210@1)came from a decent town, scraped by for her first month's rent
 AmGuessed (x02210@1)with her brains she could find a job in management
     DmShe (xx0231@1)showed promise in algebra but now her talent's spent
          ECounting (022100@1)other people's dough on the dark... streets below!

[More trumpets] Am Dm Am E Am

   Dm (xx0231@1)               AmSo (x02210@1)get up kid, you're not licked yet!
  EI (022100@1)never knew a time when you wouldn't take a bet
  E (022100@1)        Am (x02210@1)         DmSlooooooooow (xx0231@1)down, little girl
        G (320003@1)          AmYou've (x02210@1)lost your way in this world
      Am (x02210@1)           DmSlow (xx0231@1)down and start again
        G (320003@1)             AmYou'll (x02210@1)feel much better in the end
AmAugust's (x02210@1)from the old country, came over on a ship
       AmIt (x02210@1)was like a floating oil drum, it barely made the trip
    DmShe (xx0231@1)knew that she'd been screwed as soon as she pulled up to the spit
         E (022100@1)                                                     AmNow (x02210@1)she knows it's girls like her who compose the dark streets below
                E (022100@1)                                       Am (x02210@1) EThese (022100@1)folks got nowhere left to go but the dark streets below 
                    Am (x02210@1)EThe (022100@1)dark streets below
                    Am (x02210@1)EThe (022100@1)dark streets below
                    Am (x02210@1)EThe (022100@1)dark streets below
                    AmThe (x02210@1)dark streets below!