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From: snd0@gov.nt.ca (Shaun Dean)

Here's the version of Dark End of the Street that I've got - learned it from
a Percy Sledge recording though, not the Commitments soundtrack.

Dark End of the Street

         G (320003@1)    F#min   EminAt (022032@1)the dark end of the street
         G (320003@1)    F#min   EminThat's (022032@1)where we'd always meet
             G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)      GHiding (320003@1)in shadows where we don't belong
               C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)      GLiving (320003@1)in darkness to hide our wrong
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)     GYou (320003@1)and me, at the dark end of the street
C (x32010@1)     GYou (320003@1)and me

             G (320003@1)         F#min     EminI (022032@1)know that time's gonna take it's toll
             G (320003@1)               F#min        EminWe've (022032@1)got to give back all the love that we stole
        G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)       GIt's (320003@1)a sin and we know it's wrong
           C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)       GOh (320003@1)but our love keeps coming on strong
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GSteal (320003@1)away, to the dark end of the street
C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1)        GThey're (320003@1)going to find us
        F#min
They're going to find us
        EminThey're (022032@1)going to find us
C (x32010@1)      GOh (320003@1)someday
C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)     D (xx0232@1)    GYou (320003@1)and me, at the dark end of the street
C (x32010@1)     GYou (320003@1)and me

              G# (xx1114@1)     Gmin (3132xx@1)    FminAnd (131113@1)when the daylight time comes around
          G# (xx1114@1)      Gmin (3132xx@1)   FminAnd (131113@1)if by chance we walk downtown
              G# (xx1114@1)      C# (x43121@1)     G#If (xx1114@1)you should see me just walk on by
     C# (x43121@1)           D# (x43121@3)  G#But (xx1114@1)darling, please don't cry
C# (x43121@1)          G# (xx1114@1)         C# (x43121@1)     D# (x43121@3)   G#Tonight (xx1114@1)we'll meet, at the dark end of the street
C# (x43121@1)    G# (xx1114@1)
I usually don't do the key change for the final verse, but it was there in
the original so I thought I'd include it for the purists in the bunch.  BTW,
the lyrics may be a little screwy, my favourite version of this tune was
recorded by Richard Thompson and my memory of the words may include some of
his own idiosyncratic choices.
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