• Song:

    Down City Streets

  • Artist:

    Archie Roach And Ruby Hunter

Do (xx0232@1)w n   Ci (x32010@1)t y   S t r e (022000@1)name="chord_022000@1">e t s

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                   ADown (x02220@1)city streets I would roam, I had no bed I had no home.
                         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          AThere (x02220@1)was nothing that I owned, used my fingers as a comb.
A (x02220@1)                       DCrawled (xx0232@1)out of the bushes early morn.
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)                                    DUsed (xx0232@1)newspapers to keep me warm, then I'd have to score a drink.
G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          ACalm (x02220@1)my nerves, help me to think.

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                   ADown (x02220@1)city streets I would roam, I had no bed I had no home.
                         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          AThere (x02220@1)was nothing that I owned, used my fingers as a comb.
                         D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)      AIn (x02220@1)those days when I was young, drinking and fighting was no fun.
                        D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)               AIt (x02220@1)was daily living for me, I had no choice. It was meant to be.

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                   ADown (x02220@1)city streets I would roam, I had no bed I had no home.
                             G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)there was nothing that I owned, used my fingers as a comb.

INSRUMENTAL 
 
A (x02220@1)                        D (xx0232@1)   G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)             ANow (x02220@1)I'm a wo/man, I'm not alone. I am married, I have children of my own.
                               D (xx0232@1)  G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)            ANow (x02220@1)I have something I call my own, these are my children, this is my home.
                       D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)             D (xx0232@1)       AI (x02220@1)look around and understand, how street kids feel when they're put down.

A (x02220@1)                       G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)                   ADown (x02220@1)city streets I would roam, I had no bed I had no home.
                             D (xx0232@1)    G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)          AAnd (x02220@1)there was nothing that I owned, used my fingers as a comb.
                             G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)  GAnd (320003@1)there was nothing that I owned, used my fingers as a comb.
G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)       A (x02220@1)      G (320003@1)       ADown (x02220@1)city streets. Down city streets. Down city streets.

I believe Ruby Hunter wrote this song. RIP, Beautiful Lady.
Comments, corrections and/or rating appreciated. Enjoy!

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