Damien Dempsey

Cardboard City

Acoustic

Chords:
        E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)       A(I)      A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)           
E|------0---------3---------0---------0---------2--------|
B|------0---------3---------5---------2---------3--------|
G|------1---------4---------6---------2---------2--------|
D|------2---------5---------7---------2---------0--------|
A|------2---------5---------7---------0---------x--------|
E|------0---------3---------0---------x---------x--------|

Intro:

E- (022100@1)- - - G- (320003@1)- - - A(I) x2



Verse I:

E (022100@1)                       G (320003@1)                 ADown (x02220@1)on the streets & the wind was blowing hard

E (022100@1)                      G (320003@1)             AAnd (x02220@1)Cardboard City was growing yard by yard

E (022100@1)                                         G (320003@1)      AWell (x02220@1)the people had it bad, there lives had gone sour

E (022100@1)                                                G (320003@1)               AThey (x02220@1)had been swept aside like dirt because others hungered for power



Chorus:

E- (022100@1)- - - D- (xx0232@1)- - - A (x02220@1)                     Going down

E (022100@1)                D- (xx0232@1)- - - ATo (x02220@1)Cardboard City             I'm going down

E (022100@1)                D- (xx0232@1)- - - ATa (x02220@1)Cardboard City             Down & out

E (022100@1)                D- (xx0232@1)- - - AIn (x02220@1)Cardboard City



Verse II:

E (022100@1)                                           G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)        
What you have to understand is that they are human as well

E (022100@1)                                           G (320003@1)                AThey (x02220@1)are living flesh & blood there not just lost souls from hell

E (022100@1)                               G (320003@1)                  AThey (x02220@1)don't wanna be in big boxes, in an impoverishment

E (022100@1)                                            G (320003@1)               AYou (x02220@1)need some cash to get a place & you need a place to get a job

*Repeat Chorus*

Verse III:

E (022100@1)                    G (320003@1)                  AIts (x02220@1)a vicious circle & you cannot just bail out

E (022100@1)                                             G (320003@1)               AYou (x02220@1)cannot worry for about a job cause you need food in your mouth

E (022100@1)                                    G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)  
Just surviving day to day is about the the hardest thing

E (022100@1)                                            G (320003@1)             AYou'd (x02220@1)get fond of the bottle if you can try to forget everything

**Repeat Chorus**

Outro:

E- (022100@1)- - - G- (320003@1)- - - A (x02220@1)_____________________________________________________________________________

Hope it sounds good enough.

I uploaded it on youtube,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=obSuJf7onpw&list=UUXLCHhJE9Ie8bkvJl9xWfug&index=1&feature=plcp

love it ! Keeping me going till Almighty Love is out !!!