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Downtown Skid Row

Little Shop Of Horrors

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{t:Downtown/Skid Row} {st:Little Shop of Horrors} [Bb]Alarm goes off at seven And you[Gm]start uptown. You[Dm] put in your eight hours For the [Cm7]powers that have [F7]always [Bb]been. [F][Gm] Till it's five P.[Cm7]M. [Eb/F]Then You go [Bb]Downtown[F] Where the [Bb]folks are broke. You go [Dm]Downtown [A]Where your [Dm]life's a joke. You go [Eb]Downtown [Bb]When you [Eb]buy your token, you [Gm]go [Eb/F]Home to skid [Bb]row.[F] [Bb](Home to skid [Gm]row.) [Eb/F]Yes, you go [Bb]Downtown [F]Where the [Bb]cabs don't stop [Dm]Downtown [A]Where the [Dm]food is slop [Eb]Downtown [Bb]Where the [Eb]hop-heads flop in the [Gm]snow [Eb/F]Down on Skid [Bb]Row[F][Bb] [EbM7]Uptown you cater to a million jerks. [Gm]Uptown you're messengers and mailroom clerks [Cm]eating all your lunches at the hot dog carts. [F7]The bosses take your money and they break your hearts. [EbM7]Uptown you cater to a million whores. [Gm]You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors. [Cm]Your job is really menial and you make no bread [F7]then a five o'clock you head... [Eb/F]By subway... [Bb]Downtown[F] Where the [Bb]guys are drips. [Dm]Downtown[A] Where they [Dm]rip your slips. [Eb]Downtown[Bb] Where rel[Eb]ationships are no [Gm]go. [Eb/F]Down on skid [Bb]row[F] [Bb]Down on skid [Gm]row[Dm7] [Gm]Down on skid [Eb]row[Bb] [Eb]Down on skid [Cm7]row! [F7] [Gm]Poor! All my life I've always been [Eb]poor. I keep asking God what I'm [Gm]for, and he tells me "Gee, I'm not [Dm]sure [Cm7]Sweep that [Eb/F]floor, kid." [Cm]Oh, [G][Cm]I started life as an or[Gm]phan, a child of [Dm]the street[Gm] Here on skid row.[Cm][G] [Cm]He took me in, gave me [Gm]shelter, a bed, [C7]Crust of bread and a job [Bb]Treats me like dirt, [C7]calls me a slob, Which I [F7sus4]am. [F7]So I live [Bb]Downtown That's your home address. Ya live [Dm]Downtown When your life's a mess. Ya live [Eb] Downtown Where depressions' jes' [Gm]Status Quo. [Eb/F]Down on skid [Bb]row Someone show me a way to get outa here, [Dm]'cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here [Eb]Please, won't somebody say I'll get outa here [Gm]Someone gimme my shot or I'll [Eb/F]rot here. [Bb]Show me how and I will, I'll get out-a here. [Dm]I'll start climbin' up hill and get out-a here. [Eb]Someone tell me I still could get out-a here. [Gm]Someone tell lady luck that I'm [Eb/F]stuck here. [Bb]Gee it sure would be swell to get out-a here [Dm]Bid the gutter fairwell and get out-a here [Eb]I'd move heaven and hell to get out-a skid [Gm]I'd do I dunno what [F7sus4]to get out-a skid but a hell of a lot to get out-a skid people tell me there's not a way out-a skid but believe me I gotta get out-a skid [Bb]row. [F][Bb][F][Bb][F][Bb]
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