Chords for Bill Withers lonely town lonely street
Tempo:
86.525 bpm
Chords used:
Bm
E
F#m
A
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bm]
You can live your life in a crowded city.
You can walk along the crowded street.
[F#m] But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that [Bm] you meet.
[E]
[Bm] You might be a sweet young, sweet young pretty, pretty.
[E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] At the dances you can't keep your seat.
But
[F#m] if dances don't lead to romance,
you might as well be born, be born with two [Bm] left feet.
[E]
[Bm] You might be a sweet tone, sure enough high class talker.
You might be a stone, stone expert at kissing.
[A] But it don't do too much good to be talking.
Brother when there ain't no, ain't nobody [Bm] listening.
[D] [E]
[Bm] And if you are shy, just not much of a talker.
Don't impress the people that you meet.
[F#m] Might as well be a lonely walker.
In a lonely town, on [Bm] a lonely street.
[E]
[Bm]
You can live your life in a crowded city.
But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that you meet.
You can live your life in a crowded city.
[E] [Bm]
You can live your life in a crowded city.
You can walk along the crowded street.
[F#m] But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that [Bm] you meet.
[E]
[Bm] You might be a sweet young, sweet young pretty, pretty.
[E] [Bm] [E]
[Bm] At the dances you can't keep your seat.
But
[F#m] if dances don't lead to romance,
you might as well be born, be born with two [Bm] left feet.
[E]
[Bm] You might be a sweet tone, sure enough high class talker.
You might be a stone, stone expert at kissing.
[A] But it don't do too much good to be talking.
Brother when there ain't no, ain't nobody [Bm] listening.
[D] [E]
[Bm] And if you are shy, just not much of a talker.
Don't impress the people that you meet.
[F#m] Might as well be a lonely walker.
In a lonely town, on [Bm] a lonely street.
[E]
[Bm]
You can live your life in a crowded city.
But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that you meet.
You can live your life in a crowded city.
[E] [Bm]
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F#m
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Bm
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F#m
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You can live your life in a crowded city. _ _ _ _ _
_ You can walk along the crowded street. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ But the city really ain't no bigger _ _ than _ _ _ _ the friendly people,
friendly people that [Bm] you meet.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ You might be a sweet young, sweet young pretty, _ pretty.
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ At the dances _ you can't keep your seat.
_ _ _ _ But _
[F#m] _ _ if dances don't lead to romance,
you _ _ might _ _ _ as well be born, be born with two [Bm] left feet.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ You might be a sweet tone, sure enough high class talker. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You might be a stone, stone expert at kissing. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ But it don't do too much good to be talking. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Brother when there ain't no, ain't nobody [Bm] listening.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ And if you are shy, just not much of a talker. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't impress the people that you meet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Might as well be a lonely walker.
_ _ In _ _ _ _ a lonely town, on [Bm] a lonely street.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You can live your life in a crowded city.
But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that you meet.
You can live your life in a crowded city.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You can live your life in a crowded city. _ _ _ _ _
_ You can walk along the crowded street. _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ But the city really ain't no bigger _ _ than _ _ _ _ the friendly people,
friendly people that [Bm] you meet.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ You might be a sweet young, sweet young pretty, _ pretty.
[E] _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] _ At the dances _ you can't keep your seat.
_ _ _ _ But _
[F#m] _ _ if dances don't lead to romance,
you _ _ might _ _ _ as well be born, be born with two [Bm] left feet.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ You might be a sweet tone, sure enough high class talker. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You might be a stone, stone expert at kissing. _ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ But it don't do too much good to be talking. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Brother when there ain't no, ain't nobody [Bm] listening.
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ And if you are shy, just not much of a talker. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Don't impress the people that you meet. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ Might as well be a lonely walker.
_ _ In _ _ _ _ a lonely town, on [Bm] a lonely street.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You can live your life in a crowded city.
But the city really ain't no bigger than the friendly people,
friendly people that you meet.
You can live your life in a crowded city.
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _