Chords for John Waite Downtown

[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ _ _
I wait for [C] sundown [G] on the fire escape
I watch the [C] passing cars downstairs
[Am] I'm high above [Em] Korean groceries
_ [D] A sublet castle [G] in the air _ _ _
It's down to [C] cigarettes and [G] rosaries
_ And Christ, I wish [C] someone would call me
I [Am] got Johnny Thunders [Em] on the radio
I [D] bet you can't put [G] your arms around a memory
[F] And maybe I [G] could find a better way
[C] But all I need now [D] is to feel [Bm] connected
[E] So, [D] do [C] you _ remember [G] me?
[Dm] _
I sang [Am] that [G] song you like
[E] _
[D] Way [G] back in 83
_ [F] Number _ _ [Am] one high [D] as a kite
As I made my way [G] downtown
_ _ [Em] _ [F] Downtown _ [G] tonight, yeah _ [Em] _ [F] Downtown
[G] _
See the [C] old man on [G] the Bowery _ _
Take the night [C] train to the stars
[Am] _
You can find [Em] me in the usual place
[D] _
Inside the [G] temple bar
I _ _ _ hear that [C] Sally's got a gift for [G] me _
I hear she got it [C] on sandbox
_ [Am] These days they all [Em] just talk like poets
_ [D] Shoot their mouths [G] out, shooting sparks
And [F] _
maybe I [G] could find a better way
[C] But all I need [D] now is to [Bm] feel connected
[E] So, [D] do [E] you [C] _ remember [G] me?
_ [Dm]
I sang [Am] that [G] song you [D] like
[E] I _
[D] sang [G] that [C] song for [G] free
[F] And now _ [Am] someone else _ [D] sounds like me
And I've got to get [G] downtown
_ _ [Em] _ [F] Downtown, _ [G] yeah
_ [Em] We're going way downtown [F] tonight
[G] _
They got paper [D] cups for charity
[G] _ _
Cools, pills, broken [D] teeth and dough
[G] _ But I'll take another [D] try martini
[Bm] And a chance [E] on [Em] hope
[D] _ [G] _ _ _ A [Dm] chance on hope, [Am] _ _ [G] _ yeah [Em] [D] Or dough
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] Cause now _ [Am] someone else [D] waits for me _
_ And I've got to get downtown
[G] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ [F] Downtown [G] tonight _
I'm [Em] going way [F] downtown [G] tonight
I'm [Em] going to try and [F] find some light [G] downtown
Yeah, _ [Em] _ [F] yeah
[G] I'm going way _ [Em] _ [F] downtown [G] tonight _
Yeah, [Em] _ [C] downtown
[E] Do [D] you [C] _ _ [G] remember me?
Yeah _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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