Tin Pan Alley Chords by Little Milton

[Eb] _ _ _ [A] _ [Abm] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _ _
[Eb] _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ It's a rough place in town.
They start cutting and shooting y'all.
[Db] Soon the sun goes down.
[Ab] But hey, tell me, _ what kind of [Eb] place can the alley [Ab] be?
[Ebm] _ All of [Bbm] it.
[Ab] _
[Bb] Cause every woman I get,
[Ab] _ love, all of it takes [Ebm] away from me.
_ [Bb] All of it.
[E] Listen, [Eb] when I need my baby,
_ she [Ebm] can't be [Eb] found.
She get up early every morning.
She's been playing alley-bound.
[Ab] But oh, tell me, _ what kind of place [Eb] can the alley be?
_ All of it.
_ _ [Bbm] _
[Bb] _ Cause every woman I get,
[Ab] _ _ love, all of it takes [Eb] away from me.
_ [Ebm] All of it.
_ [Bbm] [E] All right!
[Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] I _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bbm] _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [Gb] _ [Bb] _ [E] _
[Eb] heard a pistol shoot.
_ Somebody groan.
Some woman just shot my baby.
Right out of that joker's arm.
[Ab] Hey, tell me,
what [Fm] kind [Ebm] of place can the alley be?
[Eb] _ I don't know. _ _
[Bb] Cause every woman I get,
[Ab] love, all of it takes [Eb] away from me.
_ [Ab] All of [Bb] it.
_ [E]
[Eb] Oh!
_ _ Play the blues, mommy!
I got the mind to be a new love. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ It's all right, y'all. _ _
[Ebm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _