Sidewalks Of The City Chords by Lucinda Williams

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_ [C] _ _ you walk along [G] the _ sidewalks of [Bb] the city, _ _
[F] _ you see a [C] man with [G] hunger [Bb] in his [Eb] face.
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_ And all around you crumbling [G] _ buildings and [Bb] graffiti. _ _ _
[F] As [C] you bend down to tie your [G] shoe [A] away, _ [Bb] _ _ [Gm] _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] sirens scream but you [G] don't listen.
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[F] _ _ You [C] have to reach home [G] before night, _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ but now [C] the sun beats down [G] and makes the _ sidewalks glisten.
[F] _ And [C] somehow you just don't [G] feel right.
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_ [F] _ _ Hold [D] me baby, _ [Bb] _ give me [F] some pain.
_ Let me [Dm] know you're [F] here, [Bb] let me [Bb] touch [F] your face.
Give me _ [C] love, _ [Bb] _ _
[F] give me pain.
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Tell [F] me good [Bb] things, tell me that my world [F] is [C] safe. _
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ You pass [C] by bars with [Gm] empty [G] stages, _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
three o [C]'clock _ drinkers [Gm] fall [G] by.
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Chairs are placed on top of [G] tables _
[A] [Bb] as _ _ [Cm] _ [F] _ you [Am] brush the [C] hair out of your [G] _
eyes.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ A woman [C] stops you with [Gm] a question, _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ so you [C] drop some money in [Gm] her hand.
[F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ She [C]
sleeps in _ doorways [Gm] and bus stations, [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ and you [C] will never _ [Gm] _ understand. _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] But hold [Dm] me baby, _ [Bb] _ give me [F] some _ faith.
Let me [Am] know [Dm] you're here, _ [Bb] let me touch [F] your face.
Give me _ _ love, [Bb] _ _ give [F] me grace.
[Bb] _ _ Tell [F] me good things, [Bb] tell me that my world _
[F] is safe.
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_ _ _ _ _ You pass by bars with empty stages, three o'clock drinkers fall by.
Chairs are placed on top of tables as you brush the hair out of your eyes.
A woman stops you with a question, so you drop some money in her hand.
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