Downtown Chords by Tom Waits
Tempo:
98.9 bpm
Chords used:
Am
E
D
Em
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Bb] [Ab] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [C]
[E] [C]
Red bears [A] and the sugar man, [E] the temple street glue,
[Am] Drinking sheriff's [E] regal and far out of rule, [Am] Just another dead soul [E] in a powder blue light,
[Am] Sugar man said [E] baby everything's alright,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] down, [D] down, [Em] down,
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am] My man [E] a-havin' a simple dance,
[C] Lookin' for someone to [Ab] chop [Em] the rubber in his pants,
[Am] How am I gonna [Em] unload all this ice and all this meat,
[Am] All the traffic in the streets,
[E] Well it's so hard to [Am] think,
Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] [D] down, down, [E] down,
[Am] Goin' down, [D] down, [F] down,
[B]
[Am] [E] [G]
[C] [E] [Em]
[Cm] [Am] [E] [C]
[Am] [E]
[C] Crankin' where her [Em] lips think,
The air called dawn,
[Dm] I [Am] swear to God I [Ab] seen him hold her hands with Jimmy Bond,
[Am] Sally's out [C] on crank,
[E] Hungry for some sweets,
[Am] Fam in the sheets,
[E] Butch and Butch in the streets,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [A] down, [D]
down, [Em] down,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [G] down,
[Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] It's [A] [Em] the cool of the evening,
[E] The sun's goin' down,
[Em] I wanna hold you in my arms,
I wanna push [D] you around,
[Am] I wanna break your bottle,
[E] Spill out all your [Am] charms,
Come on baby, we'll set [E] off for the burglar's lawn,
[D] Goin' down, [A] down, [D] down, [Em] down, down,
[A] Goin' down, [D] down, [Dm] down,
[N] [C]
[Abm] [Am]
[E] Goin' [A] down, down, down,
[E] Get
[Am] past them sugar [E] men,
Temple street blue,
[Am] I'm drinkin' Chef's Regal,
[E] In a four [C] dollar [A] room,
Just another [Am] dead soldier,
[E] With a bottle of blue night,
[Am] Red dress turned to sugar [E] man,
Said everything's alright,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] [D] down, [Em]
down, down,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, [F] down,
[Dm] [Am] [E]
Hey [Em] boy!
[C] [Am] [E]
[C] [A] [E]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [Ab]
[Em] [Am] [E]
[Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [C]
[E] [C]
Red bears [A] and the sugar man, [E] the temple street glue,
[Am] Drinking sheriff's [E] regal and far out of rule, [Am] Just another dead soul [E] in a powder blue light,
[Am] Sugar man said [E] baby everything's alright,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] down, [D] down, [Em] down,
[Am] [D]
[E] [Am] My man [E] a-havin' a simple dance,
[C] Lookin' for someone to [Ab] chop [Em] the rubber in his pants,
[Am] How am I gonna [Em] unload all this ice and all this meat,
[Am] All the traffic in the streets,
[E] Well it's so hard to [Am] think,
Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] [D] down, down, [E] down,
[Am] Goin' down, [D] down, [F] down,
[B]
[Am] [E] [G]
[C] [E] [Em]
[Cm] [Am] [E] [C]
[Am] [E]
[C] Crankin' where her [Em] lips think,
The air called dawn,
[Dm] I [Am] swear to God I [Ab] seen him hold her hands with Jimmy Bond,
[Am] Sally's out [C] on crank,
[E] Hungry for some sweets,
[Am] Fam in the sheets,
[E] Butch and Butch in the streets,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [A] down, [D]
down, [Em] down,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [G] down,
[Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] [Am]
[E] It's [A] [Em] the cool of the evening,
[E] The sun's goin' down,
[Em] I wanna hold you in my arms,
I wanna push [D] you around,
[Am] I wanna break your bottle,
[E] Spill out all your [Am] charms,
Come on baby, we'll set [E] off for the burglar's lawn,
[D] Goin' down, [A] down, [D] down, [Em] down, down,
[A] Goin' down, [D] down, [Dm] down,
[N] [C]
[Abm] [Am]
[E] Goin' [A] down, down, down,
[E] Get
[Am] past them sugar [E] men,
Temple street blue,
[Am] I'm drinkin' Chef's Regal,
[E] In a four [C] dollar [A] room,
Just another [Am] dead soldier,
[E] With a bottle of blue night,
[Am] Red dress turned to sugar [E] man,
Said everything's alright,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] [D] down, [Em]
down, down,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, [F] down,
[Dm] [Am] [E]
Hey [Em] boy!
[C] [Am] [E]
[C] [A] [E]
[A] [Em]
[Am] [E]
[Am] [Ab]
[Em] [Am] [E]
[Am]
Key:
Am
E
D
Em
C
Am
E
D
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Red bears [A] and the sugar man, [E] the temple street glue, _
[Am] Drinking sheriff's [E] regal and far out of rule, [Am] Just another dead soul [E] in a powder blue light, _
[Am] Sugar man said [E] baby everything's alright,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] down, [D] down, [Em] _ down,
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] My man [E] a-havin' a simple dance,
_ [C] Lookin' for someone to [Ab] chop [Em] the rubber in his pants,
[Am] _ How am I gonna [Em] unload all this ice and all this meat,
[Am] All the traffic in the streets,
[E] Well it's so hard to [Am] think,
Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] _ [D] down, down, [E] _ _ down,
[Am] Goin' down, [D] down, [F] down,
_ [B] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] Crankin' where her [Em] lips think,
The air called dawn,
[Dm] I [Am] swear to God I [Ab] seen him hold her hands with Jimmy Bond,
[Am] _ Sally's out [C] on crank,
[E] _ Hungry for some sweets,
[Am] Fam in the sheets,
[E] Butch and Butch in the streets,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [A] down, [D]
down, [Em] _ down,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [G] down,
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ It's _ [A] _ [Em] the cool of the evening,
[E] The sun's goin' down,
[Em] I wanna hold you in my arms,
I wanna push [D] you around,
[Am] I wanna break your bottle,
[E] Spill out all your [Am] charms,
Come on baby, we'll set [E] off for the burglar's lawn,
[D] Goin' down, [A] down, [D] down, [Em] down, down, _
[A] Goin' down, [D] down, [Dm] down, _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Goin' [A] _ _ down, down, down,
[E] Get _ _ _
[Am] _ past them sugar [E] men,
Temple street blue,
[Am] I'm drinkin' Chef's Regal,
[E] In a four [C] dollar [A] room,
Just another [Am] dead soldier,
[E] With a bottle of blue night, _
[Am] Red dress turned to sugar [E] man,
Said everything's alright,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] _ [D] down, [Em]
down, down,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, [F] down,
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
Hey [Em] boy! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [C] _
Red bears [A] and the sugar man, [E] the temple street glue, _
[Am] Drinking sheriff's [E] regal and far out of rule, [Am] Just another dead soul [E] in a powder blue light, _
[Am] Sugar man said [E] baby everything's alright,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] down, [D] down, [Em] _ down,
_ [Am] _ _ [D] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] My man [E] a-havin' a simple dance,
_ [C] Lookin' for someone to [Ab] chop [Em] the rubber in his pants,
[Am] _ How am I gonna [Em] unload all this ice and all this meat,
[Am] All the traffic in the streets,
[E] Well it's so hard to [Am] think,
Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] _ [D] down, down, [E] _ _ down,
[Am] Goin' down, [D] down, [F] down,
_ [B] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [E] _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Cm] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [C] _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C] Crankin' where her [Em] lips think,
The air called dawn,
[Dm] I [Am] swear to God I [Ab] seen him hold her hands with Jimmy Bond,
[Am] _ Sally's out [C] on crank,
[E] _ Hungry for some sweets,
[Am] Fam in the sheets,
[E] Butch and Butch in the streets,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, down, [A] down, [D]
down, [Em] _ down,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [G] down,
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[E] _ It's _ [A] _ [Em] the cool of the evening,
[E] The sun's goin' down,
[Em] I wanna hold you in my arms,
I wanna push [D] you around,
[Am] I wanna break your bottle,
[E] Spill out all your [Am] charms,
Come on baby, we'll set [E] off for the burglar's lawn,
[D] Goin' down, [A] down, [D] down, [Em] down, down, _
[A] Goin' down, [D] down, [Dm] down, _ _
[N] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ Goin' [A] _ _ down, down, down,
[E] Get _ _ _
[Am] _ past them sugar [E] men,
Temple street blue,
[Am] I'm drinkin' Chef's Regal,
[E] In a four [C] dollar [A] room,
Just another [Am] dead soldier,
[E] With a bottle of blue night, _
[Am] Red dress turned to sugar [E] man,
Said everything's alright,
[A] Goin' [D] down, down, [Am] _ [D] down, [Em]
down, down,
[Am] Goin' [D] down, [F] down,
_ _ _ [Dm] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
Hey [Em] boy! _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [Am] _ _ [E] _
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Am] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _