Intro
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A# D# A# D#
Hold A# until drop
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A# D# Dm D#
Gm F Gm
Gm D# Dm D#
Verse
Cm A# Cm A#
Now I don't disagree, it's a hell of a scene
Cm A# F
Jackson Square dropouts avoiding police
Cm A# Cm A#
If the 80's were tough, the 90's were mean
Cm A#
All that was left for the desperate
F
Were these fast cash machines
Cm A# Cm A#
That easy money never helped anything
Cm A# F
With that kind of juice, man, it ain't worth the squeeze
Cm A# Cm A#
But month by month I feel a change in the breeze
Cm A# F
So start moving on make your own history
Chorus
A# F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, get out town now
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, move a little faster
Break
Gm F Gm
Gm D# Dm D#
Verse
A# Cm A#
Some people can't shake the weight of the past
Cm A# F
Some people's hearts remain at half-mast
Cm A# Cm A#
It's downtown where it all intersects
Cm A#
Some came from the mountains
F
College kids from the west
Cm A#
And not every suit lies right through their teeth
Cm A# F
There's good and there's bad, and then there's some in between
Cm A# Cm A#
As I wait for the bus coming from the east
Cm A# F
There's generations of pride and elbow grease
Chorus
A# F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, get out town now
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, move a little faster
Break
A# F Gm
Gm D# Gm D#
A# F Gm
Cm A# Am Gm
F
Verse
Cm A# Cm A#
I understand if it's all a bit much
Cm A# F
It's a bit of a circus; it's a little bit rough
Cm A# Cm A#
I heard this place was run by the mob
Cm A# F
Buying everyone off down at city hall
Cm A# Cm A#
Those Oakville moms, they stick up their nose
Cm A# F
Those Burlington dads keep their daughters at home
Cm A# Cm A#
If you're the kind with nothing to say
Cm A# F
You heard about this party, but you're praying for rain, what?
Chorus
A# F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, get out town now
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, move a little faster
A# F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, get out town now
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, move a little faster
A# F Gm A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, get out town now
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D# A# D#
If you want me to boil it down, all you cynical bastards, move a little faster, move a little faster
Gm F Gm A# D# A# D#
End On G