* Means strum once
Cm Eb A# C#
Cm Eb
This is getting out of hand
A# C#
It's not a case of supply and demand
Cm Eb
Live a crooked life in a crooked town
A# C#
It’s not too late to turn it around
Cm Eb
One winter, you're an overachiever
A# C#
Next spring you're just another deceiver
Cm Eb
Things aren’t always so black and white
A# C#
You can chalk it up to fate or you can sort it out tonight
Cm Eb
Downtown blues
A# F
No one's looking out for you
Cm Eb
Downtown jail (Downtown blues)
A# Gm
And you're heading that way too
Cm Eb A#
All you need is just to find a way
F
To get away
A# F Cm
To run away from all your downtown blues
Cm Eb A# C# (x4)
Cm Eb
This is getting out of hand
A# C#
Can't put a price on the life of a man
Cm Eb
I'd always give a guy a shot at redemption
A# C#
But there's a rule and there's an exception you know
Cm Eb
There's a part of me that wants you to live
A# C#
But there’s some actions that I’ll never forgive
Cm Eb
Things are sometimes black and white
A# C#
If you wanna survive, you'd better leave town tonight
Cm Eb
Downtown blues
A# F
No one’s looking out for you
Cm Eb
Downtown jail (Downtown blues)
A# Gm
And you're heading that way too
Cm Eb A#
All you need is just to find a way
F
To get away
A# F Cm
To run away from all your downtown blues
Cm Eb A# C# (x2)
Cm * Eb *
Downtown blues
A# * F *
No one's looking out for you
Cm * Eb *
Downtown blues
F
Oh, yeah
Cm Eb
Downtown blues
A# F
No one's looking out for you
Cm Eb
Downtown blues
A# F
Oh, yeah
Cm Eb A#
All you need is just to find a way
F
To get away
A# F Cm
To run away from all your downtown blues