Intro
F# B G#m
[Verse 1]
F#sus2
Joey comes from a sacred part of town
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Where sometimes you talk so tough, your feet don't touch the ground
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And the sidewalk soldiers sing the midnight blues
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While the old men recite their story lines about when I was young like you
[Pre-chorus]
F# B F# B
They say, oh yeah we were cruising to the back beat
F# B C#
Oh yeah, making love in the backseats, and oooohh
[Chorus]
F# F#sus2
We were wild, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild, wild in the streets
[Verse 2]
F#sus2
F# member of the boy's brigade had a date with the girl next door
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You know it made her daddy crazy, it only made her want him more
F#sus2
They weren't looking for trouble that boy didn't want a fight, not tonight
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So she headed out thru her bathroom window, what her daddy didn't know was gonna be alright
[Pre-chorus]
F# B F# B
They said oh yeah we're cruising to the backbeat
F# B C#
Oh yeah, making love in the backseats, and oooohh
[Chorus]
F# F#sus2
We were wild, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild, wild in the streets
F# F#sus2
We were wild, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild, wild in the streets, rock me !
[Solo]
F# B G#m x2
[Bridge]
F#
Sometimes this town ain't pretty but you know it ain't so bad
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Just like a girl who looks so happy when inside she's so so sad
F#
In here we got this code of honor nobody's going down
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You don't walk in vain trough the kid's parade 'cause this is my hometown
[Chorus]
F# F#sus2
We were wild, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild, wild in the streets
F# F#sus2
We were wild, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild, wild in the streets
[Outro]
F#
Yeah we were wild in the streets, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild in the streets, wild in the streets
F#
Wild in the streets, wild in the streets
B G#m
Wild in the streets, wild in the streets
F#
Wild !!!