Key: F major
Verse 1
D
G
A
D
G
A
D
Down
at the
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A
Baptist Sunday School,
G
A
les from seven to four
G
A
has got to be obeyed
D
F#m
G
But I know I wouldn't do well
A
D
G
A
if I didn't get paid, hey man
D
G
I left the girl of my dreams
D
G
With just a Polaroid picture
D
G
A
Mama gave me a card for my telephone line
D
G
A
Those 500 minutes won't cost me a dime
D
Bm
G
A
I'm in downtown Babylon
D
Bm
G
A
A long, long way from home
D
Bm
G
I thought it was a promised land
D
Bm
G
Here in downtown Babylon
A
D
G
A
D
F#m
D
G
Standing on the corner,
D
F#m
G
A
Forbidden fruit is on every tree
D
F#m
D
G
Oh, you can get an apple
A
D
from a snake on a limb
F#m
D
He's just looking for a
G
A
D
sucker he can take in
Bm
G
A
Here in downtown Babylon
D
Bm
G
A
A long, long way from home
D
Bm
G
I thought it was a promised land
D
Bm
G
here in downtown Babylon,
A
D
Bm
G
A
D
Bm
G
Babylon
A
D
G
A
D
G
Well, I wonder now if I
A
D
was born to run
F#m
G
A
I'm startin' to feel like the prodigal son
D
F#m
D
I don't know why back
G
A
home they all envy me
D
F#m
G
Cause I'm livin' in
D
Bm
A
G
A
Here in downtown Babylon
D
Bm
G
A
A long, long way from home
D
Bm
G
I thought it was a promised land
D
A
Bm
G
Here in downtown Babylon,
A
D
Babylon
Outro 1
Bm
G
A
D
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D
Bm
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D
Bm
G
A
D
Bm
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A
Downtown
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A
D
Bm
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D
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Bm
G
Leban on
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D
Bm
G
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D
Bm
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D
Bm
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D
Bm
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D
Bm
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