Emerald Street chords by Alexisonfire

SimplifiedAm · G · C · F · Em

GuitarPianoUkulele

Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
Pregnant teens on the Barton street bus
F 
Am 
Homeless people living off crust
And there's a beat-up town town car,
it's starting to rust
Hard soles are kicking up dust
Half a million people living in the corpse
G 
F 
Am 
of the brown brick 50's
To the north, all the small town outcasts
Em 
are now big city bourgeoisie

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

All the boys in the halfway houses

Wave to the girls of Emerald Street

Verse 3

Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick,

but we hold on (hold on)

We'll never falter, though they want us to slip,

we hold on (hold on)

Verse 4
F 
Am 
G 
C 
G 
F 
Am 
The
G 
C 
G 
F 
Am 
desperate,
downtown stealing bikes
G 
F 
Drunks in the village are picking fights
Am 
So, police like the streets
to read them their rights
G 
C 
G 
No controlling hot summer nights
F 
Am 
The sun goes down on the edge of town,
G 
F 
at the end of everyday
Am 
We sit and watch the stacks on fire,

Verse 5

to the east across the bay

All the boys in the halfway houses

Wave to the girls of Emerald Street

Verse 6

Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick,

but we hold on (hold on)

We'll never falter, though they want us to slip,

we hold on (holdon)

Interlude 1

Verse 7
Am 
There's something in the
G 
F 
church belfry
Am 
On  the corner of Victoria
G 
F 
and king
Am 
And it screams out into
G 
C 
F 
the night
Am 
It sings this city's
plight
G 
C 
F 