Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
A
D
B
A
E
A
E
Verse 1
Baug
Em
Baug
The sun's disappearing through my windowpane,
Em
E
Then a trolley goes by with its
C#m
E
A
clattering sound,
Like a clock on the wall and the
And somebody's chattering way
D
E
down the hall from my room.
Verse 2
A
B
From my room, I see old town.
B
E
A
E
B
from my room.
A
E
Looking down through the rain,
A
E
I think the future's going my way.
A
B
G#m
coming soon
A
Bm
Right through this dirty old room.
D
E
D
Bm
Can't you see a 50- story building
B
G
A
Em
E
Where a palm tree used to be?
Well, I like a town that's flat,
E
A
do the same.
E
D
But get back inside and re main,
D#
A
E
until no tified.
Em
A
E
I want a town that's clean and I
Verse 3
If you're black, get back.
D
Am
Better white than right.
D
E
Better dead than red.
C
Cm
Better keep it contained
D#
Em
E
Am
D
in my town.
Creating a big scene,
B
E
We'll put the head rat on the stand.
Am
G#
E
"Are you now or have you ever been?"
Chief runs a make; director
A
D
There's the pitch,
E
Baug
it's good; there goes your old neighborhood.
Verse 4
B
E
deal under his hat.
Chavez Ravine plugged up,
F
D
A
Em
B
F
E
G
This here is my town.
F
F#m
Bm
F
E
Bm
E
F
E
Bm
A
C
A
Em
Bm
D
F
E
Bm
D
Bm
Cm
E
B
E
Then the trolley stops by on its way down the hill,
C#m
A
B
And somebody's passing
A
E
by my window sill.
No shoes on the stairs,
B
E
no knock at the door
A
B
A
B
E
Of my room, of my room.
Why should I go down?
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE A D B Em...
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