kids in the street chords by Justin Townes Earle
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Intro 1
(D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
(D major)
Verse 1
My best friend (D major)
lived in (B minor) this house
And (D major) we played ball (G major) in the street
after school (A major) (D major)
God knows how he's living (B minor) now
I head (D major) his mom (G major) lost the house
and had to (A major) move (D major)
And sure, it's looking better these (B minor) days
(D major) Well it's (G major) hard to believe
(A major) (D major) And this ain't the way
it (B minor) was back (D major) in (G major) 1993
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Verse 2
And (G major) (A major) (G major) those (D major) weren't better days (A major)
(D major) But they still meant something mean (B minor)
(G major) When we was kids (D major) out (A major) in the
street (D major) s
Interlude 1
(B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 3
Now there was a mar (B minor) ket on the corner,
it was (G major) next to the car wash (A major)
(D major) And lazy weeping wil (B minor) low across
the street (G major) in the light (A major)
(D major) Where the old men played dom (B minor) inoes
on those (G major) hot summer days (A major)
Sweatin' the Wild (D major) Irish Rose (B minor)
(G major) out in the shade (A major)
And from (D major) Wedgewood
to Granny (B minor) White
Oh, and, (G major) Belmont to (A major) 8th
All these songs (D major) was broke (A major) into (B minor) a
host of (G major) sights and shapes (A major)
Verse 4
And that was (G major) lower- end (A major) livin'
Back (D major) when life was cheap (B minor)
(G major) When we was kid (A major) s out in the street
(D major) s
Interlude 2
(A major) (B minor) (G major) (A major) (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) (A major)
(B minor)
Verse 5
Now it's gone, (D major)
blown (G major) on a lonely wind (A major) of change (D major) (B minor)
Now I feel (D major) like I mis (G major) s it most
Just 'cause I never (E minor) thought (G major)
that it could change (A major) (D major)
So I hear things are moving west (B minor)
these days (G major) (D major) (A major) (F sharp minor)
(D major) Same old cut and past (B minor) ing,
(D major) just (G major) filling the blank (A major) s
Standing (D major) here (A major) right now,
(B minor) though it brings (G major) a lot of pain (A major)
I smile (G major) when I think, (A major) yesterday
(D major)
Verse 6
(G major) Back when life was something (A major)
Like (D major) (A major) (B minor) (G major) 1, 2, 3
When we was kid (A major) s out in
Outro 1
the streets
(D major) (E minor) (G major) (A major)
kids in the street
Justin Townes Earle
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