Skid Row chords by Bill Neely

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Verse 1
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 (C major) Music  (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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 (A major)  (D major)  (G major)  (C major) 
There's a street in Evertown
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 (A major) they call Skid  (D major) Row
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And it's al (G major) ways filled
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with sin and misery  (C major) 
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Just walk up the main  (A major) drag to Skid  (D major) Row
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And it's  (G major) there that I'll always be  (C major) 
It's hell when you're liv
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 (A major) ing down on  (D major) skid row
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And you  (G major) have no one to call your own  (C major) 
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I used to be wealthy  (A major) and happy  (D major) 
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With my wife,  (G major) my children, and my home  (C major) 
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I started using drugs and  (A major) drinkin'  (D major) liquor
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I  (G major) had a different crowd every  (C major) day
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Oh, my darling wife,  (A major) she divorced  (D major) me
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I'm a  (G major) -walkin' down Skid Row
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every day  (C major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (C major)  (A major)  (D major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) 
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Now this guy that I'm telling  (A major) my story  (D major) 
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These word (G major) s  he said
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he'd write in a  (A major) song  (A flat major) 
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 (C major) And publish in a daily  (A major) paper (D major) 
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Just to  (G major) show you how a man can go  (C major) wrong
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On this street there are junkies  (A major) and killers
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 (D major) They will kill  (G major) you and
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never bat  (A major) an eye  (C major) 
Please listen, my friend,
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 (A major) take my warn (D major) ing
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Don't come down  (G major) here
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on Skid Row to die  (C major) 
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Stay at home with your wife  (A major) 
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and your chil (D major) dren
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And be  (G major) thankful you have
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someone to love  (C major) 
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Don't start runnin' round  (A major) 
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with other wo (D major) men
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Just be true  (G major) to the one that you  (C major) love
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As I walk up old Skid  (A major) Row
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to the  (D major) main drag
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Just to  (G major) see if my wife  (A major) will drive by,  (C major) 
One more time I'd like to
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see  (A major) all my darlin',  (D major) 
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Then I'll  (G major) go back down on Skid Row to die.  (C major) 
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