Stories of the Street chords by Dirk Ende

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Verse 1
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C 
 (A minor) The stories of the  (C major) street are mine,
Em 
Bm 
the Spanish  (E minor) voices love  (B minor) 
Am 
C 
The  (A minor) Ca  dillacs go creep (C major) ing now,
Em 
B 
through the  (E minor) night and the poison gas  (B major) 
Bm 
Am 
F 
 (B minor) And  (A minor) I   lean from my  (F major) window sill
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B 
in this  (B major) old hotel  (F sharp major) I    (B major) choose
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It's  (E major) one hand on my  (A major) suicide,
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Am 
 (E major) one hand on the  (D major) rose  (A major)  (A minor) 
C 
I know you've heard, it's  (C major) over now,
Em 
Bm 
and  (E minor) war must surely come  (B minor) 
Am 
C 
The  (A minor) cities, they are  (C major) broke in half,
Em 
Bm 
and the  (E minor) middlemen are  (B minor) gone
Am 
F 
But  (A minor) let me ask you one  (F major) more time,
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oh  (B major) children of  (F sharp major) the dusk
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 (B major) All these  (E major) hunters who are shrieking  (A major) now,
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Oh,  (E major) today, speak for  (D major) us.  (A major)  (A minor) 
C 
And where do all these  (C major) highways go,
Em 
Bm 
Now  (E minor) that we are free?  (B minor) 
Am 
C 
Why  (A minor) are the armies march (C major) ing still
Em 
Bm 
That  (E minor) we're coming home to  (B minor) me?
Am 
F 
Oh  (A minor) lady, with your  (F major) legs so fine
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B 
Oh stranger  (B major) at  (F sharp major) your  (B major) wheel
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A 
You are  (E major) locked into your  (A major) suffering
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Am 
And your pleasures  (E major) are the  (D major) sea  (A major)  (A minor) 
C 
The age of lust is  (C major) giving birth
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Bm 
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Am 
and  (E minor) both the parents ask  (B minor) the  (A major) nurse  (A minor) to
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Em 
tell them fairy  (C major) tales on  (E minor) both sides of the glass
Bm 
Am 
F 
 (B minor) And  (A minor) now the infant river  (F major) is calm,
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B 
he's  (B major) howling like  (F sharp major) a  (B major) kite
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A 
And  (E major) one life filled with  (A major) blue breeze,
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Am 
 (E major) one life filled with  (D major) night  (A major)  (A minor) 
C 
Oh, come with me, my  (C major) little one,
Em 
Bm 
we  (E minor) will find a bed  (B minor) farm
Am 
C 
And  (A minor) cross, cross some  (C major) apples there,
Em 
Bm 
and keep  (E minor) all the animals warm  (B minor) 
Am 
F 
And  (A minor) if  by change I  (F major) wake at night
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B 
and I  (B major) ask you  (F sharp major) who I  (B major) am
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A 
Oh,  (E major) take me to the  (A major) slaughterhouse
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D 
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Am 
I've been  (E major) waiting for a long  (D major) time  (A major)  (A minor) 
C 
With one hand on the  (C major) hexagram,
Em 
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Bm 
and  (E minor) one hand on the  (B major) gun (B minor) 
Am 
C 
I  (A minor) balance on a  (C major) wishing well,
Em 
Bm 
that  (E minor) old men call the  (B minor) road
Am 
F 
We are  (A minor) so small between  (F major) the stars,
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so  (B major) large again (F sharp major) st the sky  (B major) 
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And  (E major) lost among the  (A major) subway crowds,
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I  (E major) try to catch your  (D major) eye  (A major) 
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 (A minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (A major)  (A minor)  (A major) 
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