Key: Eb major
Intro 1
G
Gm
A
G
C#m
A
Bm
C#m
Gm
Bm
C#m
Gm
A
Gm
Bm
B
C#m
Gm
Bm
Verse 1
Bm
tough
D
Gm
Bm
B
Living on the city street tough
A
Gm
A
Living on the city street tough
Verse 2
Gm
A
You came down the ups and down
You got to keep on moving
A
Bm
C#m
on
A
Gm
Places you know,
A
Bm
Gm
learning things as you go
C#m
Bm
And now you're traveling
down the path
A
Bm
Gm
And even though you're losing
Verse 3
Gm
A
When you're street tough
Gm
A
When you're street tough
Gm
C#m
D
You got to take care of your own
Gm
A
Street tough
Gm
A
Street tough
C#m
Gm
When you're street tough
Verse 4
You have to face,
A
Gm
Bb#
Gm
A
you got to to survive
you know you're better
If you want to stay
C#m
A
alive (stay alive)
Verse 5
C#m
A
Of life where only fools dare to go
Gm
D
Bm
D
And even though you're losing
Gm
A
When you're street tough
Gm
C#m
You got to try for yourself
C#m
Gm
You got to fight like hell to
get somewhere
Gm
C#m
There's nobody out there
who really cares
Gm
A
Street tough
Gm
C#m
Lord, when you're street tough
Verse 6
Gm
A
Gm
Living on the city street tough
Interlude 1
Bm
C#m
Gm
Bm
Gm
D
Gm
A
Gm
C#m
Gm
A
Gm
C#m
Gm
A
F#m
A
Gm
A
Gm
A
Gm
Verse 7
Gm
C#m
A
Of life where only fools dare to go
Gm
D
And even though you lose sometimes
Bm
D
Gm
You just can't let
it show
Verse 8
A
Gm
Bm
C#m
Gm
C#m
Living on the city street tough
A
Gm
Bb#m
Gm
Living on the city street
Bb
Bb#
Gm
tough
Verse 9
Gm
Bb
Round and round the chances
Gm
go
Where you'll stop nobody knows
When you're street tough
Bb#
C#m
Lord, when you're street tough
Gm
Bb
Whats right for you is wrong for them
Bb
Gm
got to make it for yourself
Verse 10
Gm
Gm
D
Gm
When you're street
A
Gm
A
Gm
tough
Bb
Gm
A
Living on the city street tough
Outro 1
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