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[Intro 1] [Am][Dm][Am][G][Am] [Dm][Am][G][Am][G][Am][Dm] [E][Am][Dm] [E][Am][Dm][Am][G][Am] [Dm][G][Dm][Am][Dm] [Am][E] [Verse 1] [Am]It's about midnight and I stroll down to the corner of the first door [D]and meet a tal[G]l [Dm]drinke[Am]r. I spend most of the evening staring through the window [G]at the [D]cars driving down [Am]the freeway. Got myself a six [Dm]o' schlitz [Am]in t[Dm]he downtown [Am]You can hear the b[Dm]ums in the [Am]alleyways Swappin' over sips of cheap beer and wine [Dm]Huddle together like [Am]packs of rats in the sewers Speaking in grunts and [E]slurs With faces [Am]that resemble guns I [Dm]like to walk all night Walk all night [Am]Drink and fight [Dm]Drin[Am]k and figh[E]t Causing disruptions, kissing and [Am]cussing Ain't that the [E]life? [Am]Slept in a bar in a hote[F]l on [Dm]Chase Street Got myself a yard, [G]a pack of [Dm]smokes, [C]and I took a l[Am]eak I didn't know anyone [Dm]there, I took the bartender a quarter Winked at a girl at the [Am]end of the bar [C]with eyes [E]like a can A cigar[G]ette hang out of her [Dm]mouth I was feeling a little [Am]lonely on this par[C]ticular [Am]evening, and I decided I'd walk [Dm]down to one of the city's most prestigious [Am]parts, [D]the block.[Dm] [Am]At the sight of ba[Dm]lding men with their teeth missing, I only de[Am]pressed them. [Dm]I like to walk all night. Walk all night. I like to [Am]drink and fight. Drink and fight. Caus[E]ing disruptions, kissing and cussing [Am]Ain't that the [E]life?[Am][Dm][Am] [Dm][Am][Dm][Am][Dm][Am] [Dm][E][Am][G] [Am][G][C][Am][Dm][Am] [C][Am][Dm][Am][Dm] [Am][E] [Am][E][Am] [Interlude 1] I'm [E][Dm][Gsus4][Am][Dm] [E][Dm][Am][Dm][Am][D] [Dsus4][Am][Dm][Am] [Dm][E] [Am][Dm][E][F][Dm][Am] [G][Am][Dm][G][Dm][Am] [Dm][D][Dm] [Am]And the night [Verse 2] was hot and the streets were jumping and people were bumping and a serenading even[D]ing's [G]last [Am]call. I [D]knew where I could get a [Am]beer and a shot with my last [E]dollar and I got there just [D]in be[E]fore the bartender said, [Am]Lights out Yep, my walk [Dm]home was long and cold and [Am]the streets [Dm]seemed to narrow with each [Am]passing block like the days seemed to go by faster [D]with each [Am]year I had to resign myself to sitting down An[Dm]d I walked all night Walked all night I [Am]lied to the drink and fight We can't fight Caus[E]ing disruptions Kissing and cussing Causing disruptions Kissing and cussing Causing disruptions Kissing and cussing [Dm]Ain't that the [E]way[Am] [Am][Am] you
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