Back On The Street Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]They tel[C]l me [G]I've paid
back the debt I owed
Forty- four months since
the slammer door closed
They [C]give [G]me a suit and put
me back on the road
And my thoughts [C]are [G]racing

[Verse 2]
[C]Where do [G]I go? What am
I supposed to live on?
What happens when the twenty-
five dollars is gone?
[C]That leaves [G]me lots of time to
wonder why I was born

[Verse 3]
But the countdown is on
[C]Everybody's dancing
The music sounds entrancing but
you can't [Bb]find the beat
It's the [D]ticking of a thousand
human time bombs
Who are [G]back on the street

[Verse 4]
Oh the [C]names have been changed
but the story's the same
His[Bb]tory will repeat
[E]Add it all [D]up and then divide it by zero
'Cause you're [G]back on the street

[Verse 5]
[G]
I [C]can't [G]stand the strain of this job no more
I must have forgot what I took it on for
I [C]make [G]lots of money, yet still I want more
And my [C]head [G]is blazing

[Verse 6]
I [C]think [G]that I'll check out
the shops downtown
Sometimes it helps to buy things
when I feel brought down
[C]At [G]this hour I might dodge those
hippie low- life's around

[Verse 7]
But the countdown is on
[C]Once you had to stand out
looking for a handout
Free love and [Bb]body heat
And that [D]money's just a crumpled
green ball in your pocket
When you're [G]back on the street

[Verse 8]
Oh the [C]names have been changed
but the story's the same
His[Bb]tory will repeat
[D]Add it all up and then divide it by zero
'Cause you're [G]back on the street

[Verse 9]
[G]
[D]Back [Dm]on the st[Bb]reet a[D]gain
[Bb]Said, "You're back[D] on the
[Bb]street [G]again"[D][C]
The [Gm]countdown is [Eb]on
And [Gm]nobody knows when

[Interlude 1]
[Gm][G][Gm][Eb]
[G][Gm][G][Gm][C]
[G][Gm][G][Gm]
[C][G][Gm][G][Gm][G]
[C][G][D]

[Verse 10]
[C]Spreading like a cancer
Looking for the answer in
[Bb]everyone you meet
And [D]each in his way has a hustle to play
When he's [G]back on the street

[Verse 11]
Oh the [C]names have been changed
but the story's the same
[Bb]History will repeat
[D]Add it all up and then divide it by zero
'Cause you're [G]back on the street

[Verse 12]
[D]Back on the [Bb]street again
[D]Said, "Yo[Bb]u're back on [D]the street aga[D]in"
The countdown is on
And [Gm]nobody knows when