Shinbone Alley - Live Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][D][C][Am][C][D][C][D][C][D][C][Am][C]
[D][C][D]
[Bm]Moonlight through

[Verse 1]
[C]
the chicken [G]wire [C]humming window pane
[G]Luk[D]ewarm w[G]ater ga[C]spin[Bm]g down
[C]a rusty [Am]drane[C][Am][C][A][G]
[Bm]Big towns in need [C]of m[G]ending,
[C]streetlights shake toothsom[D]e bea[G]ms
[Bm]Denim shad[C]ows [G]shuffle [Em]in betwe[E]en
[C]the beams[Am][C][G]
Different [D]strokes [C]for[D]
[Am]different folks [G]so
Mind your man[D]ner and [C]easy
on the eth[Am]nic jokes
[D]It's a d[G]umb[D] bell curv[C]e
[D]you're try[Am] ing to [Em]tally[D]
All the way [C]down [D]to Shinbone Alley
[C][Am][C][Am][D][C][Bm][G]
Streets are [C]metacarpal [G]and[C]
[G]flesh of as[C]phalt [D]calm
[G]Buildings [C]rise like [G]fingers from
a [C]concrete [D]palm[G]
[D]Yellow lit [C]apartment [G]tri[C]ckle
[D]through the[C] dra[D]pes[C][D]
Windows [C]frame each history hidden
[Am]even [C]from the fire [D]escapes
Sullen winter [C]spar[D]row [C]lan[Am]ds
wing [C]to expanse of [D]grey
Six- thirty- [C]two [D]in the morning
on [C]Thanksgiving [D]day
And the bum[C]s they hit
the corner[D]s[G][C]
[Am]The thun[C]der kids rub their money
And the crack [G]addicts stare [Bm]at the
snow[C]flakes zig zagging
[Bm]Down to the greet [C]Jones

[Interlude 1]
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[C][D][C][D][C][D][C][D][C][D]
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[G][D][C][Am][A][G][D][C][D][G][D][C][D][Am][G][D]
[C][D][C][Am][C][D][C][D][C][G]
[CHORUS] [C]Seventy- two

[Verse 2]
on the [G]sour day,
[C]you[Am]r bar[C]e feet sweep the par[Am] que[D]t
[G]And the lights u s[C]prey white
[G]slanting [C]past t[D]he microwave
[C]Knu[G]ckles to eye[C]ball s [G]an[C]
[D]d elbows o[C]n t[D]he table
[C]Spend [G]the day [C]gaz[D]ing from y[C]our w[G]inter[C] gable

[Outro 1]
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