Walking Down Madison chords and lyrics - KIRSTY MACCOLL

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[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Am]Walking down madison - I
swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - I
was only having fun
Walking down madison
- swear I never had a gun
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the bums

[Verse 2]
See you [F]give 'em your nickels,
your [C]pennies and dimes
But you can't give 'em hope in these [G]mercenary times,
[C]oh no[F][C]
And you [F]feel real guilty about
the coat on your [C]back
And the sandwich you had,
[G]oh [C]no
[F][C][Am]

[Verse 3]
From [F]an uptown apartment to
a [G]knife on the a [C]train
It's not that far
From the [F]sharks in the penthouse
to the [G]rats in the basement
[C]It's not that far
[Em]To the bag l[F]ady froz[G]en asleep in the park
Oh [C]no it's not that [Em]far
Would you [F]like to see some more?
I can [G]show you if you'd like to
[Am]

[Verse 4]
[Am]Walking down madison - I
swear I never had a gun
No I never shot no-one - wouldn't
do it just for fun
Walking down madison - trying
to keep my head screwed on
I was philosophizing some
Checking out the nuns

[Verse 5]
When you [F]get to the corner
don't [C]look at those freaks
Keep your head down low and stay
[G]quick [C]on your feet, oh yeah
[G]The bea[F]ming boy from har[C]lem
[G]with the air[C]force coa[G]t
The [C]ones who died
The ones who tried
The ones that sit and gloat
[Am]

[Verse 6]
[Dm]From an up[F]town apartment to
a [G]knife on the a [C]train
It's not that far
From the [F]sharks in the penthouse
to the [G]rats in the [C]basement
It's not that far
[Em]To the bag l[F]ady frozen aslee[G]p
on the church [C]steps
It's not that [Em]far
Would [F]you like to see some more?
I can [G]show you if you'd like to
[Am]

[Verse 7]
[Am]Within every city and town
there's a madison
Frozen lives for whom
nothing's happening
Hungry children is a mother's
dilemma
Dumpster diving to feed her
baby emma
So you walk on by like
it doesn't affect you
The held out hand that you
pay no respect to
Nickels and dimes won't
even buy your guilt
Another wino burnt to death in his quilt
It's a cardboard city,
newspaper metropolis
The system can't cope or keep
on top of this
The authorities come as you're
not for display
Do they solve the problem no they
move him away
They're in a vicious circle
of no fixed abode
The social won't pay 'em the
money they're owed
When you've got no money
you can't pay rent
Hypothermia kills ''cause the

[Verse 8]
system is bent
[Am]
From an [F]uptown apartment
to a [G]knife on the a [C]train
It's not that far
From the [F]sharks in the penthouse
to the [G]rats in the basement
[C]It's not that far
To the [F]bag lady frozen [G]asleep in the park
Oh [C]no it's not that [Em]far
[F]Would you like to see some more?
I can [G]show you if you'd like to
[Am]

[Verse 9]
From [F]an uptown apartment to
a [G]knife on the a [C]train
It's not that far
From the [F]sharks in the penthouse
to the [G]rats in the basement
[C]It's not that far
To the [F]bag lady frozen [G]asleep
on the church [C]steps
It's not that [Em]far[F]
Would you like to see some more?
I can [G]show you if you'd like to
[Am]

[Verse 10]
In the subway sits a vacuous man
His grip on life is a bent tin can
It's a holy shrine where he burns his light
It makes things easy
and removes his plight
For an hour or two but
he can't escape
They're all penned in with
government tape
[Em]There are good[Am] samaritans
who bring the soup
The sally army with their
bibles and boots
You can see yourself as it's not too far
One short trip you don't who they are
Till the night comes then
it all comes back
Like the smell of patchouli and
the armies of rat[G]s
It's a [Am]shame to be human
it's a human shame
It seems we've forgotten we're one

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