Key:
Chorus:
#1.
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb C
Bb
In this dirty old
part of the city,
where the sun
refuses to shine,
C Bb
C Bb C
Bb C Bb
people tell me there
ain't no use in
tryin'.
#2..u
C Bb
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb
Now my girl you're
so young and pretty,
and one thing I know
is true,
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb C Bb
you'll be dead
before your time is
due, I know it.
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb C
Bb
Watch my daddy in
bed a-dying, watch
his hair as it's
turning grey,
C Bb
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb
he's been working
and slavin' his life
away, oh yes, I know
it.
#3.
C Bb C
Bb C
Yea......h..I've
been workin' too, my
girl.
C Bb C Bb
C Bb C
Yea......h..Every
night and
day..yeah..
C Bb C
Bb C Bb C
C7
Slavin' my life
away..yeah, yeah,
yeah, yeah.
CHORUS-
F Bb
C F
G
C
We gotta get out of
this place..if it's
the last thing we
ever do.
F Bb
C
We gotta get out of
this place..
Dm
F
F Eb Bb C..F Eb
Bb C.
Girl, there's a
better life, for me
and you.
#4.
C Bb
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb
Now my girl you're
so young and pretty,
and one thing I know
is true,
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb C Bb
you'll be dead
before your time is
due, I know it.
C Bb C
Bb C
Bb C
Bb
Watch my daddy in
bed a-dying, watch
his hair as it's
turning grey,
C Bb
C Bb
C Bb
he's been working
and slavin' his
life..every night
and day,
C Bb
C Bb
oh, yes, I know it,
baby....yeaaaaah..
C Bb C
Bb
C C7
I been workin' too
hard..yeah, but I
got to do
it..whoooaaa.
(yeah, yeah, yeah,
yeah.)
CHORUS-
F Bb
C F
G
C
We gotta get out of
this place..if it's
the last thing we
ever do.
F Bb
C
We gotta get out of
this place..
Dm
F
F Eb Bb C..F Eb
Bb C.
Girl, there's a
better life, for me
and you.
(Beleive me baby..I
know it,
baby..somewhere
inside.)
OUTRO-
F Bb
C F
G
C
We gotta get out of
this place..if it's
the last thing we
ever do.
F Bb
C
We gotta get out of
this place..
Dm
F
F Eb Bb C..F Eb
Bb C.
Girl, there's a
better life, for me
and you.
(Beleive me baby..I
know it, baby..you
know it,
too.)(Fade.)
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