Jackson Browne – Lawless Avenues (Guitar Live)

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[Chords] Asus 002230 Asus4/E 002235 Dsus x00233 D5/A x00235 [Intro] D Dsus D5/A G/D A D G A [Verse 1]
D
  Papa hit him, Mama kissed him

G                A
  Made him go to Catechism

D                                     G          A Asus Asus4/E
  With the sisters in their black and white

D
  And all the time those city streets

G                      A            D
  Were teaching him another kind of wisdom

                          G                      A Asus Asus4/E
  When to run and when to fight

D
  Up at the playground after school  

G              A                   Bm            Bm A G
  Listening to tales of the prison system

            A       D       G      D             A Asus Asus4/E
  And those lawless avenues
[Chorus]
D                         G                      A Asus Asus4/E
  Dawn on a half darkened street

D                       G                        A Asus Asus4/E
  A child's footsteps repeat

D
  And something there turns them

G            A       D              G            A Asus Asus4/E
  Down those lawless avenues
[Verse 2]
D
  Silent Joe went down so bad

G                      A                   D
  He was the strongest fighter the avenues had

                                     G           A Asus Asus4/E
  Stabbed in the chest--he went down swinging

D
  Someone from some other part of town

G             A              D
  No one even seen it coming down

                                     G           A Asus Asus4/E
  And you don't hear no church bells ringing

             G
  And in the violent night the police light

                                 Bm     G
  Sweeps across the lots and the yards

                  A       D            G         A Asus Asus4/E
  Following those lawless avenues
[Chorus]
D                         G                      A Asus Asus4/E
  Down on a half darkened street

D                      G                         A Asus Asus4/E
  Armies advance and retreat

D
  And struggle to take control

G            A       D            G              A Asus Asus4/E
  From those lawless avenues
[Verse 3]
D
  Manuelito's sister Rosa

G                 A              D
  Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa
Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
G          A              D            G         A Asus Asus4/E
  Hay mira como estan las cosas!

D
  But who could blame her after she saw

G           A                         D
  Every boy die who could have gotten close to her
Rosa es joven u solo quiere
G        A           D
  Ver la belleza del mundo

                                                           G
  Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this life"

                   A               D
  Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam
Otra guerra sin razon
G                 A
  Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor

D
  And she was fighting to understand

G                   A                Bm
  When they shipped Manuelito's body home

                      G  A    G
  All she heard was-  one more shot

               A       D
  Echoing down lawless avenues
[Bridge]
       G                 D     G
  Hoy amigo,   tal igual como ayer

G                A         D
  La lucha en el barrio no cambia

           G                 D       G
  Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer

G                        A            D
  Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos

        A
  Y chingazos
D G A Asus Asus4/E [Chorus]
D                         G                     A Asus Asus4/E
  Down on a half darkened street

D                            G                  A Asus Asus4/E
  Fathers' and sons' lives repeat

D
  And something there turns them

G            A       D        G                 A Asus Asus4/E
  Down those lawless avenues
[Outro]
D                         G               A
  Down on a half darkened street   (En el calor de la calle)

D                         G                A
  Down on a half darkened street   (Buscan valor en la calle)

D                         G               A
  Down on a half darkened street   (Hasta final de la calle)
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