Justin Townes Earle – Kids In The Street (Guitar)

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[Fingerpicking, never play the high E] [Chords] G2 300203 D/F# 20020x G/B 32003x Cmaj7 x3200x D 20023x Gsus4 32001x [Capo 7] [Intro] G2 G C D G2 G C D [Verse 1]
G                 Em
  My best friend lived in this house

                 Am                         D/F#
  And we played ball in the street after school

G                     Em
  God knows how he's living now

              C                      D/F#
  I heard his mom lost the house and had to move

G                         Em
  And sure, it's looking better these days

             Am           D/F#
  Well it's hard to believe

G                     Em                C  D/F#
  And this ain't the way it was back in 1993
[Chorus]
C                    D/F#
  And those weren't better days

             G                      Em
  But they still meant something to me

    C          D/F#              G
  When we was kids out in the streets
[Interlude] G2 G C D [Verse 2]
G       G/F#       Em                         C                 D/F#
  Now there was a market on the corner, it was next to the car wash

G         G/F#         Em               C           D
  And lazy weeping willow across the street in the light

            G         G/F#  Em                C          D/F#
  Where the old men played dominoes on those hot summer days

                G   G/F#   Em  C            D/F#
  Sweatin' the Wild Irish Rose out in the shade

            G    G/F#     Em                 C           D/F#
  And from Wedgewood to Granny White oh, and, Belmont to 8th

             G          G/F#   Em          C            D/F#
  All these songs was broke into a host of sights and shapes
[Chorus]
               C           D/F#
  And that was  lower-end livin'

   G         G/F#      Em
  Back when life was cheap

C              D/F#              G
  When we was kids out in the streets
[Instrumental] G G/F# Em C D G G/F# Em C D [Verse 3]
Em          G          C            D/F#         G/B  G
  Now it's gone, blown on a lonely wind of change

Em       G           C            Cmaj7
  Now I feel like I miss it most

                 Am     C                     D    D/F#
  Just 'cause I never thought that it could change

G                       Em                    C D/F#
  So I hear things are moving west these days

G                   Em            C            D/F#
  Same old cut and pasting, just filling the blanks

    G       G/F#       Em              C              D    D/F#
  Standing here right now, though it brings a lot of pain

      C               D/F#        G  Gsus4  G
  I smile when I think of yesterday
[Outro]
   C                  D
  Back when life was something

       G   G/F# Em
  Like 1,  2,   3

C              D/F#              G
  When we was kids out in the streets
C D/F# G [Intro] [Listen to recording for delayed hammer-on timing on C & D chords] G2 G C D/F#
E|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--
B|--0--------------0--------------0-----|--0h1p0-----0----------------------0--------------|--
G|-----------2--------------0-----------|------------------0-----0h---2-----------2-----0--|--
D|-----0--------0--------0-----------0--|---------2-----------0----------0-----------0-----|--
A|--------------------------------------|----3----------3----------------------------------|--
E|--3-----3-----------3--------3--------|--------------------------2-----------2-----------|--
G2 G C D/F#
E|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------|--
B|-----0--------0--------0--------------0-----|--0h---1-----0----------------------0--------------|--
G|-----------------2--------------0-----------|-------------------0-----0h---2-----------2-----0--|--
D|--------0-----------0--------0-----------0--|----------2-----------0----------0-----------0-----|--
A|--------------------------------------------|----3-----------3----------------------------------|--
E|--3--------3--------------3--------3--------|---------------------------2-----------2-----------|--