Misc Musicals – Little Shop Of Horrors - Skid Row Downtown (Guitar)

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[Intro]
Bb
  Alarm goes off at seven

        Gm
and you start uptown.

    Dm
You put in your eight hours

        Cm               F      Bb
for the powers that have always been.

F
(Sing it, child.)

Gm              Cm F
Til it's five PM
N.C. Then you go [Verse 1]
Bb      F
Downtown

          Bb
Where the folks are broke
You go
Dm      A
Downtown

           Dm
Where your life's a joke
You go
Eb      Bb
Downtown

         Eb                  Gm  F
When you buy your token, you go-
N.C. Home to Skid Row!
Gm
Home to Skid Row!

F
(Yes, you go)
[Verse 2]
Bb      F
Downtown

          Bb
Where the cabs don't stop.

Dm      A
Downtown

          Dm
Where the food is slop.

Eb      Bb
Downtown

          Eb                      Gm   F
Where the hop-heads flop in the snow!
N.C. Down on Skid Row! Bb F Bb [Bridge]
Eb
Uptown you cater to a million jerks

Gm
Uptown your messengers and mailroom clerks

Cm              Gm             Cm7
Eatin' all your lunches at the hot-dog carts

    F
The bosses take your money
And they break your hearts
    Eb
And uptown you cater to a million whores

    Gm
You disinfect terrazzo on their bathroom floors

     Cm
Your morning's tribulation afternoons a curse

                         F
And five o'clock is even worse!
N.C. (That's when you go) [Audrey's Solo]
Bb      F
Downtown

          Bb
Where the guys are drips.

Dm      D
Downtown

           Dm
Where they rip your slips.

Eb
Downtown

                           Gm F
Where relationships are no-go.
N.C. Down on Skid Row!
 Bb   F       Bb
(Down on Skid Row!)

 Gm
(Down on Skid Row!)

 Eb
(Down on Skid Row!)

              Cm   F
(Down on Skid Row!)
[Seymour's Solo]
Gm
Poor!

                              Eb
All my life, I've always been poor!

                           GM
I keep asking God what I'm for,

                                 Dm
And he tells me, "Gee, I'm not sure...

      Cm           F
Sweep that floor, kid"

Cm
Oh!

                        Gm
I started life as an orphan,

                                    Cm
A child of the street, here on Skid Row!

                          Gm
He took me in, gave me shelter,

                Gb7
A bed, crust of bread, and a job-

Bb
Treats me like dirt,

C
Calls me a slob,

        Fsus4 F
Which I am!
So I live... [Verse 4]
Bb
Downtown
That's your home address, ya live
Dm
Downtown
When your life's a mess, ya live
Eb
Downtown

                            F  Gm  F
Where depression's jes' status quo!
N.C. Down on Skid Row! [Seymour's Solo]
Bb
Someone show me a way to get outa here

Dm
Cause I constantly pray I'll get outa here

Eb
Please won't somebody say I'll get outa here

Gm                            F
Someone gimme my shot or I'll rot here!

Bb
Show me how and I will, (Downtown)
I'll get outa here (There's no rules for us)
Dm
I'll start climbin' up hill (Downtown)
and get outa here (Cause it's dangerous)
Eb
Someone tell me I still (Downtown)
could get outa here (Where the rainbow's just)
Gm
Someone tell lady luck (A no-show)

F
that I'm stuck here
(When you live) [Verse 5]
Bb      F
Gee, it sure would

                Bb
be swell to get outta here

Dm
Bid the gutter farewell and get outta here

Em
I'd move heaven and hell to get outa Skid

Gm                     F
I'd do I-dunno-what to get outta Skid,

Gm                     F
But a hell of a lot to get outta Skid,

Gm                    F
People tell me theres not a way outta Skid

Gm                      F
But believe me I gotta get outta

     Bb
Skid Row!