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DOWNTOWN LA
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D[Am]owntown L.A. is a d[G]epressing place
You[D] can see young men with deep lines in the[Am]ir face
Th[Am]ey could all be something [G]if somebody cared
Bu[D]t nobody knows they're even [Am]down there
O[G]ld woman walking with a s[Am]ack on her back
[G]Picking up the garbage[Am] people put out back
[G]Men down there trying [Am]to walk the line
[G]Trading their soul for [D]a bottle of w[Am]ine
I[Am]n the inner city it ai[G]n't no good
It'[D]s a long, long way from H[Am]ollywood
Ba[Am]d kind of people got a hold of t[G]he street
The[D]y got something that t[Am]he poor people need
A[G]t two in the morning they[Am] bust your head
[G]Fat chance walking you[Am]'ll end up dead
[G]It's the law of the ju[Am]ngle with a gun and a knife
[G]If you stay long enough[D] you lose you[Am]r life
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M[Am]an down there he [G]couldn't be lying
He [D]was sleeping in the street and[Am] he couldn't keep from crying
Sa[Am]id he'd been there for twenty on[G]e years
Thr[D]ough the bars and the brawls and the [Am]blues and the tears
P[G]rop up the front [Am]the back falls down
[G]All around the canyons[Am] of L.A. town
[G]When he asked me for a[Am] dollar I looked him in his face
[G]Downtown L.A. is a depr[D]essing place [Am]
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