Lawless Avenues

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                                 
  With the sisters in their black 
    G          A Asus Asus4/E
and white
D
  And all the time those city 
streets
G                      A         
  Were teaching him another kind 
   D
of wisdom
                          G        
  When to run and when to fight
              A Asus Asus4/E

D
  Up at the playground after school
G              A                  
  Listening to tales of the prison
 Bm            Bm A G
 system
            A       D       G     
  And those lawless avenues
 D             A Asus Asus4/E



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

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

D
  And something there turns them
G            A       D          
  Down those lawless avenues
    G            A Asus Asus4/E



[Verse 2]
D
  Silent Joe went down so bad
G                      A         
  He was the strongest fighter 
          D
the avenues had
  Stabbed in the chest--he went down
 G           A Asus Asus4/E
 swinging
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D
  Someone from some other part of 
town
G             A              D
  No one even seen it coming down
  And you don't hear no church bells
 G           A Asus Asus4/E
 ringing
             G
  And in the violent night the 
police light
  Sweeps across the lots and the 
Bm     G
yards
                  A       D       
  Following those lawless avenues
     G         A Asus Asus4/E



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

D                      G         
  Armies advance and retreat
                A Asus Asus4/E

D
  And struggle to take control
G            A       D           
  From those lawless avenues
 G              A Asus Asus4/E



[Verse 3]
D
  Manuelito's sister Rosa
G                 A        
  Ran away with a surfer from 
      D
Hermosa

  Manuelito, cuida a Rosa
G          A              D     
  Hay mira como estan las cosas!
       G         A Asus Asus4/E

D
  But who could blame her after she 
saw
G           A               
  Every boy die who could have 
          D
gotten close to her

  Rosa es joven u solo quiere
G        A           D
  Ver la belleza del mundo
  Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for
                       G
 what you want in this life"
                   A          
  Just before they shipped him 
     D
overseas to 'Nam

  Otra guerra sin razon
G                 A
  Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor
D
  And she was fighting to understand
G                   A            
  When they shipped Manuelito's 
    Bm
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    
  Nuestros hijos son los que han 
   G
de crecer
G                        A   
  Por ley de la calle, viviendo 
         D
entre abrazos
        A
  Y chingazos

D                         G      

               A Asus Asus4/E


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

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

D
  And something there turns them
G            A       D        G
  Down those lawless avenues
                 A Asus Asus4/E



[Otro]

D                         G      
  Down on a half darkened street 
         A
  (En el calor de la calle)
D                         G      
  Down on a half darkened street 
          A
  (Buscan valor en la calle)
D                         G      
  Down on a half darkened street 
         A
  (Hasta final de la calle)
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