A7/G 302020
A7sus/G 302030
Am7/G 302010
C(add9) x32010
D(add9) x54030
Em(add9) 024000
Em/C# 042000
[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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On the curb of a city pavement, by the ash and garbage cans
D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
In the stench of rolling thunder of motor trucks and vans
Em(add9) C(add9)
There sits a little lady with brave but troubled eyes
D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
And in her arms a baby that cries and cries and cries
[Chorus]
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She cannot be more than three, but the years go fast in the slums
A7sus/G A7/G Am7/G Em(add9) D(add9)
And hard on the pangs of winter's cold, the pitiless summer comes
[Verse 2]
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The wails of sickly children she knows, she understands
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The pangs of puny bodies, the clutch of small hard hands
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The deadly blaze of August that turns men faint and mad,
D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
She quiets the peevish urchins by telling 'em dreams she had
[Chorus]
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Of heaven with its marble stairs, and ice and singing fans
A7sus/G A7/G Am7/G Em(add9) D(add9)
And God in white, so friendly there, just like the drug store man
[Interlude]
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[Chorus]
A7sus/G A7/G Am7/G Em(add9)
Of heaven with its marble stairs, and ice and singing fans
A7sus/G A7/G Am7/G Em(add9) D(add9)
And God in white, so friendly there, just like the drug store man
[Verse 3]
Em(add9) C(add9)
On the curb of a city pavement, by the ash and garbage cans
D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
In the stench of rolling thunder of motor trucks and vans
Em(add9) C(add9)
There sits a little lady with brave but troubled eyes
D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
And in her arms a baby that cries and cries and cries
[Outro]
Em(add9) C(add9)
So when you're giving millions to Belgian, Pole, and Serb
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Remember my beautiful lady, Madonna on the curb
C(add9) D(add9) Em/C# Em(add9)
Uh oh, mm mm, mm mm
