{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1932577,"song":"Downtown La","artist":"J.J. Cale","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11432235-downtown-la-chords-by-j-j-cale/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1932577?type=chord","rating":4.66593,"votes":19,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDowntown L.A. is a depressing place[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou can see young men with deep lines in their face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch] \r\nThey could all be something if somebody cared[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut nobody knows they're even down there[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nOld woman walking with a sack on her back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nPicking up the garbage people put out back[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMen down there trying to walk the line[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nTrading their soul for a bottle of wine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the inner city it ain't no good[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's a long, long way from Hollywood[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nBad kind of people got a hold of the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey got something that the poor people need[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nAt two in the morning they bust your head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFat chance walking you'll end up dead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIt's the law of the jungle with a gun and a knife[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you stay long enough you lose your life[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMan down there he couldn't be lying[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe was sleeping in the street and he couldn't keep from crying[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch] \r\nSaid he'd been there for twenty one years[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThrough the bars and the brawls and the blues and the tears[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nProp up the front the back falls down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAll around the canyons of L.A. town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhen he asked me for a dollar I looked him in his face[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDowntown L.A. is a depressing place[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] \r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch] (x3)\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nAm  G \nD  Am\nAm  G\nD  Am\nG  Am (x3)\nG  D  Am\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nAm  G \nD  Am\nAm  G\nD  Am\nG  Am (x3)\nG  D  Am\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nAm  G \nD  Am\nAm  G\nD  Am\nG  Am (x3)\nG  D  Am","chords":["Am","G","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}