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GthCe Emsame old loose lipped cannon 
speaks for you today 
alone without your talent 
there’s not much to say
GloCve Emis all gone wrong
so many lost today
GanCd Fthe reasons why they’ve
vanished in the haze
D(2F*) calling downtown
Cno GrDeasons do they owe you
tell me how’d you think it came to be
calling downtown
calling Fdowntown
ChoGw Dthey come to love you
when you didn’t want to set them free
C G D
G C(with intro)
Gwe CdEmon’t forgive to know you
will you ever see
GknCow Emreasons do we owe you
how’d it come to be
GthCe Emleaves have lost their shadows
deep amongst the grey
Gi ChoFpe that you’ll be friendly 
i heard someone say
D(2F*) calling downtown
Cno GrDeasons do they owe you
tell me how’d you think it came to be
calling downtown
calling Fdowntown
ChoGw Dthey come to love you
when you didn’t want to set them free
Instrumental over verse
 G   C   Em(a few times)
D F
it’s a Cstranger (calling downtown)
the Gfurther away you Dget
(calling downtowFn, calling downtown)
it’s a Cstranger (calling downtown)
the Gfurther away you Dget
its easy to start from the back of the line 
where there’s Fno one to tell you you’re still behind
it’s a Cstranger the Gfurther away you Dget
and you never miss your friends
until you can’t relate to the peopFle beside you here today .
it’s a Cstranger the Gfurther away you Dget
calling downtown
calling downtown

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Downtown

by Alex Lloyd

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G C Em

the same old loose lipped cannon

speaks for you today

alone without your talent

there’s not much to say

G C Em

love is all gone wrong

so many lost today

G C F

and the reasons why they’ve

vanished in the haze

D F

(2*) calling downtown

C G D

no reasons do they owe you

tell me how’d you think it came to be

calling downtown

C G D

how they come to love you

when you didn’t want to set them free

C G D

G C(with intro)

G C Em

we don’t forgive to know you

will you ever see

G C Em

know reasons do we owe you

how’d it come to be

G C Em

the leaves have lost their shadows

deep amongst the grey

G C F

i hope that you’ll be friendly

i heard someone say

D F

(2*) calling downtown

C G D

no reasons do they owe you

tell me how’d you think it came to be

calling downtown

C G D

how they come to love you

when you didn’t want to set them free

Instrumental over verse

G C Em

(a few times)

D F

it’s a stranger (calling downtown)

G D

the further away you get

(calling downtown, calling downtown)

it’s a stranger (calling downtown)

G D

the further away you get

its easy to start from the back of the line

where there’s no one to tell you you’re still behind

C G D

it’s a stranger the further away you get

and you never miss your friends

until you can’t relate to the people beside you here today .

C G D

it’s a stranger the further away you get

calling downtown

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