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EI've got to go downtown
I'll miss you along the Away
EI miss your stripes, your ALily whites
That have F#mturned dirty Dgray
EI've got to pay that bus
I've got to make that Afare
EI'll miss the kiss and your Acrooked teeth
F#mMiss your pixie Dhair
[Chorus]
ACause I hate to see yEou suffering
ADon?t ever want your Eprison Ablue eyes Dto be F#msad, not Aonce
EI know its not hDow it Agoes
EBut this woDrrying is underAsold Ohhh
EI've got to go down East
Walk down Elliott AStreet
EWave to the murals with my Alittle girl
F#mWatch the cracks in the Dconcrete
EI hear the rain outside
I hear the bell strike Alate
EIt's that you out here coming Aoff the street
F#mOr just the wind blowing the Dgates?
[Chorus]
ACause I hate to see yEou suffering
ADon?t ever want your Eprison Ablue eyes Dto be F#msad, not Aonce
EI know its not hDow it Agoes
EBut this woDrrying is underAsold Ohhh
[Whistling]  E then Verse progression (E, A, E, A, F#m, D)x2
(Soft strum)
ACause I hate to see yEou suffering
ADon?t ever want your Eprison Ablue eyes Dto be F#msad, not Aonce
EI know its not hDow it Agoes
EBut this woDrrying is underAsold Ohhh
         E         A   E(fade)
[unclear] I don't know

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Prison Blue Eyes Downtown

by Chadwick Stokes

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F#m

I've got to go downtown

I'll miss you along the way

E A

I miss your stripes, your Lily whites

F#m D

That have turned dirty gray

I've got to pay that bus

I've got to make that fare

E A

I'll miss the kiss and your crooked teeth

F#m D

Miss your pixie hair

[Chorus]

A E

Cause I hate to see you suffering

A E A D F#m A

Don?t ever want your prison blue eyes to be sad, not once

E D A

I know its not how it goes

E D A

But this worrying is undersold Ohhh

I've got to go down East

Walk down Elliott Street

E A

Wave to the murals with my little girl

F#m D

Watch the cracks in the concrete

I hear the rain outside

I hear the bell strike late

E A

It's that you out here coming off the street

F#m D

Or just the wind blowing the gates?

[Chorus]

A E

Cause I hate to see you suffering

A E A D F#m A

Don?t ever want your prison blue eyes to be sad, not once

E D A

I know its not how it goes

E D A

But this worrying is undersold Ohhh

[Whistling] E then Verse progression (E, A, E, A, F#m, D)x2

(Soft strum)

A E

Cause I hate to see you suffering

A E A D F#m A

Don?t ever want your prison blue eyes to be sad, not once

E D A

I know its not how it goes

E D A

But this worrying is undersold Ohhh

E A E

(fade)

[unclear] I don't know

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