2 acessos
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 G A Asus Asus4/E With the sisters in their black and white D And all the time those city streets G A D Were teaching him another kind of wisdom G A Asus Asus4/E When to run and when to fight D Up at the playground after school G A Bm Bm A G Listening to tales of the prison system A D G D A Asus Asus4/E And those lawless avenues [Chorus] D G A Asus Asus4/E Dawn on a half darkened street D G A Asus Asus4/E A child's footsteps repeat D And something there turns them G A D G A Asus Asus4/E Down those lawless avenues [Verse 2] D Silent Joe went down so bad G A D He was the strongest fighter the avenues had G A Asus Asus4/E Stabbed in the chest--he went down swinging D Someone from some other part of town G A D No one even seen it coming down G A Asus Asus4/E And you don't hear no church bells ringing G And in the violent night the police light Bm G Sweeps across the lots and the yards A D G A Asus Asus4/E Following those lawless avenues [Chorus] D G A Asus Asus4/E Down on a half darkened street D G A Asus Asus4/E Armies advance and retreat D And struggle to take control G A D G A Asus Asus4/E From those lawless avenues [Verse 3] D Manuelito's sister Rosa G A D Ran away with a surfer from Hermosa Manuelito, cuida a Rosa G A D G A Asus Asus4/E Hay mira como estan las cosas! D But who could blame her after she saw G A D Every boy die who could have gotten close to her Rosa es joven u solo quiere G A D Ver la belleza del mundo G Manuel said-- "You gotta fight for what you want in this life" A D Just before they shipped him overseas to 'Nam Otra guerra sin razon G A Otra guerra sin fin, sin honor D And she was fighting to understand G A Bm When they shipped Manuelito's 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 G Nuestros hijos son los que han de crecer G A D Por ley de la calle, viviendo entre abrazos A Y chingazos D G A Asus Asus4/E [Chorus] D G A Asus Asus4/E Down on a half darkened street D G A Asus Asus4/E Fathers' and sons' lives repeat D And something there turns them G A D G A Asus Asus4/E Down those lawless avenues [Outro] D G A Down on a half darkened street (En el calor de la calle) D G A Down on a half darkened street (Buscan valor en la calle) D G A Down on a half darkened street (Hasta final de la calle) ...