This song is generally in the key of D though it modulates a bit with the use of
chords borrowed from the key of Dm.

G/A* played as XX7787
Eb/F* played as XX3343 otherwise play as X8888X
F/G* played as 3X3211 otherwise play as X 10 10 10 10 X




[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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[Verse 1]
             
 Windin' your 

        
way down on Ba

    
ker Street
             
 Lite in your 

        
head and dead 

         
on your feet
            
Well another c

           
razy day, you'

             
ll drink the n

     
ight away
             
And forget abo

      
ut every - thi

ng


[Verse 2]
          
 This city des

            
ert makes you 

       
feel so cold
             
 It's got  so 

         
many people bu

             
t it's got no 

 
soul
            
And it's takin

           
g you so long 

             
to find out yo

       
u were wrong
             
When you thoug

           
ht it held eve

   
ry - thing


[Bridge 1]
           
   You used to

           
 think that it

        
 was so  easy
           
   You used to

           
 say that it w

      
as so  easy
        
But you're try

           
in', you're tr

     
yin' now
        
   Another yea

              
r and then you

       
'll be  happy
           
   Just one mo

           
re year and th

           
en you'll be  


happy
        
But you're cry

         
in', you're cr

     
yin'   now


[Chorus]
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[Verse 3]
             
 Way down the 

         
street there's

             
 a light in hi

  
s place
            
He opens the d

          
oor he's got t

             
hat look on hi

   
s face
            
And he asks yo

              
u where you've

          
 been, You tel

              
l him who you'

   
ve seen
             
And you talk a

      
bout any - thi

ng


[Verse 4]
             
 He's got this

        
 dream about b

           
uyin' some lan


d
             
 He's gonna gi

          
ve up the booz

            
e and the one 

       
night stands
            
And then he'll

           
 settle down, 

             
in some quiet 

       
little town
             
And forget abo

      
ut every - thi

ng


[Bridge 2]
        
   But you kno

              
w he'll always

   
 keep movin'
           
   You know he

           
's never gonna

     
 stop movin'
        
'Cause he's  r

             
ollin', he's t

        
he rollin' sto

   
ne
           
   And when yo

           
u wake up, it'

        
s a new mornin

'
           
   The sun is 

           
shinin', it's 

       
a new mornin'
        
You're goin', 

    
you're goin'  

      
  home


[Chorus]
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[Interlude]
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[Solo]
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[Outro]
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