Boomtown Rats - Joeys on the street again
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Joey's On The Street Again - The Boomtown Rats
Tabbed by: Mick 2009
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ASooner or later when the Ddawn was breaking
The joint was jumping and the walls were shaking
Joey sneaked in the backdoor way
Pretending he was with the band, he never used to pay
He wasE no great draw at pulling the chicks
He used to Dlie against the wall like he was holding up the bricks
And Eall the things that guy used to do to get his kicks
He was a Dlegand in his lifetime with the neighborhood kids
They said "F#mjoeyF#m did tF#mhis" F#mand F#m"F#mjoey did that"
Oh that F#mguy F#mwas crazy, F#mwhat a F#mcrazF#my cat F#m
Then something F#mstrange F#mwould happen,F#m there's trouble F#mon tF#mhe wayF#m
And trouble F#monlyF#m means one F#mthing...A A A A A E Joey's on the street
aAgaiDn he's on Athe sDtreet
AJoey grew older, Dolder without a cause
Got married, had some kids and had his brushes with the law
Settled down and got a job, then said "I'm leaving" one day
"I've gotta hang loose a while, take care while I'm away."
EPeople said they'd seen him, they were nearly always wrong
Dno one knew how much he had, where he'd gone or for how long
'Til one Eday there came a rumor, floating from the docks
Saying a Dcrazy stranger had been found lying among the rocks
They said "F#mjoeyF#m did tF#mhis" F#mand F#m"F#mjoey did that"
Oh that F#mguy F#mwas crazy, F#mwhat a F#mcrazF#my cat F#m
And no one F#mquite F#mbelieved itF#m, all rumors F#mare F#mthe sameF#m
And now if F#msomeF#mthing happensF#m they say...A A A A A E Joey's on the street
aAgaiDn he's on Athe sDtreet
(Sax Solo)
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F#m F#m F#m X7
A A A A A E
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When joey Amoved away D
A lot of the Akids said "I can't sDtay around here"
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They said "A;I'm moving out, D
going away" D
They said "A;I'm leaving, D
getting out"
They said "A;I'm leaving, D
going away, going away, going away"
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They said "A;I'm leaving, I'm leaving,D I'm leaving, I'm leaving"
Gonna Ago somewhere where it Ddoesn't stink
Away from the alleys, somewhere I can think
Wash the dirt from my hands, watch it wash down the sink
It's a strain on the brain living close to the brink
Look at the brickwall gravestone where some kid was sprayed
Saying nobody could be bothered here to rule o.k
Don't believe it, don't believe it what they say on tv
There's no roAmance, no roDmance
no romance there's no romance
no romance, no romance
no romance For joey in this city
A D x24 to fade
Mick 2009