Justin Townes Earle - Kids in the street

^D My best friend l^Bmived in this house And we played b^Emall in the street after sch^Aool ^D God knows how he's l^Bmiving now I head his m^Gom lost the house and h^Aad to move ^D And sure, it's looking b^Bmetter these days Well it's h^Emard to believ^Ae ^D And this ain't the w^Bmay it was back in ^G199^A3

^G And those weren't b^Aetter days But they st^Dill meant something m^Bmean Wh^Gen we was k^Aids out in the str^Deets

^D Now th^A/C#ere was a m^Bmarket on the corner, it was^G next to the car w^Aash ^{A6 D} And lazy^A/C# weeping will^Bmow across the str^Geet in the l^Aight^A6 Where the ^Dold men pl^A/C#ayed d^Bmominoes on those h^Got summer d^Aays ^A6 Sweatin' the W^Dild ^A/C#Irish R^Bmose ^Gout in the sh^Aade ^A6 And from W^Dedgew^A/C#ood to Gr^Bmanny White oh, and,^G Belmont to ^A8th ^A6 All these s^Dongs was br^A/C#oke int^Bmo a host of^G sights and sh^Aapes

And that was ^Glower-end l^Aivin' B^Dack when l^A/C#ife was ch^Bmeap ^G When we was k^Aids out in the str^Deets

^Bm Now it's g^Done, blown ^Gon a lonely w^Aind of change^{D Bm A Bm} Now I f^Deel like I m^Giss it most Just 'cause I n^Emever th^Gought that it could ch^Aange ^{A/E A D} So I hear things are m^Bmoving west these days ^{G A D} Same old cut and p^Bmasting, just f^Gilling the bl^Aanks St^Danding h^A/C#ere right n^Bmow, though it br^Gings a lot of p^Aain I sm^Gile when I think^A, yesterday ^D

B^Gack when life was s^Aomething Like ^D1, ^A/C#2, ^Bm3 ^G When we was k^Aids out in the str^Deets