Richard Shindell - Easy street

We never^F say good^Cbye And I never make you ^Gcry ^C Arm in arm and ^Feye to ^Ceye We watch the years go ^Gby ^F C G Am G-F You say goodnight and go upstairs As I drift ^Coff in my ^Geasy chair ^F C G Am-G-F I know exactly how it ought to be You and ^CI keeping^G company

Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^C Never a ^Gdoubt, ^Fne

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ver a ^Gcare Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^{Dm F C G C}

Our sins are all for^Fgiven here ^C We thank god just for ^Gbeing there ^C For laying nature's ^Fbounty ^Cbare When we pushed back the ^Gwild frontier ^F C G Am G-F Though we are saved by grace alone Still we re^Cgret that ^Gepisode ^F C G Am G-F When Spanish gold and Indian bones Were buried ^Cunder these ^Gcobblestones

Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^C Never a ^Gdoubt, ^Fne

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ver a ^Gcare Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^{Dm F C G C}

You never^F told that ^Clie That I could never ^Glet slip by ^C You never tried so^F hard to ^Chide What I never saw with ^Gmy own eyes ^F C G Am G-F We never watched our first blush fade From summer ^Cglow to ^Gwinter shade ^F We never ^Clooked for^G greener ^Amdays ^G And ^FI never ^Cwonder if I ^Gshould've stayed

Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^C Never a ^Gdoubt, ^Fne

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ver a ^Gcare Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^C Never a ^Gdoubt, ^Fne

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ver a ^Gcare Down on^C easy ^Fstreet ^{Dm F C G F C}