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Downtown chords\r\n<\/span>Petula Clark *\r\n<\/span> \r\n[D] When you're alone a<\/span><\/span>nd life is [G] making you [A7] lonely, <\/span><\/span>you can [D] always go [G] down- [A7] -town - - - - <\/span><\/span>[D] When you've got worries, <\/span><\/span>all the [G] noise and the [A7] hurry s<\/span><\/span>eems to [D] help, I know, [G] down- [A7] -town\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nJust [D] listen to the music of the [Bm] traffic in the city.  <\/span><\/span>[D] Linger on the sidewalk where the [Bm] neon signs are pretty.  <\/span><\/span>[F#m] How can you lose?  <\/span><\/span>[G] The lights are much brighter there, y<\/span><\/span>ou can for- [E] -get all your troubles, forget all your cares and go\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS }<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\r\n<\/span> \r\n[D] Don't hang around a<\/span><\/span>nd let your [G] problems [A7] surround you t<\/span><\/span>here are [D] movie shows [G] down- [A7] -town.  <\/span><\/span>[D] Maybe you know <\/span><\/span>some little [G] places to [A7] go to <\/span><\/span>where they [D] never close [G] down- [A7] -town\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nJust [D] listen to the rhythm of a [Bm] gentle bossanova.  <\/span><\/span>[D] You'll be dancing with 'em too [Bm] before the night is over.  <\/span><\/span>[F#m] Happy again  <\/span><\/span>[G] The lights are much brighter there, y<\/span><\/span>ou can for- [E] -get all your troubles, forget all your cares and go\r\n<\/span><\/span>\r\n{ CHORUS }<\/span> - - - [D] Downtown, [G] things'll be great when you're [D] Downtown, [G] no finer place for sure, [D] Downtown, [G] everything's [A7] waiting for [D] you<\/span><\/strong>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\nAnd [D] you may find somebody kind to [Bm] help and understand you  <\/span><\/span>[D] Someone who is just like you and [Bm] needs a gentle hand to.  <\/span><\/span>[F#m]<\/span> <\/span>Guide them along  <\/span><\/span>[G] So, maybe I'll see you there <\/span><\/span>we can for- [E] -get all our troubles, forget all our cares and go\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n{ CHORUS } - - -<\/span> <\/strong>\r\n<\/span><\/span> \r\n[D] Down- [A7] -town  - - - -  - - - -  [D] Down- [A7] -town\r\n\r\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/pre>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
 {t: Downtown }  \r\n{key: C}  \r\n{artist:Petula Clark}  \r\nTony Hatch, Petula Clark -  (But in E \u2013 Capo on 4th)  \r\n{c: } \r\n[C] When you're [Cmaj7] alone and life is [F] making you [G7] lonely   \r\nYou can [C] always go [F] down[G]town   \r\n[C] When you've got [Cmaj7] worries, all the[F]  noise and the [G7] hurry   \r\nSeems to [C] help, I know, [F] down[G]town   \r\n{c: } \r\nJust [C] listen to the music of the [Am] traffic in the city   \r\n[C] Linger on the sidewalk where the [Am] neon signs are pretty   \r\n[Em7]  How can you lose?   \r\n[F] The [G7] lights [F] are [G7] much [F] brigh[G7]ter [F] there   \r\n[G7] You [F] can [G7] for-[D7]get all your troubles, forget all your cares   \r\n{c: } \r\nSo go [C] down[Cmaj7]town   \r\n[F] Things will be [G] great when you're [C] down[Cmaj7]town   \r\n[F] You\u2019ll find a [G] place for sure, [C]  down[Cmaj7]town   \r\n[F] Everything's [G] waiting for [C] you   \r\n{c: } \r\n[C] Down[F]town [Cmaj7] [F],      [C] Down[F] town [Cmaj7] [F]   \r\n{c: } \r\n[C] Don't hang [Cmaj7] around and let your [F] problems su[G7]rround you   \r\nThere are [C] movie [Cmaj7] shows [C] down[G]town   \r\n[C] Maybe you [Cmaj7] know some little [F] places to [G7] go to   \r\nWhere they [C] never [Cmaj7] close [C] down[G]town   \r\n{c: } \r\nJust [C] listen to the rhythm of a [Am] gentle bossa nova   \r\n[C] You'll be dancing with 'em too be[Am]fore the night is over   \r\n[Em7] Happy again   \r\n[F] The [G7] lights [F] are [G7] much [F] brigh[G7]ter [F] there   \r\n[G7] You [F] can [G7] for[D7]get all your troubles, forget all your cares   \r\n{c: } \r\nSo go [C] down-[Cmaj7]town,      \r\n[F] where all the [G] lights are bright,  [C] Down[Cmaj7]town,    \r\n[F] waiting for you to[G]night, [C] down[Cmaj7]town   \r\n[F] You're gonna be al[G]right now, [C]   \r\n{c: } \r\n(repeat and fade\u2026..)   \r\n[C] Down[F]town [Cmaj7] [F],    [C] Down[F]town [Cmaj7] [F],       \r\n[C] Down[F]town [Cmaj7] [F],    [C] Down[F]town [Cmaj7] [F]<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
KEY OF C BELOW Downtown chords Petula Clark * [D] When you’re alone and life is [G] making you [A7] lonely, you can [D] always go [G] down- [A7] -town – – – – [D] When you’ve got worries, all the [G] noise and the [A7] hurry seems to [D] … CLICK TO VIEW SONGDowntown<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,117,115,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-264","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-live-baritone","category-live-piano","category-live-tenor","category-uke-juke"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=264"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/264\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.robertandrews.net\/songs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}