Dark Side Of Town chords
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C F
He was the black sheep of the family
C F
How did mama’s pride and joy
C F
Go from such a precious baby
G
To the devil’s poster boy
C F
I’m gonna slick my hair like Elvis
C F
Roll my cuffs like Jerry Lee
C F
If the backbeat’s born in hell
G
Then that’s the place I want to be
F C
Gonna be a midnight rider
F C
Gonna burn my candle down
F C
Followin that drivin’ beat
Dm F
To the dark side of town
C F
From the barrooms of Deep Ellum
C F
To the crashpads on the bay
C F
He spiraled slow and steady
G
Down a lonely blue hiway
C F
I’m gonna chase my beer with whiskey
C F
Stick a needle in my skin
C F
Gonna celebrate the mystery
G
Of the hole I’ve fallen in
F C
‘Cause I’m a midnite rider
F C
Gonna burn my candle down
F C
Followin’ that drivin’ beat
Dm F
To the dark side of town
C F
He loved that funky music
C F
He knew the backroad scenes
C F
Every barbeque and blues band
G
Between here and New Orleans
C F
He put down the bottle
C F
October ‘89
C F
Eased up on the throttle
G
bought him a little time
F C
But he was a midnite rider
F C
He burned that candle down
F C
Hangin’ out on easy does it street
Dm F
On the dark side of town
C F
Big Al settled down
C F
Along the banks of Onion creek
C F
With a pickup and a hound dog
G
And a little lucky streak
C F
He nursed that fragile frame
C F
Through the hurricanes and drought
C F
It was a summer wind that came
G
And blew the candle out
F C
But he was a midnite rider
F C
He burned that candle down
F C
Followin that drivin’ beat
Dm F
To the dark side of town
F C
Oh you midnite rider
F C
I know you’re still around
F C
Hangin’ out on easy street
Dm
On the dark side of town
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F C
On the dark side of town