Key: G
Introduction: G
Em C G
but the people knew the difference between a smile and a frown
Em D D7
and it didn't cost a penny to shake a hand or two
Em C G
and if you help to make it thru the dark
Em D
I would do the same thing to you.
C D G
2.)
Bad side of town, old soldiers never like down
Em C G
got a penny in the pocket for a bottle of brown
Em D D7
and the women talk a giggling, the mothers everyone
Em C G
and the cildren play with the children
Em D
and the children always had fun.
I can hear the river flow, inside of everyone
C G Am E Am
in spite of everyone, the tide is on the turn.
D Bm B Em G- D7
3.)
And the bad side of town, was named by nameless men
Em C G
do they knew themselves as faces never as friends.
Em D D7
And the bad side of town, for sure it got to pull down
Em C G
and the people who lives to people, never put their faces down.
I can hear the river flow, inside of everyone
C G Am E Am
in spite of everyone, the tide is on the turn.
D Bm B Em G- D7
I can hear the river flow, inside of everyone
C G Am E Am
in spite of everyone, the tide is on the turn.