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Intro: |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 050550 000000 050550 000000 050550 000000 050550 000000 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 1st verse: |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 7777777 777997 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| Down - town with my darling dime- store thief In the war of Inde- |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 555555 555775 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| pen- dence rock 'n roll rang sweet as victo- ry Under |||||| |||||| 333553 222442 |||||| |||||| neon signs a girl was in bloom and a woman was |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 333333 333553 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| fa- ding in a sub- urban room I said |||||| 555775 |||||| "Take me to the dance, do you want to dance, I love |||||| |||||| 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| to dance" And I told him |||||| ||| | | | |||||| |||||| 999999 999 11 11 9 777777 777997 |||||| ||| | | | |||||| |||||| "They don't take chances, they seeem so removed |||||| |||||| 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| from ro- mance They've been |||||| |||||| 555555 555775 |||||| |||||| broken in churches and schools and molded to |||||| |||||| 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| middle class circum- stance and we were |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 777777 777997 555555 555775 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| roll - in' roll - in' |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| 333333 333553 000000 000220 |||||| |||||| |||||| |||||| rock and roll - in' 2nd verse: Downtown In the dance halls and cafes Feel so wild you could break somebody's heart Just doin' the latest dance craze Gail and Louise in those push-up brassieres Tight dresses and rhinestone rings Drinkin' up the band's beer Young love was kissing under bridges Kissing in cars Kissing in cafes Walking down Main Street Kisses like bright flags on the holidays In France they kiss on Main Street Amour, mama, not cheap display And we were rollin', rollin', rock and rollin' 3rd verse: Downtown In the pinball arcade With his head full of pool hall pitches and songs from the hit parade He'd be singing "Bye, Bye, Love" While he's racking up his free play Let those rock 'n roll choir boys Come and carry us away Sometimes Chickie had the car Or Ron had the car Or Leadfoot Melvin with his hot-wire head We'd all go looking for a party Looking to raise Jesus up from the dead I'd be kissing in the backseat Thrilling to the Brando-like things that he said And we'd be rollin', rollin', rock and rollin' © 1975 Crazy Crow Music (BMI)
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