Downtown (chromatic)

DOWNTOWN
By: Tony Hatch
Petula Clark
Key: G

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When you're a-lone 
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and life is mak-ing you lone-ly 
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You can al-ways go down-town 
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When you've got wor-ries, 
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all the noise and the hur-ry 
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Seems to help, I know down-town 
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Just lis-ten to the mu-sic 
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of the traf-fic in the ci-ty 
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Lin-ger on the side-walk 
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where the ne-on signs are pret-ty 
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How can you lose? 

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The lights are much bright-er there 
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You can for-get all your trou-bles,  
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For-get all your cares 
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So go down-town,  
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Things-'ll be great when you're 
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Down-town no fin-er place, for sure 
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Down-town ev-‘ry-thing's wait-ing for you 

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Don't hang a-round and let 
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your prob-lems sur-round you 
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There are mov-ie shows down-town 
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May-be you know some lit-tle 
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Plac-es to go to 
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Where they nev-er close down-town 
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Just lis-ten to the rhy-thm 
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of a gen-tle bos-sa no-va 
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You'll be danc-ing with him too 
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Be-fore the night is  o-ver 
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Hap-py a-gain 

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The lights are much bright-er there 
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You can for-get all your trou-bles,  
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For-get all your cares 
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So go down-town,  
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Things-'ll be great when you're 
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Down-town no fin-er place, for sure 
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Down-town ev-‘ry-thing's wait-ing for you 
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where all the lights are bright 
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Down-town wait-ing for you to-night 
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Down-town you're gon-na be al-right now 

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And you may find some-bod-y kind 
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to help and un-der-stand you 
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Some-one who is just like you 
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and needs a gen-tle hand to 
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Guide them a-long 

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So may-be I'll see you there 
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We can for-get all our trou-bles,  
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For-get all our cares 
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So go down-town,  
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Things-'ll be great when you're 
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Down-town - don't wait a min-ute more 
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Down-town  ev-‘ry-thing's wait-ing for you 
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Down-town, down-town, down-town, down-town