Take Me Downtown - Mystery Wagon

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A3 A3 A3 D2 C2
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A3 A3 A3 D2 C2
Take me downtown to the courthouse, baby I'm crazy 'bout this one blonde judge
She snuggled my parents & kissed my cats & last Christmas she gave me some fudge

B3 B3 B3 E3 D3
Oh wait - I sure could us a gyro, stop right in at Myra's
The lady who's there with the blue-black hair, of her I am desirous

/E      Em              Em                  Em           Em             Am                   B  /A /G /F#
She'll never know what it took to put that arrow straight right through my heart
/E  Em                Em              Em                Em           Am           B
All I can say the next day she made a move that made my engine start
            /E Em       Am         B| B|  /A /G /F#
Oh-oh-oh      oh-oh    oh-oh
/E Em                Em               Em               Em            Am          B  /A /G /F#
 Next spring, I'll meet a bling slingin' brotha with a suitcase full of pipe
/E  Em           Em              Em                 Em           Am                B
 For the next move, Sailor Parkin' mother fuckin' all year ain't that ripe
            /E Em       Am         B| B|
Oh-oh-oh      oh-oh    oh-oh

D2                D2                    D2              D2               C2           A    ||A4 A
Gonna hop a train through the plains in the rain and talk myself to sleep
     D                     D                 D                                       C              A
I'll ease in treason of the season for no reason give me back my soul to keep
           G                C2      Bb      Ab      Bb3   A3
Oh oh oh, take me down, down, down, down, downtown
                D2     C2        Bb    C2      B     B
Keep me down, down, down, down, downtown
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A3 A3 A3 D2 C2
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A3 A3 A3 D2 C2
Take me downtown to the strip joints babe I got twenty-four hours o' leave
I'll go around the world with a New York girl 'til I stumble back less naive

B3 B3 B3 E3 D3
I ain't got no reason just to warm this seat while the J-club speakers thump loud
Foxy lady, sexy baby, when ya gonna quit the maybe come down off that cloud

/E            Em               Em                     Em                Em                Am    B /A /G /F#
The story was evolving when she started comin' calling from the attic room over mine
/E      Em                Em                       Em        Em                    Am             B
Don't be arranging, different, changing too fast 'cause you know this ain't our time
            /E Em       Am         B| B|  /A /G /F#
Oh-oh-oh      oh-oh    oh-oh
/E Em                         Em                        Em      Em            Am      B    /A /G /F#
I know what's cookin' when you're lookin' so sly-faced, Mona Lisa smile
/E  Em             Em             Em             Em                         Am            B
  Call me wise, sharp eyes, big surprise when you're walkin' down that aisle
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Oh-oh-oh      oh-oh    oh-oh

D2                  D2           D2                      D2   C2                     A    ||A4 A
Gonna drive a car far to where you are for one last time on the floor
        D                     D                  D                          D    C                     A
And do you wonder if the thunder made you blunder into surfin' that tidal bore
           G                C2      Bb      Ab      Bb3   A3
Oh oh oh, take me down, down, down, down, downtown
                D2     C2        Bb    C2      B     B
Keep me down, down, down, down, downtown
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Tempo 168

As usual Elric J kept changing the lyrics over the years
as is demonstrated by the linked versions.
These lyrics are based loosely on the originals
as performed by Mystery Wagon on
Cornucopia in the 90's with some JC mods
particularly in the 2nd verse relating to events
in the later 90's - all in the spirit of this ever-evolving gem.

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