This Side of Town
© 2022 by Paul Sacco rev 4/17/23
(Bass and Drums start)
A7
V1 hey ------
what you doin’ in my room
The man is comin’, comin’ for me
gotta ditch the spoon
D7
All right, I’m outa bed (piano starts here)
must be the moon in my head… (chop chop)
CHORUS (whole band sings)
A7
Some escape it, some deny it, some like to slow it down,
Life is wasted, when you try it,
E7 A7
on this side of town
V2 Comin’ home, I should have learned (start more piano)
must a taken a wrong turn
Lit him up, got what he earned,
guess he was born to burn
D7
All right, I’m outa bed
must be the moon in my head… (chop chop)
CHORUS (whole band sings)
LEAD LONG – Paul (Long -Like V1 but come back to A7)
D7 (piano fills throughout) A7
INTERLUDE – You’ve got to run when they’ve got the gun, you got to find the door
D7 C B
or end it all in this place of hell, out on the cutting floor… (short break)
CHORUS (a cappella “some escape it, some deny it”) Hold A7 -then rest of chorus
End on A7 -- Or (Optional Ken Lead 1,2,3,4) Ken can take off with ending lead.