Down In The Bowery

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
Instrumental Intro [C] [Em] [Am] [G] (same strum pattern as the verse)

Every{[C]}body's got to {[Em]}dance with the blues some {[Am]}times{[G]}
Every{[C]}body's got to {[Em]}feel feel something they don't want to feel some{[Am]}times{[G]}
I'd {[F]}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {[C]}wear it?{[G]}
If you {[F]}had one moment to spare would you come down and {[C]}share it?{[G]}

I want you {[C]}out on the streets {[G]}making a noise for every{[F]}body
I want to hear your {[C]}voice up above the {[G]}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{[F]}{[Dm7]}
Down in The Bowery{[F]} {[Dm7]}

I hope you {[C]}live long enough to for{[Em]}get half the stuff that they {[Am]}taught you {[G]}
And when it's {[C]} all said and done I hope you {[Em]} got your own set of rules to hang {[Am]}on to{[G]}
I'd {[F]}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {[C]}wear it?{[G]}
If you {[F]}had one moment to spare would you come down and {[C]}share it?{[G]}

I want you {[C]}out on the streets {[G]}making a noise for every{[F]}body
I want to hear your {[C]}voice up above the {[G]}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{[F]}{[Dm7]}
Down in The Bowery{[F]} {[Dm7]}

Instrumental [C] [Em] [Am] [G]

I hope you {[C]}live long enough to for{[Em]}get half the stuff that they {[Am]}taught you {[G]}
And when it's {[C]} all said and done I hope you {[Em]} got your own set of rules to hang {[Am]}on to{[G]}
I'd {[F]}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {[C]}wear it?{[G]}
If you {[F]}had one moment to spare would you come down and {[C]}share it?{[G]}

I want you {[C]}out on the streets {[G]}making a noise for every{[F]}body
I want to hear your {[C]}voice up above the {[G]}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{[F]}{[Dm7]}
Down in The Bowery{[F]} {[Dm7]}
Down in The Bowery{[F]} {[Dm7]}
{[C]}