Downtown (chromatic) Harmonica Tabs

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