SKID ROW

(DOWNTOWN)
Words by Music by
HOWARD ASHMAN ALAN MENKEN
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A - larm goes off at sev - en and you start up - town. You put in your eight ho - urs for the

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pow-ers that have al - ways been. Till it’s five P. M.

Medium Rock beat

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Then you go down -town where the folks are broke. You go down -town where your
down -town where the cabs don’t stop. Down -town where the

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Dm E B E
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life’s a joke. You go down - town. When you buy your to - ken you
food is slop. Down - town where the hop - heads flop in the

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go. home to skid row.

snow. Down on skid row.

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(Home to skid row.) Yes, you go

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Up - town you ca - ter to a mil - lion jerks. Up - town you’re mes - sen - gers and
Up - town you ca - ter to a mil - lion whores. You dis - in - fect ter - raz - zo on their

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mail-room clerks eat - ing all your lunch - es at the hot - dog carts. The
bath-room floors. The morn-ing’s trib - u - la - tion. Af - ter - noon’s a curse. And

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boss - es take your mon - ey and they break your hearts. five o’ - clock is e - ven worse.

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That’s when you go down - town where the guys are drips.

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Down - town where they rip your slips. Down - town where re -

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E Gm E /F
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la - tion - ships are no go. Down on skid

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row. Down on skid row.

Gm E B E
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Down on skid row. Down on skid

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row. Poor, all my life

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I’ve al - ways been poor. I keep ask - ing God what I’m

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for, and he tells me, “Gee, I’m not sure. Sweep

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that floor, kid.” Oh, I start - ed life as an or -

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- phan, a child of the street here on skid row.

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He took me in, gave me shel - ter, a bed, crust of bread and a job.
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Treats me like dirt. Calls me a slob, which I am.

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So I live down - town. That’s your home ad - dress. You live

Slower

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down - town when your life’s a mess. You live down - town where de -

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pres-sion’s jes’ sta - tus quo. Down on skid

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sus2
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row.
Some-one show me a way to get out - a here, ’cause I con-stant - ly pray

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sus2 Dm E B /E E
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I’ll get out - a here. Please, won’t some-bod - y say I’ll get out - a here.

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Some - one gim - me my shot or I’ll rot here.

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Show me how and I will, I’ll get out - a here. I’ll start climb -in’ up - hill
Gee, it sure would be swell to get out - a here, bid the gut - ter fare - well

Down - town there’s no rules for us. Down - town cause it’s
down - town where the sun don’t shine. Down - town past the

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and get out - a here. Some -one tell me I still could get out - a here.
and get out - a here. I’d move heav -en and hell to get out - a skid,

dan - ger - ous. Down -town where the rain-bow’s just a no

bot - tom line. Down -town. Go ask an - y win - o. He’ll

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Some-one tell la - dy luck that I’m stuck here. I’d do I dun - no what

show. When you live know.

accel. to medium tempo

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F7sus4

to get out - a skid, but a hell of a lot to get out - a skid,

Down - town.

peo - ple tell me there’s not a way out - a skid, but be - lieve me, I’ve got -

Down - town. Down - town.

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- ta get out - a skid row.

Skid row.

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