Emerald Street
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
[Intro]
D#m C#5 F# E B x2
[Verse]
D#m
Pregnant teens on the Barton Street bus
D#m
Homeless people living off crust
D#m
And there's a beat-up town car - it's starting to rust
D#m
Hard soles are kicking up dust
D#m
Half a million people living in the corpse of the brown brick 50's
D#m
To the north, all the small town outcasts are now the big city bourgeoisie
[Prechorus]
A#m
All the boys in the halfway houses
B
Wave to the girls of Emerald Street
[Chorus]
D#m C# B
Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on
D#m C# B
We'll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on
[Intro chords]
D#m C#5 F# E B x2
[Verse 2]
D#m
The desperate, downtown stealing bikes
C#5 F# E B
Drunks in the village are picking fights
D#m
So, police line the streets to read them their rights
C#5 F# E B
No controlling hot summer nights
D#m C#5 F# E B
The sun goes down on the edge of town, at the end of everyday
D#m
We sit and watch the stack, on fire, to the east across the bay
A#m
All the boys in the halfway houses
B
Wave to the girls of Emerald Street
[Chorus]
D#m C#5 B
Our calloused fingers, blood red on the brick - but we hold on
D#m C#5 B
We'll never falter, though they want us to slip - we hold on
How to play Emerald Street
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is E. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.