Rodriguez - Inner City Blues Ukulele Chords

[Opening]
[D] [D] [D] [D] [G] [G7]
[D]Going down dirty inner city side road I [G7]plotted
[D]Madness passed me by, she smiled hi, I [G7]nodded
[D]Looked up as the sky [A7]began to cry, [D]she shot it

[section 2]
[D]Met a girl from Dearborn, [G7]early six o’clock this morn, [D]A cold fact
[G]Asked about her bag, [A7]suburbia’s such a drag, [D]won’t go back

[section 3]
[F]’Cos Papa don’t allow [C]no new [G]ideas [D]here
[F]And now he sees the news, but the [C]picture’s [G]not too [D]clear.
[G]Mama, Papa, stop, treasure [G]what you got,
Soon you may be caught [D]without it
[G]The curfew’s set for eight, will it ever all be straight [D]I doubt it

[section 4]
[D]Seven jealous fools playing [D]by her rules, can’t [G7]believe her
[D]He feels so in between, can’t [D]break the scene, it would [G7]grieve her
[D]And that’s the reason why [A7]he must cry, [D]he’ll never leave her

[section 5]
[D]Crooked children, yellow chalk, [G7]writing on the concrete walk
[D]Their king died
[G7]Drinking from a Judas cup, looking down but seeing up, [D7]Sweet Red Wine

[section 6]
[F]’Cos Papa don’t allow no [C]new [G]ideas [D]here [D]
And [F]now hear the music, but the [C]words don’t [G]sound too [D]clear [D]
[G]Mama, Papa, stop, treasure [G]what you got,
Soon you may be caught [D]without it
[G]The curfew’s set for eight, will it [G]ever all be straight [D]I doubt it

[Closing]
[D]Going down a dusty, Georgian side road I [G7]wonder
[D]The wind splashed in my face, [A7]can smell a trace Of thunder [D]