Catherine Street

Intro 
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[Verso 1]
 
D 
Moonlight dancer 

High romancin' 
A 
Down on Catherine Street 
D 
Lover's cramps and 

Household tramps 
           A 
Down on dirty Catherine Street 
D 
Me and my woman just bustin' our heads 
A 
Down on old Taneray Road, yeah 
D 
The needle works the railroad tracks 
A 
I guess ya know how local stories all go 
 


[Ponte]
 
Yeah, but listen a minute 
 


[Refrão]
 
E                             F#m                D 
But if ya find your mind lies broke down in the stores 
E                             F#m             D 
And if your dreams become the refuge of your soul 
E             D            A 
Don't ask the dealer to be fair 
   E          D              A 
Your soul ain't good enough to spare 
E                       D 
When you're all the way down 
             A 
On Catherine Street 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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The days are passing vaguely 
A 
Down on Catherine Street 
D 
A few of them 
The normal hours 
A 
Of any ordinary street 
D 
My head changed hands so 
Lord, so many times 
A              D     A 
I could not feel to speak 
D 
And when I finally 
Get to talking, well 
A 
Then my knees start gettin' weak 
 


[Refrão]
 
E                             F#m                D 
But if ya find your mind lies broke down in the stores 
E                             F#m             D 
And if your dreams become the refuge of your soul 
E             D            A 
Don't ask the dealer to be fair 
   E          D              A 
Your soul ain't good enough to spare 
E                       D 
When you're all the way down 
             A 
On Catherine Street 

{Guitar/Piano solo} 
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[Verso 3]
 
D 
You know they keep the dogs 
All chained up 
A       D          A 
Down on Catherine Street 
D 
Sometimes it's hard to find any 
Place to hide 
A           D      A 
From the goddamned heat 
D 
Besides, most of us are just 
Biding our time 
A 
'Till we get back on our feet 
D 
Oh mama 
I'll be back on my feet one of these days 
A 
Yeah 
You just see if I don't 
D 
Ya know 
Ya can't keep a good man down for too long 
A 
And I'm coming on up 
D A D A D A  
I feel good (So far down) 
Lord I feel good (So far down) 
Oh my God! (So far down)