Intro
Ab Ab Eb Bb/D 
 
Verse
Cm      Cm/Bb   Ab         Bb              Cm 
There the air twists and shimmers in the heat 
Bb           Eb    Bb    Bb/D     Eb   Eb 
Love take me down, love take me down 
Cm      Cm/Bb     Ab     Bb             Cm 
Where a pair of lonely ones can always meet 
Bb           Eb    Bb    Bb/D   Eb             Fm        Ab   Ab 
Love take me down, love take me down where I'm longing to be 
 
Chorus
Eb           Cm          Bb        Eb           Cm          Bb 
Love take me down to the streets,  love take me down to the streets 
             G                  G7               Cm       Cm/Bb       Ab 
Cause when he don't get fed at home, still gotta give your dog his bone 
Bb                     Eb                  Eb   Eb  Bb/D 
Take that lovin' to the streets………Come on! 
 
Verse
Cm       Cm/Bb  Ab        Bb            Cm 
Here we stand, open and honest of our needs 
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb 
Love take me down, love take me down 
Cm     Cm/Bb    Ab                Fm      Bb       Cm 
I need you but you need something special first from me 
Bb           Eb             Fm        Ab 
Love take me down where I'm so ought to be 
 
Chorus
Eb           Cm          Bb       Eb           Cm          Bb 
Love take me down to the streets, love take me down to the streets 
G                                 G7              Cm    Cm/Bb       Ab 
Cause when the love don't work at home, you gotta find it on the road 
Bb                     Eb      Eb  Bb/D 
Take that lovin' to the streets 
 
Bridge
Cm                                    G/B                             Eb/Bb 
To the washes and the bridges, to the shadows in the alleys, to the places 
                   F7/A 
where the boogaloo sleeps 
        Ab                   Eb 
We do things quite neatly, things that we could never speak of 
            Ab                     Bb        Cm     Cm/D    Cm/Eb 
Cause we've got our vows and our secrets to keep, ooh yeah 
 
Interlude
F   Fm 
Eb  Eb  Ab    Bb    Eb 
 
Eb  Bb/D 
 
Verse
Cm            Cm/Bb     Ab      Bb                Cm 
It's time for now, the fire is out as you can see 
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb 
Love took me down, love took me down 
Cm          Cm/Bb    Ab         Bb        Cm 
But I'll be back and you've got places to be 
Bb           Eb             Fm         Ab 
Love take me down where I'm longing to be 
 
Chorus
Eb           Cm          Bb       Eb           Cm          Bb 
Love take me down to the streets, love take me down to the streets 
Eb           Cm          Bb 
Love take me down to the streets (down, down, down) 
Eb           Cm          Bb 
Love take me down to the streets (love take me down, love take me down) 
 
Outro
F           Dm           C 
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight) 
F           Dm           C 
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight) 
F           Dm           C 
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight) 
F           Dm            C  C 
Love take me down to your streetlight