IntroGEm 3x
DCCDGCCDGDCDGEm 4x
VerseGEm
One soft infested summer, me and Terry became friends
GEm
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
GEm
Catching rides to the outskirts, tying faith between our teeth
DC
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house, getting wasted in the heat, yeh
ChorusGC
Hiding on the backstreets
GC
Hiding on the backstreets
GAmGEm
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
CG
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets
-
GEm 2x
VerseGEm
Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing
GEm
Where desperate lovers park, we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings
DC
Huddled in our cars, waiting for the bells that ring
AmCD
In the deep heart of the night they set us loose of everything
ChorusGC
To go running on the backstreets
GC
Running on the backstreets
GAmGEm
Terry, you swore we'd live forever
CG
Taking it on them backstreets together
-
GEm 2x
ChorusAF#m
Endless juke joints and Valentino drag
AF#m
Where dancers scraped the tears up off the street, dressed down in rags
AF#m
Running into the darkness, some hurt bad, some really dying
ED
At night sometimes it seemed you could hear the whole damn city crying
AE
Blame it on the lies that killed us, blame it on the truth that ran us down
AD
You can blame it all on me, Terry, it don't matter to me now
DE
When the breakdown hit at midnight, there was nothing to say
AEF#m
But I hated him, and I hated you when you went away
-
B7DB7D7D
Wa ah Wa Ah
-
GEm 4x
VerseGEm
Laying here in the dark, you're like an angel on my chest
GEm
Just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness
DC
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
AmCD
Trying to learn to walk like the heroes we thought we had to be
EmBm
And after all this time, to find we're just like all the rest
CC6D
Stranded in the park and forced to confess
ChorusGC
To hiding on the backstreets
GC
Hiding on the backstreets
GAmGEm
Where we swore forever friends
CG
On the backstreets until the end
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GEm 2x
OutroG
Hiding on the backstreets
Em
Hiding on the backstreets
G
Hiding on the backstreets
Em
Hiding on the backstreets . . .
C6
Hiding on the backstreets
Am
Hiding on the backstreets
G
Hiding on the backstreets
C
Hiding on the backstreets
G
Hiding on the backstreets
C
Hiding on the backstreets . . .
EndingGCCDGDGDG
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.