Carrie Newcomer – Just Like Downtown chords
Chords:
[Intro] F C G Am F C G Am [Verse] F C G C I grew up on an island, somewhere near Chicago F C G Am Learned how to talk tough, just like downtown F C G C You can drive to the lake and it sure seemed to me F C G Am That it smelled like fresh water, but felt like the sea [Chorus] F C G Am That's right, it's so long now F C G Am You cannot fight this thing any old how F C G Am You can run fast, you can try so hard F C G Am F C G Am But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are [Verse] F C G C There was nothing to do but to shut up and drive F C G Am To the water, down the back roads, to the south and east sides F C G C Some girls got through high school, some never will F C G Am And some walked with a hunger they never would fill [Chorus] F C G Am That's right, it's so long now F C G Am You cannot fight this thing any old how F C G Am You can run fast, you can try so hard F C G Am F C G Am But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are [Verse] F C G C But you can cough out the city, you could change your old clothes F C G Am You can soften your accent so nobody knows F C G C But whenever I'm honest, something in me F C G Am Still looks for fresh water that feels like the sea [Chorus] F C G Am That's right, it's so long now F C G Am You cannot fight this thing any old how F C G Am You can run fast, you can try so hard F C G Am F But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who you are [Instrumental] F C G Am F C G Am [Bridge] G/B C F C I close my eyes G And I can still see Am G/B C F C That no one forgets G What it's like to be and who it is to be [Instrumental] F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am [Verse] F C G C Oh, if you see me inclining when no one is speaking F C G Am If you sense that I'm wandering somewhere in my mind F C G C If you listen real close you might hear the whisper F C G Am Or see how the sunsets on the lake could shine and shine [Chorus] F C G Am That's right, it's so long now F C G Am You cannot fight this thing any old how F C G Am You can run fast, you can try so hard F C G Am F C G Am F C G Am But you can't shake the ache or the lake of who________ you are [Outro] F C G C I grew up on an island, somewhere near Chicago F C G Am Learned how to talk tough, just like downtown X