Carrie Newcomer – Just Like Downtown chords

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[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

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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]

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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

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