Em Em [Verse 1]Em C D G Chicago is where the woman downstairsAm B7 Em Starved herself to death last summerEm C D G Her boyfriend Ted ate hotdogs and weptAm B7 Em With the grey rats out on the fire escapeEm C D G In a thrift store chair I drank cases of beerAm B7 Em And dreamed of lying down on the L-tracksEm C D G The trains roared by under smoke grey skiesAm B7 Em Lake Michigan rose and fell like a bird [Chorus]C D G And when the wind screamed up Ashland AvenueC D G The corner bars were full by noonC D G And the old stewbums sliding down their stoolsAm B7 Em Ate boiled eggs and fed beer to their dogs [Instrumental Break]Em C D G Am B7 Em [Verse 2]Em C D G The woman downstairs lost all her hairAm B7 Em And wore a beret in the laundry roomEm C D G I borrowed her soap and bought her a cokeAm B7 Em But she left it on the dryerEm C D G She died in June weighing eighty-twoAm B7 Em Her boyfriend went back to New YorkEm C D G The cops wandered through her dusty roomsAm B7 Em One of them stole her TV [Chorus]C D G And when the wind screamed up Ashland AvenueC D G The corner bars were full by noonC D G And the old stewbums sliding down their stoolsAm B7 Em Ate boiled eggs and fed beer to their dogs [Outro]Em C D G C D GC D G Am B7 EmEm C D G Am B7 Em
Woman Downstairs
The Handsome Family
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