Down On the Street — Rage Against the Machine

Chords and lyrics for Down On the Street by Rage Against the Machine (key of Em).

Intro

[C#] [Em] [Bmaj7] [F#] [C] [Bmaj7] [C] [F#] [C] [Bmaj7] [Gmaj7] [F#] [Gmaj7] [Em] [Gm] [C] [F#] [C]

Verse 1

I'm rolling down the road with the shotgun. These people ain't seen the brown skip man since they're grandparents bought one.

Verse 2

[Fmaj7]
So now I'm rolling down [Gmaj7]the road with [Cmaj7]the shotgun. [Gmaj7]These people ain't seen [C]the brown skip man since they're grandparents [Gmaj7/F#]bought one.

Verse 3

[Fmaj7]
So now I'm rolling down [F#]the road with the [C]shotgun.

Verse 4

[Gmaj7]Bang in this one, look tight. [G#m7]On this one, look [G]like you're fighting alone. [Gmaj7/F#]Fuck the trap of birth slide [G]like a family stone.

Verse 5

[C#m]That pants devil [F#maj7]set the stage [Em]for the woman home like one out of ways. [F#]You're standing [Em]in the trop soon. The clock is born. [F#maj7]Steering [Em]out of the empty place.

Verse 6

My must [F#maj7]torn hands [G]cover a sucky face. [C]We hungry but then belly full. [Em/G]The structure of this set [Gmaj7/F#]you never change [G]it with a belly full.

Verse 7

[C#m]In the ruins [Gmaj7/D]there's a network for [Em]the toxic rocks. Gool yard a priestate. Shop on the project block. Rocks is roadside for new flesh in the factory floor.

Verse 8

The remains that change on [G]the counter war.

Chorus

[Am7/G] [Gm] [A7/G] [E] [F#] [Em]
I can't waste the day [Bmaj7/F#]when the night [C]brings the earth. [F#][C]So make your moving fleet the fit [A#]but you can't [Gmaj7]flee the fur.

Verse 9

[F#maj7][Gmaj7]Change [F#maj7]waste the day [Bmaj7]when the night [C]brings the earth. [Fm][F#][Gmaj7/F#]So now [Em]I'm rolling down the road with the shotgun. [Gmaj7]These people ain't seen the brown skip man [C/E]since they're grandparents bought [Gmaj7]one.

Verse 10

[Fmaj7] [F#maj7] [C] [Gmaj7] [Fmaj7]
So now I'm rolling down [Gmaj7/F#]the road with the [Cmaj7]shotgun.

Verse 11

[Gmaj7] [C/G] [Em] [Em/G] [F#] [Em] [E] [Cmaj7] [Em] [D#] [Em] [Gmaj7] [G] [Em]
So now [Gmaj7/F#]I'm rolling [Em][F#maj7][Em]down the road with the shotgun.

Verse 12

I'm making them. I'm talking straight [F#maj7]with a room [G]full of all the things [Em]on the west side of dawn.

Verse 13

[Dsus4/G] [A7/G] [D] [E] [F#] [Em] [Bm/F#] [F#] [Em] [A#] [F#m] [F#] [Em] [F#maj7]
Change [Em]waste the day [Bmaj7]when the night [C]brings the earth. [Bmaj7]So now [C]I'm rolling down the road with the shotgun. These people ain't seen the brown [F#m]skip man since they're grandparents bought one.

Verse 14

Change [Gmaj7]waste the day when the night brings the earth. [Fmaj7]So now I'm rolling down [Gmaj7]the road with [Fm]the shotgun. [F#]These people ain't seen [C]the brown skip man since they're grandparents [F#maj7]bought one.

Verse 15

[Fmaj7]
Change waste the day when the night brings the earth. So now I'm rolling down the road [C/E]with the shotgun.

Verse 16

[Gmaj7/D][D#maj7/D]The room's torn from the ladder. Can't [Bm7/D]speak the tumor. [Dm]One guy, one market, one tooth, one consumer.

Verse 17

[E] [D#maj7]
Change waste the day [G][E]when [Dm][Am][E][D#maj7/D][Cmaj7]the night brings the earth. So now I'm rolling down the road [D#maj7/D]with [Cmaj7][D#maj7]the shotgun.

Outro

Shut the quiet people down.
[E] [D#maj7] [Cmaj7] [E]
Shut [D#maj7/D]the quiet [Dm]people down.
[G]Shut the quiet people down.
For the things we'll never have.
Just the quiet and peaceful days.
For the things we'll never have.
[E] [Fmaj7/E]
For the things we'll never have.

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