Young Blood — Rickie Lee Jones
Chords and lyrics for Young Blood by Rickie Lee Jones (key of F).
Verse 1
Surprised this song is not on UG.
Here's Rickie Lee doing it, on her 1st album:
The looper parts are all simple.
Verse
[F]Take a [C11/F]walk around [F]midnight in the [C11/F]city
[F]Young blood is [C11/F]hiding [F]there [C11/F]somewhere
[F]If you're [C11/F]looking for [F]something to [C11/F]do
There's always [F]something [C11/F]happening [F]there[C11/F]
Verse
[F]Like I & [C11/F]Bragger, we [F]borrowed a [C11/F]coupe today
[F]Here come [C11/F]Pepe and she's got a [F]friend in a [C11/F]Chevrolet
[F]But she ain't [C11/F]running, she's [F]walking a [C11/F]little slow
[F]And she ain't [C11/F]crying, she's just [F]singing a [C11/F]little low
Instrumental
[F] [C11/F] [F] But they [C11/F]say this
Chorus
[Dm7]City will make you dirty, but you [Am7]look alright
You [Bbmaj7]feel real pretty when he's [Dm7]holding you tight
[Am7]City will make you mean, but that's just [Bbmaj7]make-up on your face
[Gm9]Love will wash you clean of the [C7sus2]night's disgrace
Verse
[F]Find a [C11/F]block where your [F]people can [C11/F]find you
[F]Keep your [C11/F]third eye [F]watching [C11/F]behind you (ooh oooh ooh oooh)
[F]You never [C11/F]know when you're [F]making a [C11/F]memory
[F]They will [C11/F]wish they were [F]here together [C11/F]again, (someday)
Verse
[F]Kids [C11/F]looking for [F]something to get [C11/F]into, take a look
[F]Two for the [C11/F]movie show, [F]three in the [C11/F]back row, (hold on tight)
[F]Remember, [C11/F]you might have [F]looked like cool [C11/F]twelve
But your [F]fuse felt [C11/F]just like [F][C11/F]dynamite
Chorus
[Dm7]City will make you dirty, but you [Am7]look alright
You [Bbmaj7]feel real pretty when he's [Dm7]holding you tight
[Am7]City will make you mean[Bbmaj7] but darlin', that's just
[Gm9/Bb]make-up on your face
[Gm9] Love will wash you [C7sus2]clean in the night,
N.C.
dirty-dirty, dirt, dirt
Verse
[F]Take a [C11/F]walk around [F]midnight in the [C11/F]city
[F]Young [C11/F]blood will [F]find you there, [C11/F]somewhere
[F]And if you're [C11/F]looking for [F]something to [C11/F]do
There's always [F]something [C11/F]happening [F]there, [C11/F]ooh-ooh
[F]Something's [C11/F]happening [F]there, [C11/F]ooh, ooh-ooh
[F]Something's [C11/F]happening [F]there, [C11/F]hey-hey
[F] [C11/F] [F] Look [C11/F]here, y'all
Interlude
[Bb] [Am7] [Gm7] Do-do, do, do, do, yeah
[Bb] [Am7]
[Gm7] [Am7] [Bb] [B] [C]
(stop & restart song)
Ooh, ooh-ooh, ooh, yeah
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