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Version 1 Version 2Standard tuning [Intro] G Em D (x2) G Em D C D G C C D G D C Cmaj7 C6 C D11 D7 D11 D7 G Em (x4) [Verse 1] G One soft infested summer Em Me and Terry became friends G Trying in vain to breathe Em The fire we was born in G Catching rides to the outskirts Em Tying faith between our teeth D Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house C D Getting wasted in the heat G C And hiding on the backstreets G C Hiding on the backstreets G C6 Am7 G Em With a love so hard and filled with defeat C G Em G Em Running for our lives at night on them backstreets [Verse 2] G Slow dancing in the dark Em On the beach at Stockton's Wing G Where desperate lovers park Em We sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings D Huddled in our cars C Waiting for the bells that ring Am In the deep heart of the night C D11 We let lose of everything D7sus4 G C To go running on the backstreets G C Running on the backstreets G C Am G Em Terry you swore we'd live forever C G Em Taking it on them backstreets together [Bridge] G Em A F#m Endless juke joints and Valentino drag A Where dancers scraped the tears F#m Up off the streets dressed down in rags A Running into the darkness F#m Some hurt bad some really dying E At night sometimes it seemed D You could hear the whole damn city crying Blame it on the lies that killed us E Blame it on the truth that ran us down A You can blame it all on me Terry D It don't matter to me now When the breakdown hit at midnight E There was nothing left to say A But I hated him E And I hated you when you went away [Instrumental] F#m B D G D7 G D7 G D7 G Em (x3) G C D7 [Verse 3] G Well laying here in the dark Em You're like an angel on my chest G Just another tramp of hearts Em Crying tears of faithlessness D Remember all the movies, Terry C We'd go see Am Trying to learn to walk like the heroes C D11 We thought we had to be Em Well after all this time Bm To find we're just like all the rest C Stranded in the park D7sus4 And forced to confess G C To hiding on the backstreets G C Hiding on the backstreets G C G Em Where we swore forever friends C G On the backstreets until the end [Outro] C G C G C (x3) Hiding on the backstreet hiding on the backstreets (x3) Am F Hiding on the Backstreets Hiding on the backstreets D C Its alright C We'll go hiding on the backstreets tonight G C (x4) Hiding on the backstreets (x4) D C Bm Am G Am Bm C D G C C D G D C Bm Am7 D7 G