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Version 1C Em7 F Am Dm F G Am Em7 e|--12--10--|----p--------|------15--|--17--19--|--20--17------20--22--| B|----------|--13<11------|-/15------|----------|----------20----------| G|----------|---------12--|-s--------|----------|----------------------| D|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------| A|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------| E|----------|-------------|----------|----------|----------------------| Dm Am Dm Dm G F F e|--24--22--20------|------15--|------19--|--22vvvvvvv|vvvvvvv---------| B|--------------20--|-/15------|-/15------|-----------|----------------| G|------------------|-s--------|-s--------|-----------|----------------| D|------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------| A|------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------| E|------------------|----------|----------|-----------|----------------| | 4x | | C Em7 | F G | C Em7 F G C Em7 F The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night G C Em7 F G C Em7 F G And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line C Em7 F Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge G C Em7 Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain Dm Am Dm The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants Am Dm Am Dm G | C Em7 | F G | C Em7 | F G | Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane C Em7 F G C Em7 F G The Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot girl C Em7 F G C Em7 G And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands G C Em7 F G C Em7 F From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world Dm Am Dm Am Dm F C | F | C | F | As we take our stand down in Jungleland C G F G C G F G The midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night C G F G C G F They'll meet `neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light G C G F Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike G C G F There's a ballet being fought out in the alley G C G F G C G F Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night Dm C F G The street's alive as secret debts are paid e|---5-------5-------------------------------------------------| B|---6-------6------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------| G|---7-------7------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------| D|---7-------7------5-----5----10----10------12---12-----------| A|---5-------5------7-----7----8-----8-------10---10-----------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------| Dm C F G Contacts made, they vanished unseen Dm C F G Dm C F G Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine Bb C Dm The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands Bb C Dm F C | F | C | F | That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland | 4x | 3x | | C G | F G | C G F | F G | C G F | F | C G F G C G F G C e|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------|--------------8--10--8-| 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E|-------------|----------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------| C F G C F G C e|--12------|------------------|------12------|--17--15--15--13--|------12------| B|------13--|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--| G|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------| D|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------| A|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------| E|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|--------------| F G C F e|--17--15--15--13--|------12------|--20vv-| B|--18--17--17--15--|--13------13--|-------| G|------------------|--------------|-------| D|------------------|--------------|-------| A|------------------|--------------|-------| E|------------------|--------------|-------| Bb F In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage C Gm Bb F C Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the D.J. plays Bb Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners F C Gm Bb C Desperate as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone | Eb | Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab | Bb | Eb | Ab | Eb | Ab | Ab | Bb | Eb Bb | Bb | Bb | | Eb | Eb | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Ab Bb | Eb | Bb | Bb | Ab | Cm Bb Cm | G7sus | | Ab Bb | Eb Bb | Eb Bb | Cm Bb | Cm Bb | Ab Bb | Ab Bb | Eb Bb | Ab Bb | Eb Bb Bb Bb Beneath the city two hearts beat Cm Bb Cm Bb Abmaj7 Bb Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked Abmaj7 Bb Eb Bb Ab Bb7 Eb In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown Cm C9sus Cm C9sus The Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the night Abmaj7 Bb Abmaj7 Bb No one watches when the ambulance pulls away Cm C Cm Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light G Dm C F G7sus Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz G Dm C F G7sus G Dm C Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here F G7sus G Dm C F G7sus G Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be G Bb And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment Dm Bb And try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead Dm7 F C Tonight in Jungleland [Verse] piano transcribed for 6 string guitar e|--------------------------------------------------------| B|----5-------5------3--1-------1------0--1--3------------| G|.--------5------4----------2---------------------------.| D|.-----5------5----------3--------3---------------------.| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | p Pull-off | b Bend | / Slide up | s Slide ************************************