Tom: B Intro: B (x2) (B A E B) B Life is wicked in wino city A Life down here just ain't pretty E We get down to the "Nitty Gritty" B You can smell the stench of vagabond city B Life used to be sex smack and tears A For a dirty hero playin' guitars for those years E To make a few quid for breakfast at Sids B And a pack o' ten tabs for me n' my missus G An all those people hit me F# They just knock me down B G B In cardboard town come on down cardboard town F# Em Where everyone gets down down From the Irish to the rich that have fallen from grace To the battered wife took one too many on the face The husband is drunk n' so absurd To the people who give up on the world An all those people hit me They just knock me down In cardboard town come on down cardboard town Where everyone gets down down solo: B A (x6) (Em) Down in the gutter sleepin' with the dogs Talkin' to the fleas rats n' the hogs Drinkin' the grain that'll rot my brain Leavin' thunderbird city on the next nightrain An all those people hit me They just knock me down In cardboard town come on down cardboard town Whre every one gets down down Come on down irish n' slick guys hang around 25 cents if you got any sense