Biography:
Alejandro Escovedo (born January 10, 1951, in San Antonio, Texas) is a Mexican-American singer-songwriter.
Escovedo's family tree includes former Santana percussionist Pete Escovedo and Pete's daughter, Sheila E (also Prince's former drummer and later a pop star). He began his music career with the Nuns, a mid-'70s punk band based in San Francisco. He co-founded the pioneering cowpunk band Rank and File in 1979, which moved to Austin, Texas, in 1981 after a stint in New York City.
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Down in the Bowery - Alejandro Escovedo
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Tabbed by: eboswald Houston Texas
Tuning:Standard
A simple straightforward song - simple chords
Instrumental Intro C Em Am G (same strum pattern as the verse)
Every{C}body's got to {Em}dance with the blues some {Am}times{G}
Every{C}body's got to {Em}feel feel something they don't want to feel some{Am}times{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
I hope you {C}live long enough to for{Em}get half the stuff that they {Am}taught you {G}
And when it's {C} all said and done I hope you {Em} got your own set of rules to hang {Am}on to{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
Instrumental C Em Am G
I hope you {C}live long enough to for{Em}get half the stuff that they {Am}taught you {G}
And when it's {C} all said and done I hope you {Em} got your own set of rules to hang {Am}on to{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
{C}
Down in the Bowery - Alejandro Escovedo
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Tabbed by: eboswald Houston Texas
Tuning:Standard
A simple straightforward song - simple chords
Instrumental Intro C Em Am G (same strum pattern as the verse)
Every{C}body's got to {Em}dance with the blues some {Am}times{G}
Every{C}body's got to {Em}feel feel something they don't want to feel some{Am}times{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
I hope you {C}live long enough to for{Em}get half the stuff that they {Am}taught you {G}
And when it's {C} all said and done I hope you {Em} got your own set of rules to hang {Am}on to{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
Instrumental C Em Am G
I hope you {C}live long enough to for{Em}get half the stuff that they {Am}taught you {G}
And when it's {C} all said and done I hope you {Em} got your own set of rules to hang {Am}on to{G}
I'd {F}buy you a smile in a minute but would you {C}wear it?{G}
If you {F}had one moment to spare would you come down and {C}share it?{G}
I want you {C}out on the streets {G}making a noise for every{F}body
I want to hear your {C}voice up above the {G}crowd and the noise
Down in The Bowery{F}{Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
Down in The Bowery{F} {Dm7}
{C}
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