Blood On The Streets

The story

This song is about my sister who, when we were very young, fell and cracked her head open. Mum drove to the hospital with me in the back holding her head together in my hands.

Listen

Live at WAAPA (10 Oct 2019)SoundCloud

Also available on YouTube.

Lyrics

Key: B Minor
Standard tuning

INTRO
Bm - D - F#m - Bm
Bm - D - F#m - Bm

VERSE 1
Bm              D           F#m         Bm
We were young, mmm, inseparable, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah
Bm              D               F#m                 Bm
Playing in the street, without a care, running free, mmm, running free

BRIDGE
Bm - D - F#m - Bm

VERSE 2 (quiet)
Bm              D                   F#m                     Bm
I remember the day it happened, so long along ago, sooo long ago
Bm                      D           F#m     Bm
One moment we were so happy, yeah-eh, oo-o

(louder)
Bm              D                   F#m
That changed with a scream, oooh, it changed with your scream, hey-yeah, hey-yeah
Bm              D               F#m                     Bm
I'm holding you so-oo tightly, yeah, blood staining my hands, no-no

CHORUS (loudest)
Bm              D           F#m                     Bm
There's blood on the streets, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, whoah-oo-oo
Bm              D               F#m                         Bm
There's blood on the street, skin and bone, skin and bone, skin and bone

BRIDGE (staccato, normal loudness)
Bm - D - F#m - Bm

Bm              D                   F#m                     Bm
Keep the pressure on mmm, keep the pressure on, don't let go, don't let go
Bm              D           F#m                 Bm
You'll be o.k. mmm, you'll be o.k. yeah, I got you, oooh, I got you

CHORUS (no staccato)
Bm              D           F#m                     Bm
There's blood on the streets, yeah-yeah, yeah-yeah, whoah-oo-oo
Bm              D               F#m                         Bm
There's blood on the street, skin and bone, skin and bone, skin and bone

OUTRO (quieter)
Bm              D               F#m                     Bm
I will be there with you to the end, to the end, yeah, to the end
Bm              D                       F#m                 Bm
The blood on the street has faded now, just a memory, a memory
Bm              D                       F#m         Bm
I remember, I'll always remember, mmmm, yeah-yeah

Bm - D - F#m - Bm
Bm - D - F#m - Bm