Em C G B7 Down on Pico and Fedora. Em C G B7 Back in 1983 C D G All the cholos on the corner B7 Em Hid their pistols in the trees C G B7 Em C G B7 Em C G B7 El Funny Clown lived off of Sunset Em C G B7 On a street called Benton Way C D G There were blood satins on the sidewalk B7 Em But the rain washed them away C G B7 Em On the mean streets of L.A. C G B7 Em All those teenage summer days C G B7 Em C G B7 I took the bus way down to Venice Em C G B7 Went bodysurfing in the waves C D G Staring out at the horizon B7 Em On those teenage summer days C G B7 Em On the mean streets of L.A. C G B7 Em All those teenage summer days C G B7 Em C G B7 My daddy was a trucker Em C G B7 Hauling freight 12 hours a day C D G Sometimes heʼd take me down to Vernon B7 Em Or the shipyards in South Bay C G B7 Em On the mean streets of L.A. C G B7 Em All those teenage summer days C G B7 Em C G B7