Cm        Ab             Bb              Cm
Where the air twists and shimmers in the heat
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb
Love take me down, love take me down
Cm      Bb       Ab     Bb             Cm
Where a pair of lonely ones can always meet
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb             Ab
Love take me down, love take me down where I'm longing to be

Chorus:
Eb           Cm          Bb        Eb           Cm          Bb
Love take me down to the streets,  love take me down to the streets
             G                                 Cm                  Ab   
Cause when he don't get fed at home, still gotta give your dog his bone
Bb                     Eb
Take our lovin' to the streets………Come on!

Cm            Ab        Bb            Cm
Here we stand, open and honest of our deeds
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb
Love take me down, love take me down
Cm     Bb      Ab                 F             Cm
I need you but you need something special first from me
Bb           Eb             Fm        Ab
Love take me down where I'm so apt to be

Chorus:
Eb           Cm          Bb       Eb           Cm          Bb
Love take me down to the streets, love take me down to the streets
G                                          Bb                    Ab
Cause when the love don't work at home, you gotta find it on the road
Bb                     Eb
Take our lovin' to the streets

Bridge:
Cm                                    B                             C       
To the washes and the bridges, to the shadows in the alleys, to the places 
                   Fm
where the boogaloo sleeps
                           Eb
We do things quite neatly, things that we could never speak of
            Ab                   Bb        Cm
Cause we've got our love and our secret to keep, ooh yeah
F   Fm  Eb  Gm   Ab    Bb    Eb     Dm 


Cm            Bb       Ab      Bb                Cm
It's time for now, the fire is out as you can see
Bb           Eb    Bb           Eb
Love took me down, love took me down
Cm          Bb       Ab         Bb          Cm
But I'll be back and you've got places to be
Bb           Eb             Fm         Ab
Love take me down where I'm longing to be

Chorus:
Eb           Cm          Bb       Eb           Cm          Bb
Love take me down to the streets, love take me down to the streets
Eb           Cm          Bb
Love take me down to the streets (down, down, down)
Eb           Cm          Bb
Love take me down to the streets (love take me down, love take me down)
Fm           F           C
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight)
Fm           F           C
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight)
Fm           F           C
Love take me down to the streets (bangin' on a streetlight, bangin' on a streetlight)
Fm           F            C
Love take me down to your streetlight