By Rush Olson, Kevin Rothstein, Dean Pauley

Verse :

D) We were rockin’ the joint, we were playin’ it loud

Layin’ down licks and scopin’ the crowd

G) Everybody was juiced – turn it up they said

D) So we twisted off the knobs and trucked on ahead

A) When the cops showed up it was a (G) party they found

They said (D) “Shut it down boys, you headed downtown”

D) Well, we kept on playin’ – they said, “We ain’t jokin’”

But we couldn’t slow down – we had a Hooker tune goin’

G) This was a new situation for the men in blue

What to (D) do with some boys in a misdemeanor groove

A) Finally the beat just (G) started draggin’

D) When they put the whole band in the paddy wagon

D) The detective didn’t need to look for no clues

‘Cause they booked us all still rockin’ the blues

G) A tough crowd in that joint - I ain’t lyin’

D) We’ve played a lot of bars just never behind ‘em

A) All the cops and robbers they were (G) diggin’ that sound

D) Loda Dimes was jammin’ downtown

(instrumental break over 1-4-5 verse chord progression)

Bridge :

G) We were jammin’ downtown and we couldn’t stop

Went from (D) pickin’ guitars to tryin’ to pick some locks

G) Yeah they put us away with all our gear

We’ll be (A) jammin’ downtown the next twenty-five years

Verse :

D) Well, the drunks and the hookers, they were all in shock

‘Cause it looked like a scene out of Jailhouse Rock

(Jailhouse rockish slide into ) G) Spider Murphy was nowhere to be found

D) The boys from Texas, we were jammin’ downtown

A) If we ever get out we’ll have a (G) long probation

D) We don’t care, we got to keep on playin’

D) The detective didn’t need to look for no clues

‘Cause they booked us all still rockin’ the blues

G) A tough crowd in that joint - I ain’t lyin

D) We’ve played a lot of bars just never behind ‘em

A) All the cops and robbers they were (G) diggin’ that sound

D) (Insert band name here) jammin’ downtown

Yeah, we’ll (A) keep on playin’ ‘til we’re (G) gagged and bound

D) Loda Dimes was jammin’ downtown