G C G Soap box preacher standing on a corner Em C G And all the people they would gather round C G You speak of faith with a blaze of glory Em C G But those that fear they wanna knock you down C G Nobody knows where you live Em C G Where do you go in the naked night C G All of the prophets that come before you Em C G They can hear your lonesome cry C D Em When you're out there in the night, all alone C D Em When you're staring in the light, at the end of the road [Chorus] G Am C D In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley G Am C D In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky G Am C D Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote C D G And said don't let the rapture pass you by G Am C G G Em C G G C G Heard a bugle blowing in the misty morning Em C G What a haunting sound over Times Square C G Heard of the ghost of 52nd Street Em C G Looked out the door but no one was there C G Out in the cold Harlem rain Em C G I went searching for this minstrel man C G Played me a song to ease the pain Em C G With a Salvation Army band C D Em When you're out there in the dark, all alone C D Em When you're sleeping in the park, at the end of the road [Chorus] G Am C D In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley G Am C D In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky G Am C D Then he tips his hat just like Don Quixote C D G And said don't let the rapture pass you by G Am C D G Em C G C D Em In the neon wilderness and the asphalt jungle C He carries his cross of passion D Em Through the wreckage and the rumble [Chorus] G Am C D In those proud shoes, coming on up the alley G Am C D In those proud shoes, walks all over the sky G Am C D Then he tipped his hat just like Don Quixote C D And said don't let the rapture, C D G Don't let the rapture pass you by C D G Don't let it pass you by G Am C D G Em C G