I bought the paper yesterday D G G/F# And I saw the obituary Em Am Am7 And I read of how you died in pain D G G/F# Well I just couldn´t understand it Em Am Am7 If I could of changed that D G G/F# The Lord knows I´d do it now Em Am Am7 But there is no going back D Gmaj7 G7 And what´s done is done forever Cmaj7 But you were always chained D And shackled by the dirt F#m7b5 Of every small town institution B7 And every big town flirt
Em Am D G G/F#
Same pattern as first time round but with lyrics below
And I think of what you might have been
A man of such great promise
Oh but, you seem to forget the dream
And the more you saw you hated
But let´s not talk of blame
For what is only natural
Like a moth going to a flame
You had a dangerous passion
But you were always chained
And shackled by the dirt
Of every small town institution
And every big town flirt
Em Am Am7 All the things that you might have been D G G/F# But who am I to say? Em Still I wonder Am D G G/F# If it´s in the cold earth you prefer to lay Em Am Oh, If it´s in the cold earth D G G/F# You prefer to stay Em