Tom: C
C/G Am9 Bbmaj7
if it came to pass that they should ask
C
what could i tell them?
C/G Am9 Bbmaj7
would they criticize behind my back
C F
maybe i should let them
C Am7 D9 Dm7/G Gsus4
oh if only then and only then they would understand
C C/E F C/G G7/B C C7/E F C/G G7/B
C
theyd turn a full blooded city boy into a full blooded city man
C/G Am9
if they could face it i could take it
Bbmaj7 C F/C C F/C
in their eyes i know id make it
C/G Am9 Bbmaj7
tiny minds of sacred cows just fake it
C Am7 D9 Dm7/G Gsus4
oh if only then and only then they would understand
C C/E F C/G G7/B C C7/E F C/G G7/B
C
theyd turn a full blooded city boy into a full blooded city man
Bbm
but i know the way they want me
Eb7/Bb Abmaj7
in the way they publicize
Bbm Eb7/Bb Abmaj7
if they could turn the focus off to the image in their eyes
C/G Gsus4/9 C/G F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C/G Gsus4/9 C/G F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C/G Gsus4/9 C/G F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C F C/G F C C7/E F C/G G7/B
C
that a full blooded city boy is now a full blooded city man
C/G
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo
Am9
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo
Bbmaj7
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo (repeat)
C/G
oh my soul
Am9
oh my soul
Bbmaj7 C F/C C F/C C
oh my soul (repeat 11 times)
