Tom: Em
Em (022000)
Am (x02210)
Am7 (x02010) or (x02013)
D (xx0232) or D7 (xx0212)
G (320033)
G/F# (2x0033) or (2x023x)
G7 (320001)
Cmaj7 (x32000) or C (x32010)
Bm (x24432) or D (xx0232)
B7 (x21200) or (x21202) or (x24242)
Intro:
Em Am Am7 D G G/F#
Verse 1 :
Em Am Am7
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#
Then Lord knows I'd do it now
Em Am Am7
But there is no going back
D G G7
And what's done is done forever
Chorus 1:
Cmaj7 Bm
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
Solo:
Em Am Am7 D G G/F# x2
Verse 2
Em Am Am7
And I think of what you might have been
D G G/F#
A man of such great promise
Em Am Am7
Oh but you seem to forget the dream
D G G/F#
And the more you saw you hated
Em Am Am7
But let's not talk of the blame
D G G/F#
For what is only natural
Em Am Am7
Like a moth going to a flame
D G G7
You had a dangerous passion
Chorus 2:
Cmaj7 Bm
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt
Outro:
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# Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay
Am D G G/F# Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay
