[Chords]
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7 C# A E G# C F# Dmaj7/A
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[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
It's the sad eyed goodbye yesterday's moments I'll remember
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
It's the bleak street weak kneed partings I recall
D C#
It's the mistier mist, the hazier days
Bm7 A
The brighter sun, and the easier lays
G D
There's all the more reason for laughing and crying
Dmaj7/A A
When you're younger and life isn't too hard at all.
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[Verse 2]
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
It's the fantastic drowse of the afternoon Sundays that bored you to rages of tears
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
The unending pleadings to waste all your good times on thoughts of your middle aged years
D C#
It's the vertical hold of the things that you're told
Bm7 A
For the everyday hero, it all turns to zero
G D
And there's all the more reason for living or dying
Dmaj7/A A
When you're young and your troubles are all very small
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[Break]
E G#
Out here on the streets we'd gather and meet
A C D
And scuff up the sidewalks with endlessly restless feet
E G# A
Half of the time we'd broaden our minds more in the pool halls
C D
Than we did in the school halls.
E G#
With the downtown chewing gum bums
A F# D A
Watching the nightlife, the lights and the fun.
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[Verse 3]
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
I never wanted to be the boy next door, always thought I'd be something more
D C#m7 Bm7 G A7
It ain't easy for a smalltown boy, it ain't easy at all
D C# Bm7 A
Thinking it right, doing it wrong, it's easier from an armchair
G D
Waves of alternatives wash over my sleepiness
Dmaj7/A A
Have my eggs poached for breakfast I guess.
D A
(repeat and fade)