[Intro]
[C] [Fmaj7] [Fm] [C]
[Verse]
An [C]early mid-life crisis looms, and [C]for me to survive it
I'll [Am]find myself a motorbike, and [Am]learn how to ride it
I'll [C]stop out where the grass is dry and the [C]hills are tall and black
And [Am]sleep under the spotted veil, with the [Am]dirt against my ba-
-ai-ai-[F]ack, the [F]dirt against my [C]back
[C] [C]
[Verse]
[C]When the eastern sky is blue and the [C]sparrows whisper low
[Am]I will make my windy way [Am]across the desert slow
To the [C]cities and oases that have [C]sin and life and hope
And [Am]find me a girl who looks like you, and [Am]dance and drink and smo-
-o-[F]oke, [F]dance and drink and [C]smoke
[C] [C]
[Chorus]
[F]Dance and drink and smoke with the [C]dirt against my back
In the [Am]din we laugh and hope for the [G]future, present, past
[F]Rolling the dice, you come up [C]sevens or snake eyes
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way if we [C]could
[C] [C]
[Solo]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [C]
[Verse]
I [C]wake up close to where I fell, my [C]boots are in the fire
I [Am]rub my eyes and read the sky. The [Am]west is my desired
destin[F]ation? occup[G]ation?
situ[F]ation? [Fm] I don't know
[Chorus]
[F]Dance and drink and smoke with the [C]dirt against my back
In the [Am]din we laugh and hope for the [G]future, present, past
[F]Rolling the dice, you come up [C]sevens or snake eyes
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way[F]
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way[F]
[Fm] if we [C]could
[C] [C]
[Outro]
[C] [G] [C]
[Solo reprise]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [C]
[Outro]
[C] [G] [C]
[C] [Fmaj7] [Fm] [C]
[Verse]
An [C]early mid-life crisis looms, and [C]for me to survive it
I'll [Am]find myself a motorbike, and [Am]learn how to ride it
I'll [C]stop out where the grass is dry and the [C]hills are tall and black
And [Am]sleep under the spotted veil, with the [Am]dirt against my ba-
-ai-ai-[F]ack, the [F]dirt against my [C]back
[C] [C]
[Verse]
[C]When the eastern sky is blue and the [C]sparrows whisper low
[Am]I will make my windy way [Am]across the desert slow
To the [C]cities and oases that have [C]sin and life and hope
And [Am]find me a girl who looks like you, and [Am]dance and drink and smo-
-o-[F]oke, [F]dance and drink and [C]smoke
[C] [C]
[Chorus]
[F]Dance and drink and smoke with the [C]dirt against my back
In the [Am]din we laugh and hope for the [G]future, present, past
[F]Rolling the dice, you come up [C]sevens or snake eyes
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way if we [C]could
[C] [C]
[Solo]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [C]
[Verse]
I [C]wake up close to where I fell, my [C]boots are in the fire
I [Am]rub my eyes and read the sky. The [Am]west is my desired
destin[F]ation? occup[G]ation?
situ[F]ation? [Fm] I don't know
[Chorus]
[F]Dance and drink and smoke with the [C]dirt against my back
In the [Am]din we laugh and hope for the [G]future, present, past
[F]Rolling the dice, you come up [C]sevens or snake eyes
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way[F]
At the [Am]end of the day, we'd have [Em]stayed that [F]way[F]
[Fm] if we [C]could
[C] [C]
[Outro]
[C] [G] [C]
[Solo reprise]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[C] [C]
[Am] [Am]
[F] [G]
[C] [C]
[Outro]
[C] [G] [C]
