Intro:
[Em] [Am] [Am7] [D] [G] [G/F#]
Verse 1 :
[Em]I bought the paper yest[Am]erda[Am7]y
And I [D]saw the obitu[G]ary[G/F#]
And I [Em]read of how you died in [Am]pain[Am7]
Well [D]I just couldn't understa[G]nd it[G/F#]
If [Em]I could of changed th[Am]at[Am7]
Then [D]Lord knows I'd [G]do it [G/F#]now
But [Em]there is no going b[Am]ack[Am7]
And what's [D]done is done [G]forever [G7]
Chorus 1:
[Cmaj7]But you were always chained and [Bm]shackled by the dirt
[Am]Of every small town institution and [B7]every big town flirt
Solo:
Em Am Am7 D G G/F# x2
Verse 2
And I [Em]think of what you might have [Am]been[Am7]
A [D]man of such great [G]promise[G/F#]
Oh but yo[Em]u seem to forget the [Am]dream[Am7]
And the [D]more you saw you [G]hated[G/F#]
But let's [Em]not talk of the [Am]blame[Am7]
For [D]what is only [G]natural[G/F#]
Like a [Em]moth going to a [Am]flame[Am7]
You [D]had a dangerous [G]passion[G7]
Chorus 2:
[Cmaj7]But you were always chained and [Bm]shackled by the dirt
[Am]Of every small town institution and [B7]every big town flirt
Outro:
[Em]All the things that you [Am]might have bee[Am7]n
But [D]who am I to [G]say?[G/F#]
Still I [Em]wonder
If it's [Am]in the cold earth [D]you prefer to l[G]ay[G/F#][Em]
If it's [Am]in the cold earth [D]you prefer to [G]stay[G/F#][Em]
[Am] [D] [Em]
[Em] [Am] [Am7] [D] [G] [G/F#]
Verse 1 :
[Em]I bought the paper yest[Am]erda[Am7]y
And I [D]saw the obitu[G]ary[G/F#]
And I [Em]read of how you died in [Am]pain[Am7]
Well [D]I just couldn't understa[G]nd it[G/F#]
If [Em]I could of changed th[Am]at[Am7]
Then [D]Lord knows I'd [G]do it [G/F#]now
But [Em]there is no going b[Am]ack[Am7]
And what's [D]done is done [G]forever [G7]
Chorus 1:
[Cmaj7]But you were always chained and [Bm]shackled by the dirt
[Am]Of every small town institution and [B7]every big town flirt
Solo:
Em Am Am7 D G G/F# x2
Verse 2
And I [Em]think of what you might have [Am]been[Am7]
A [D]man of such great [G]promise[G/F#]
Oh but yo[Em]u seem to forget the [Am]dream[Am7]
And the [D]more you saw you [G]hated[G/F#]
But let's [Em]not talk of the [Am]blame[Am7]
For [D]what is only [G]natural[G/F#]
Like a [Em]moth going to a [Am]flame[Am7]
You [D]had a dangerous [G]passion[G7]
Chorus 2:
[Cmaj7]But you were always chained and [Bm]shackled by the dirt
[Am]Of every small town institution and [B7]every big town flirt
Outro:
[Em]All the things that you [Am]might have bee[Am7]n
But [D]who am I to [G]say?[G/F#]
Still I [Em]wonder
If it's [Am]in the cold earth [D]you prefer to l[G]ay[G/F#][Em]
If it's [Am]in the cold earth [D]you prefer to [G]stay[G/F#][Em]
[Am] [D] [Em]
