[Verse 1] Bm/E Sometimes you're better off dead Bm/E There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head Am7 You think you're mad, too unstable Am7 Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables Bm/E In a restaurant in a West End town Bm/E Call the police, there's a madman around Am7 Running down underground Am7 To a dive bar in a West End town
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse 2] Bm/E Too many shadows, whispering voices Bm/E Faces on posters, too many choices Am7 If, when, why, what? Am7 How much have you got? Bm/E Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? Bm/E And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? Am7 (How much do you need?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | West End girls, West End girls
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys and West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E | % | West End girls
[Verse] Bm/E You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone Bm/E Just you wait 'til I get you home Am7 We've got no future, we've got no past Am7 Here today, built to last Bm/E In every city, in every nation Bm/E From Lake Geneva to the Finland station Am7 (How far have you been?)
[Chorus] Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 The East End boys and West End girls Bm In a West End town, a dead end world Am7 East End boys, West End girls D B/D# | E | E D B/D# | E [ D B/D# | Cmaj7 ] West End girls (West End girls
[Outro] D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (How far have you been?) D B/D# | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E | West End girls (repeat and fade)
During chorus play snare with no chord and the chord on upbeat for those pushes/stabs C to D section in chorus play Snare + Bass then chord with upstroke to get offbeat BPM 86 [Intro - run during C chord 32010 3x010 32010 3x210] (lifting finger off the B on A string helps emphasise the higher D) | G D | C | G D | C |
[Verse 1] [G] I don't [D] know where I'm [C] going, [C/G?] [G] but I [D] sure know where I've [C] been. [C/G?] [G] Hanging on the [D] promises in [C] songs of yesterday. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] And I've made up my min [D] d [Am] I ain't wasting no more [D] time.... [C] ..... [D] . [Verse 2] [G] Though I keep [D] searching for an [C] answer, [C/G?] [G] I never seem to f [D] ind what I'm looking f [C] or.. [C/G?] [G] Oh Lord, I [D] pray you give me s [C] trength to carry on. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am] 'cause I know what it mean [D] s to [Am] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Verse 3] [G] I'm just another [D] heart in need of [C] rescue... [C/G?] ....... [G] waiting on [D] love's sweet chari [C] ty..... [C/G?] .... [G] And I'm gonna [D] hold on for the [C] rest of my days. [C] ...... [G/B] ... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime. But [C] here I [D] go a [Em] gain, [Am] here I go ag [Em] ain. [Am] Here I go ag [Em] ain, [Am] ooooh baby.. [Am] .... [C] ... [D] .
[Solo] | G D/G | C/G | G D/G | C/G | | G D/F# | C/E C G/B|
[Pre-chorus] [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
[Chorus] And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] And I've made up my mi [D] nd, [Am7] I ain't wasting no more t [D] ime.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... [Am7] 'cause I know what it mea [D] ns, to [Am7] walk along, the lonely street of [D] dreams.. [C] ... [D] .....
And [G] here I go a [C] gain on my o [D] wn.. [C] .... [D] .... going [G] down the only r [C] oad I've ever kn [D] own. [C] .... [D] ..... Like a d [G] rifter I was b [C] orn to walk a [D] lone. [C] .. [G/B] ....... (fade out)
