[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)
[Verse] She's a [E] good [A] girl loves her [B] mama Loves [E] Je [A] sus and America [B] too She's a [E] good [A] girl crazy 'bout [B] Elvis Loves [E] hor [A] ses and her boyfriend [B] too
[Instrumental] [E][A] ([A][Amaj7]) [B]
It's a [E] long [A] day livin' in Re [B] seda There's a [E] free [A] way runnin' through the [B] yard And I'm a [E] bad [A] boy 'cause I don't even [B] miss her I'm a [E] bad [A] boy for breakin' her [B] heart
[Verse] All the [E] vam [A] pires walkin' through the [B] valley Move [E] west [A] down Ventura Boule [B] vard And all the [E] bad [A] boys are standing in the [B] shadows All the [E] good [A] girls are home with broken [B] hearts
[Verse] I wanna [E] glide [A] down over Mulholland I wanna [E] write [A] her name in the sky I wanna [E] free [A] fall out into nothin' Gonna [E] leave [A] this world for a while
