[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)
[Intro] | F#m | F#m E/G#(476454) | A | A (Bm Bm/C#-x44x22) | | D | D | E | C#7 |
[Verse 1] [F#m] It can't be [E/G#]said I'm an [A]early bird [A] It's ten o' [Bm]clock [Bm/C#]before I [D]say a word Baby, I can never [E]tell How do you sleep so [C#7]well? You keep telling me to
[F#m]live right [F#m]To go to [E/G#]bed before the [A]daylight But then you [Bm]wake up [Bm/C#]for the [D]sunrise You know you don't gotta pre [A]tend Baby, now and [C#7]then Don't you just wanna
[Pre-Chorus 1] [F#m] wake up, dark as a lake? [F#m] Smelling like a[E/G#] bon [A] fire, lost in a haze? If [Bm]you're drunk [Bm/C#]on Life, [D] babe, I think it's great But while in this world [E] I think I'll [C#7]take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat [F#m] My coffee [E/G#]black and my [A]bed at three [A]You're too [Bm]sweet [Bm/C#]for me [D] You're too sweet for [A]me I [C#7]take my whiskey
[F#m] neat My coffee [F#m]black [E/G#]and my [A]bed at three [A]You're too [Bm]sweet [Bm/C#]for me [D] You're too sweet for [E]mee [C#7] ee
[Verse 2] I aim [F#m] low I aim true and the [E/G#] ground's where I [A] go I work [A] late where I'm [Bm] free [Bm/C#] from the [D] phone And the job gets done But you [E] worry some, I [C#7] know But who wants to live for
[F#m] ever, babe? You treat your [E/G#] mouth as if it's [A] Heaven's gate The rest of [Bm] you like [Bm/C#] you're the [D] TSA I wish I could go a [A] long, babe, don't get me [C#7] wrong You know you're bright as the
[Pre-Chorus 2] [F#m] morning, as soft as the rain Pret [E/G#] ty as a [A] vine, as sweet as a grape If you can [Bm] sit [Bm/C#] in a [D] barrel, maybe I'll wait Until that [E] day I'd rather [C#7] take my whiskey
[Chorus] [F#m] neat [F#m] My coffee [E/G#]black and my [A]bed at three [A] You're too [Bm]sweet [Bm/C#]for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] me
I [C#7] take my whiskey [F#m] neat [F#m] My coffee [E/G#]black and my [A]bed at three You're too [Bm]sweet [Bm/C#]for [D] me You're too sweet for [E] mee [C#7] ee
[Chorus] [F#m] neat [F#m] My coffee [E/G#]black and my [A]bed at three [A] You're too [Bm]sweet [Bm/C#]for [D] me You're too sweet for [A] mee [C#7] ee
