[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 1 - Light drums] I've been [C]walkin' these streets [C/G]so -[C]long,[C/G] singin' the same [C/G]old [C]song [C/G][C] I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of [G]Broadway [Gsus4][G] Where [F]hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the [C] rain [F/C][C] There's been a [G]load of compromisin', Lord on the [F]road to my ho[C]rizon (just bass drum) But [F]I'm gonna be where the [D/F#]lights are shinin' on [G]me [Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - DRUMS IN] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6-x35555]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know And offers comin' over the phone
[Verse 2] Well, I [C]really don't mind [C/G]the [C]rain, [C/G]and a [C]smile can hide [C/G]all the [C]pain But [C/G]you're [C]down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the [G]long way And I [F]dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my [C]shoe [F/C][C]
There'll be a [G]load of compromisin', Lord on the [F]road to my ho[C]rizon But [F]I'm gonna be where the [D/F#]lights are shinin' on [G]me [Gsus4][G]
[Chorus] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know And offers comin' over the phone
[Strings bit] [F][C/E][Dm][C][G/B][F/A] [G][F][Em][Dm] (like a rhine..)
[Chorus] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know
