Key: C
C/G
Am9
Bb7M
if it came to pass that they should ask
C
what could i tell them?
C/G
Am9
Bb7M
would they criticize behind my back
C
F
maybe i should let them
C
Am7
D9
Dm7/G
G4
oh if only then and only then they would understand
C
C/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
C7/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
theyd turn a full blooded city boy into a full blooded city man
C/G
Am9
if they could face it i could take it
Bb7M
C
F/C
C
F/C
in their eyes i know id make it
C/G
Am9
Bb7M
tiny minds of sacred cows just fake it
C
Am7
D9
Dm7/G
G4
oh if only then and only then they would understand
C
C/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
C7/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
theyd turn a full blooded city boy into a full blooded city man
Bbm
but i know the way they want me
Eb7
Ab7M
in the way they publicize
Bbm
Eb7
Ab7M
if they could turn the focus off to the image in their eyes
C/G
G4
C/G
F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C/G
G4
C/G
F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C/G
G4
C/G
F
maybe it would help them help them understand
C
F
C/G
F
C
C7/E
F
C/G
G7/B
C
that a full blooded city boy is now a full blooded city man
C/G
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo
Am9
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo
Bb7M
doo den doo den doo den doo doo doo (repeat)
C/G
oh my soul
Am9
oh my soul
Bb7M
C
F/C
C
F/C
C
oh my soul (repeat 11 times)