Key: E
Introduction:
B D E
Intro (Play Chorus)
Verse I
A F#m E
If it's true a rich man leads a sad life,
C#m D
that's what the say from day to day
A F#m E
then what do all the poor do with their lives
C#m D
on Judgement Day with nothin' to say?
Chorus
A C#m
I've been beat up I've been thrown out
F#m B
but I'm not down oh, I'm not down
A C#m
I've been shown up but I've grown up and
F#m B
I'm not down oh I'm not down
B/A B/G# B/F# D D/C# E
Verse II
On My own I faced a gang of jeering
E A C#m
Yes I lived that kind of day
Em7 D
when none of your sorrows will go away
go down and down and hit the floor,
D/C#
down and down and down somemore
B
Depression
A C#m Em7
But I know, there'll be someway when I can swing everything
D
back my way Like skyscrapers rising up
D/C# B E
floor by floor, not giving up
Verse III