Key: E
Introduction:
Em G
Say I'm gonna run away tonight
D C
Gonna sit down here and keep out of sight
Em G D
Leave her struggling on her own
Em G
'Cos I'm not that strong like her you see
D C
I'm not the man that I know I should be
Em G D
I show my feathers and I run
Em G
I better pull it together, better step up soon
D C
'Cos I've gotta get ready for the baby boom
Em G D
And tie my colours to the mast
Em
So I better put down the drink,
G
Take a minute to think
C D
About the real world and what I should do
Em
Would I run straight home
G
Or keep on drinking alone
C D
And just forget that I ever knew?
C G
If I am to change for you
D Em D
It's gonna be a bitter pill to swallow
C G D
For you, for you
C G
And if I am to change my view
D Em D
With a different road and goal to follow.
C G D
It's for you. For you
Em G
Oh my boy you don't need to know,
D C
That daddy was a drunk 'cos he couldn't let go
Em G D
Of his youth and reputation
Em G
Just running round town like an unemployed clown
D C
Drinking to forget that his chips are down
Em G D
Never realising what he had
Em
So I better put down the drink,
G
Take a minute to think
C D
About the real world and what I should do
Em
Would I run straight on
G
Or keep on drinking alone
C D
And just forget that I ever knew?
C G
For, if I am to change for you
D Em D
It's gonna be a bitter pill to swallow
C G D
For you, for you
C G
And if I am to change my view
D Em D
With a different road and goal to follow.
C G D D2
It's for you. For you
D C G
You come around like it was some big sacrifice
D C G
Who ever told you that I needed your advice?
D C G
Oh you should crawl back from where you once came
A2 A7
Whoever told you...?
C G
That if I am to change for you
D Em D
It's gonna be a bitter pill to swallow
C G D
For you. For you
C G
And if I am to change my view
D Em D
With a different road and goal to follow
C G D
It's for you. For you
C G
And if I am to change for you
D G D
It's gonna be a bitter pill to swallow
C G D
For you. For you
C G
If I am to face this world
D Em D
It's gonna be a different road to follow
C G D
For you. For you