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| D | G | |
| Got a call from an old friend we'd used to be | real close |
| A | D | |
| Said he couldn't go on the American | way |
| G | |
| Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the | west coast |
| A D (Fill) |
| Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A. |
| D | G | |
| I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm a | llright |
| A | D | |
| I don't want you to tell me it's time to come | home |
| G | |
| I don't care what you say anymore this is | my life |
| A | Bm | |
| Go ahead with your own life leave me alone |
| F# | |
| I never said you had to offer me a s | econd chance |
| D7 | E9 | |
| I never said I was a victim of | circumstance |
| G | D | |
| I still belon | g |
| F# | Bm | |
| Don't get me | wrong |
| E9 | |
| And you can speak your mind |
| G | A | G | A | |
| But | not | on | my | time |
| D | G | |
| They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a | strange place |
| A | D | |
| Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody | else |
| G | |
| Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your | own space |
| A | D | |
| Either way it's O.K. you wake up with your | self |