| G | B | Em | |
| The | cigarette of a | single | man |
| Bb | Am/C | |
| Burns in the ashtray | by his bed |
| G | B | Em | |
| He | pulls the ring of | another | can |
| Bm | Am | C | |
| and | holds it up | beside his | head |
| Bb | C | |
| The | book he reads is | on the floor |
| G | Cm | G | |
| he's | read it several | times before |
| REFRAIN: |
| B | Em | Bb | Am/C | G | |
| Whats you got to go | home | to? |
| B/Eb | Em | Bb | Am/C | F/D | C | |
| Whats you got to go | home | to? |
| G | B | Em | |
| The | cigarette of a | single | man |
| Bb | Am/C | |
| Sits on the ashtray | on the bar |
| G | B | Em | |
| He | sits and sifts through | several | plans |
| Bm | Am | C | |
| But | knows alone he | won't go | far |
| Bb | C | |
| He | needs the love | another has |
| G | Cm | |
| To | help him if a | nother can. |
| REFRAIN |
| BRIDGE: Bb C/Bb Bb C/Bb |
| Bb | C/Bb | Bb | C/Bb | G | B | Em | |
| The | cigarette of a | single | man |
| Bb | Am/C | |
| Lays in the gutter | by his side |
| G | B | Em | |
| Now he's one of those | little | lambs |
| Bm | Am | C | |
| Who | strayed too far from the | flock to | find |
| Bb | C | |
| He's | better off with | out the grief |
| G | Cm | |
| That | people wear bet | ween their teeth |
| G/B | C | |
| And | in his mouth as | he's asleep |
| G/D | C/E | |
| The | cigarette of a | single man |
| G/B | C | |
| In his mouth bet | ween his teeth |
| Cm/Eb G/D Cm/Eb Em hold |
| The cigarette of a single man |
| G | B | Em | Bb | Am/C | |
| Whats you got to go | home | to? |
| G | B/Eb | Em | Bb | Am/C | D/F | C | |
| Whats you got to go | home | to? |
| REPEAT TO FADE: |
| G | B | Em | |
| Whats you got to go | home | to? |
| G | Am | Dm | |
| Whats you got to go h | ome | to? |
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| Copyright 1987 Virgin Music |