heliocentric@breathe.com 27th December 2000, 7.57pm AWAY FROM THE NUMBERS (Paul Weller) Chords used: G: 355433 C: x3555x G/F#: 255433 Em: 022000 D: xx0232 and x5777x Am: 577555 F#: 244322 F: 133211 Bb: x1333x G C G (x2) G C G G Things are getting just a-too cosy for me, C G G I'm not seeing people as they see me, C G EmF# Gonna break away and gain control, D G You free your mind, you free your soul. C G CG I was the type who knocked at old men (history's easy) C G C G Who together at tables sit and drink beer (somewhere is really) C G EmF# Then I saw that I was really the same, D So this link's breaking away from the chain. G Am Away from the numbers, C Away from the numbers D Is where I'm gonna be. G Am Away from the numbers, C D Away from the numbers G Is where I am free G D C Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh G C D Ooh, ooh, ooh... G Am Away from the numbers (away from the numbers) C D Away from the numbers (ooh-ooh-ooh) G Am Is where I'm gonna be. G F# I was sick and tired of my little niche, D I'm gonna break away and find what life is. C(slide to)D (x2) D G C G C G And all those fools I thought were my friends (coasting is easy) C G C G They now stare at me and don't see a thing (rea-lity's so hard) C G EmF# 'Til their life is over and they start to moan, D How they've never had the chance to make it good. G Am Away from the numbers, C Away from the numbers D Is where I'm gonna be, G Am Away from the numbers (away from the numbers) C D Away from the numbers G D Is where I am free (ooh-ooh-ooh) G D Is where I am free (ooh-ooh-ooh) Is where I'm gonna be (ooh-ooh-ooh) G D It's reality (ooh-ooh-ooh) CGFG G C G F G (x3) G C G F G Reality's so hard (x6) C(slide to)D (x2) Bb(slide to)C F(slide to)G