Intro: EAADGG/F# Verse 1 : Em Am Am7 I bought the paper yesterday D G G/F# And I saw the obituary Em Am Am7 And I read of how you died in pain D G G/F# Well I just couldn't understand it Em AmAm7 If I could of changed that D G G/F# Then Lord knows I'd do it now Em Am Am7 But there is no going back D G G7 And what's done is done forever Chorus 1: Cmaj7 Bm But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt Am B7 Of every small town institution and every big town flirt Solo: Em Am Am7 D G G/F# x2 Verse 2 Em Am Am7 And I think of what you might have been D G G/F# A man of such great promise Em Am Am7 Oh but you seem to forget the dream D G G/F# And the more you saw you hated Em Am Am7 But let's not talk of the blame D G G/F# For what is only natural Em Am Am7 Like a moth going to a flame D G G7 You had a dangerous passion Chorus 2: Cmaj7 Bm But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt Am B7 Of every small town institution and every big town flirt Outro: Em Am Am7 All the things that you might have been D G G/F# But who am I to say? Em Still I wonder Am D G EmF# If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay Am D G EmF# If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay ADEm