IntroAm7Gsus4Fmaj7Gsus4 x3
Am7Gsus4Fmaj7Verse 1Am7Gsus4Fmaj7Gsus4
I met him outside a hostel door
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He said I’ll tell you mine if you tell me yours
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I know you think it’s shifty for a man in his fifties to be
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sleeping in a hostel dorm
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But I used to be a welder by trade
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Used to work by the water where the ships get made
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But no shipyard will take me now
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My hands are too shaky now
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I’ve spend all my money before I get paid
Chorus 1Gsus4C
And I said David, don’t you think it’s strange
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While you were in your dark room
C
How the world went and changed
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Looking in your eyes, I think you know
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That David, we lost you, lost you a long time ago
InterludeAm7Gsus4Fmaj7Gsus4 x3
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Ooh, ooh, oh, oh,…
Verse 2Am7Gsus4Fmaj7
He leans his head against the hostel wall
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Said I have an ex-wife that doesn’t hear me
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And a kid that doesn’t call
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And every month I’m caught short
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With my fucking child support
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And the court says that I’m reckless and irresponsible
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‘Cause it was never part of the plan
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To be a middle aged man
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To be sat outside a hostel, shaking strangers’ hands
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But I’ve drunk away my wealth
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And I’m a picture of bad health
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And I’m a shadow of a shadow of a former self
Chorus 2Gsus4C
And I said David, don’t you think it’s strange
Fmaj7
For years you were walking
C
And how the world went and changed
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I hear it in your voice, I think you know
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That David, we lost you, lost you a long time ago
InterludeAm7Gsus4Fmaj7Gsus4 x7
Am7Gsus4Fmaj7
Ooh, ooh, oh, oh,…
Chorus 3
(play every chord only once)
Gsus4C
And I said David, don’t you think it’s strange
Fmaj7
While you were sleeping
C
How the world went and changed
Gsus4Am7
Looking in your eyes, I think you know
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That David, we lost you, lost you a long time ago
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