Verse 1
N.C.  EbMA7                           Fm7 
In    our little world   there’s only money, drugs and girls.  I’m 
Bb            Ab          EbMA7 
Safe with the blues to -  night. 
F/A              Ab                 Gm7          C9 
Skies that faded yellow, we'll re - tire for the day.  In 
Fm7    Gaug     Cm       Ab/Bb   Bb 
Cali - fornia   shade.             With your 
 
Verse 2
EbMA7                         Fm7 
Head in the clouds  without a voice to speak out loud.  I’ll 
Bb           Ab         EbMA7 
Keep to my - self  to - night.  The 
F/A               Ab              Gm7              C9 
Traffic slows for suitors, in the Main Street pa - rade.  Where 
Fm7       Gaug    Cm         A/B  B7 
All roads lead to shame… I’m ho - ping you 
 
Chorus 1
G#m     B            AMA7           E 
Hold me down  till I feel a sign of life 
B/D#            D6               A 
  Then we’ll go out and face the night 
A/B  B7    G#m         B                AMA7            E 
       A - lone, in my room, where this loneliness be - gins 
B/D#          D6              A    Bb7sus   Bb7 
   I’m on the outside looking in. 
 
Verse 3
EbMA7                          Fm7 
Poor little man, things didn’t go the way I planned.  I’m 
Bb         Ab       EbMA7 
Safe in my bed to - night. 
F/A              Ab              Gm7            C9 
When I wake to - morrow, I’ll be sad to see the day.  A - 
Fm7    Gaug    Cm       A/B  B7 
Nother useless day… I’m ho - ping you 
 
Chorus 2
G#m     B            AMA7           E 
Hold me down  till I feel a sign of life 
B/D#            D6               A 
  Then we’ll go out and face the night 
A/B  B7    G#m         B                AMA7            E 
       A - lone, in my room, where this loneliness be - gins 
B/D#          D6              AMA7 
   I’m on the outside looking in.