Verse 1
Em 
   You've never seen Paris 
        B7              Em 
and you never drank Champaign 
Em 
You've never been to the seaside 
    Am           B7          Em 
for you it's only clouds and rain 
 
Em 
   You never went out for dinner 
            B7         Em 
you never slept in a hotel 
Em 
Your mother always told you 
         Am            B7   Em 
son, one day you will marry well 
 
Chorus
Em    B7 
So it goes 
    C              D 
the old unchanging story 
Em      B7 
You can change 
        Am                  B7       Em 
but you cannot choose where you come from 
 
Verse 2
Em 
   You never took a plane 
          B7           Em 
you never sat in a new car 
      Em 
These things are not for people 
    Am         B7      Em 
who seem to come from afar 
 
Em 
   You never thought you're special 
          B7         Em 
you never had self esteem 
    Em 
And all of your heroes 
        Am             B7 Em 
they're living on your TV screen 
 
Chorus
Em    B7 
So it goes 
    C              D 
the old unchanging story 
Em      B7 
You can change 
        Am                  B7       Em 
but you cannot choose where you come from 
 
Verse 3
Em 
   Even today, when you're walking 
          B7               Em 
you still look down on the ground 
   Em 
As if you were still searching 
    Am                 B7    Em 
for something that you never found 
 
Bridge
   D                  Am 
So many roads you can walk down 
       D                     G 
no one knows what you will become 
    B7                     Em 
The only thing applying to everyone 
           Am                                        B7 
is that we can not choose where you come from 
 
Chorus
Em    B7 
So it goes 
    C              D 
the old unchanging story 
Em      B7 
You can change 
        Am                  B7       Em 
but you cannot choose where you come from 
 
        Em    B7 
Oh well so it goes 
    C              D 
the old unchanging story 
Em      B7 
You can change 
        Am                  B7       Em 
But you cannot choose where you come from 
        Am                          B7 
Oh you cannot choose where you come from 
        Am                  B7      Em 
Oh you cannot choose where you come from