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