Intro:
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Bm-Am-C9
Ebmaj7 Bb
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D G
Got a call from an old friend we'd used to be real close
A D G D
Said he couldn't go on the American way
D G
Closed the shop, sold the house, bought a ticket to the west coast
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Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
D G
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm allright
A D G D
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
D G
I don't care what you say anymore this is my life
A Bm
Go ahead with your own life leave me alone
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I never said you had to offer me a second chance
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I never said I was a victim of circumstance
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I still belong
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Don't get me wrong
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And you can speak your mind
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But not on my time
D G
They will tell you you can't sleep alone in a strange place
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Then they'll tell you can't sleep with somebody else
D G
Ah but sooner or later you sleep in your own space
A D
Either way it's O.K. you wake up with yourself
(repeat the chorus at the end)