Verse 1
G F C
Independent, that's how you view yourself
Now that you're twentytwo, twentytwo
G F C
If I could do it, I would stay young for you
We could live inside a place
D7
Where we'd never have to face
C
All the people who disgrace us
D7
And make us hide our face
Verse 2
G F C
Busted and used, that's how you view your girl
Now that she's twentytwo, twentytwo
G F C
If I could do it, I would stay young for you
We could live inside a place
D7
Where we'd never have to face
C
All the people who disgrace us
D7
And make us hide our face
Verse 3
G F C
If I could do it, I would fly into the sun
I would become warm
G F C
And I meant it when I said you're my favourite son
With your finger that is reaching
D7
For the trigger of the gun
C
And you know you've got to prove it
D7
To yourself and everyone
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
Verse 4
G F C
If I could do it, I would take her in my arms
I would unwrong all his wrongs
G F C
I could stay here and write a thousand songs
Just to show her that the stars
D7
Still come out behind the fog
C
There's a light on in the lighthouse
D7
You can see it in the dark
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
Bridge: G Am C G (x2)
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
Even when I'm alone
G Am
I do not go quietly
C
Into the night that calls me
Am G
No, no, no, no, no