C Eb
Gotta get up, gotta get out,
D Ab G C
gotta get home before the mornin' comes.
Eb
What if I'm late? Got a big date,
D Ab G D
gotta get home before the sun comes up.
F
Up and away, got a big day,
E Bb A D
sorry we can't stay, I gotta run, run, yeah.
F
Gotta get home, pick up the phone,
E Bb A
gotta let the people know I'm gonna be late.
C G C G (bass notes: C Db D G)
C G C G
There was a time when we could dance until a quarter to ten.
C G C Ab G
We never thought it would end then, we never thought it would end.
C G C G
We used to carry on and drink and do the rock and roll.
C
We never thought we get older
G C Ab G
We’d never thought it'd grow cold but now
Chorus
Down by the sea she knew a sailor who had been to war.
She never even knew a sailor before, she never even knew his name.
He'd come to town and he would pound her for a couple of days
And then he'd sail across the bubbly waves and those
And those were happier days, but now
