C F C F C F C F

C            F            Em         A7            F               G
Please stay away till the end of the night, where nothing's on the run
C           F         Em     A7     F               G
please stay away till I can find the reason and the fun
Am                          D7       Am            Bb
though I've seen all their happiness I can only be down
Em           A7           F          G      C       F   C   F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted


C            F          Em            A7            F                 G
These broken dreams are not what they seem, there's so much more than this
C           F       Em          A7     E                G
I can't see how she won't think now of everything we've missed
Am                      D7          Am                    Bb
all the words that have gone before may as well have been none
Em           A7           F          G      C        F  C  F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted
Em           A7           F          G      C         F  C  F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted


Bm                 Em                Bm                       Em
     I know it's a real life story      but there's so little time
C                  D               F                  G
     I know it's a real nice story   but it's easy to find


C         F            Em         A7           F               G
These cigarettes won't relieve a thing they’re just to ease my mind
C        F     Em          A7      F                G
I wonder so if she'll ever know of all we've left behind
Am                D7             Am                 Bb
of the thirty-one dreams we had, thirty-one were my own
Em           A7           F          G      C       F   C   F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted
Em           A7           F          G      C       F   C   F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted
Em           A7           F          G      C       F   C   F
go take your soul make an ode to the lonely hearted