Em    (022000)
Am    (x02210)
Am7   (x02010) or (x02013)
D     (xx0232) or D7 (xx0212)
G     (320033)
G/F#  (2x0033) or (2x023x)
G7    (320001)
Cmaj7 (x32000) or C (x32010)
Bm    (x24432) or D (xx0232)
B7    (x21200) or (x21202) or (x24242)


Intro:

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F#

Verse 1 :

Em                     Am  Am7
I bought the paper yesterday
      D            G   G/F#
And I saw the obituary
      Em                      Am   Am7
And I read of how you died in pain
     D                       G    G/F#
Well I just couldn't understand it
   Em                   Am  Am7
If I could of changed that
     D              G     G/F#
Then Lord knows I'd do it now
    Em                 Am  Am7
But there is no going back
           D            G          G7
And what's done is done forever 


Chorus 1:

Cmaj7                           Bm 
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am                                  B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 


Solo:

Em    Am Am7   D   G G/F# x2


Verse 2

      Em                           Am   Am7
And I think of what you might have been
  D                 G       G/F#
A man of such great promise
         Em                   Am    Am7
Oh but you seem to forget the dream
        D                G    G/F#
And the more you saw you hated
          Em              Am    Am7
But let's not talk of the blame
    D            G      G/F#           
For what is only natural
       Em              Am    Am7
Like a moth going to a flame
    D               G          G7
You had a dangerous passion


Chorus 2:

Cmaj7                           Bm 
But you were always chained and shackled by the dirt
Am                                  B7
Of every small town institution and every big town flirt 


Outro:

Em                      Am            Am7
All the things that you might have been
    D           G    G/F#
But who am I to say?
        Em
Still I wonder
        Am                D              G   G/F#   Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to lay
        Am                D             G    G/F#  Em
If it's in the cold earth you prefer to stay