| A D | A D | 2x
[Verse 1]
A D A D
Not too smart, just out of school
A D A D
A teachers pet and modern fool
F#m D E F#m
Talked about being a freelance broker
D A E
But the police caught him trying to choke her
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[Verse 2]
A D A D
Can't describe him in his corner, no, no
A D A D
Like a rat out of the water
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Out of work and out of grass
D A E F#m
Mother Mary never seems to stop to talk, she just walked on past
A D
Down down
A D
No information
A D A D
One day always, away
[Chorus]
F#m D E F#m
And why, why, can't I see you
D A E
One day always away
F#m D E F#m
And why, why, can't I be you
D A
One day always away
[Instrumental]
| E | E D | E | E |
| A D | A D | 2x
[Verse 2]
A D
He's out of school now
A D
Just another taken barstool
A D A D
And this neighborhood ain't what he had in mind, no, no
A D A D
Wants to be your girlfriend, and wants to be your boyfriend
A D A D
Wants to be your telephone, wants to, wants to be your own man
[Chorus]
F#m D E F#m
And why, why, can't I see you
D A E A
One day always away
F#m D E F#m D
And why, why, can't I be you
A E
One day always away [x4]
E D
One day always away
E
One day always away
E F#m
One day always away, always away, always away
[Instrumental]
| E | E D | E | E |
[Outro]
A D
Down down
A D A
No information
