Hm D Em A G D A
There's only one way of life and that's your own, your own, your own
| D | D | F | G | (*2)
D
My father when I was younger took me up on to the hill
F G
that looked down on the city smog above the factory spill
D
He said now this is where I come from when I want to be free
F G
but he never was in his lifetime but these words stuck with me
| D | D | F | G | (*2)
D
And so I ran from all of this and I climbed that highest hill
F G
and I looked down onto my life above the factory spill
D
I looked down onto my life as the family disgrace
F G
then all my friends on the starting line, their wages off to chase
F G
yes and all my friends and all their jobs and all the bloody waste
Hm D Em A G D A
There's only one way of life and that's your own, your own, your own
Hm D Em A G D A
There's only one way of life and that's your own, that's your own, that's your own
| D | D | F | G | (*6)
D
Well well when I grew up, learned to love and laugh circled as on the underpass
F G
But the noise we thought would never stop died a death as the punks grew up
D
And we choked on our dreams we wrestled with our fears
F G
we're running through the heartless concrete streets chasing our ideas, run
| D | D | F | G | (*2)
D
And the problems of the world won't be solved by this guitar
F G
And they won't stop coming either by the life I've had so far
D
And the bright lights of my home town won't be getting any dimmer
F G
Though their calling has receded now like some old distant singer
F G
And they don't seem so appealing to the eyes of this poor singer
There's only one way of life and that's your own, your own, your own
There's only one way of life and that's your own, that's your own, that's your own
There's only one way of life and that's your own, that's your own, that's your own
Only one way of life and that's your own, that's your own, that's your own
that's your own
| Am | Am | Em | Am | (*4)
Am Em Am
I never was a violent man said the man in the bar with his head in his hands
Em Am
He's trying his best to understand the cause of his dismay
Em Am
But years of Gin have broken him and left him cold where he fitted in
Em Am
It's too late now to turn around and find another way
Chorus
Dm F
All the laughs in the late night lock-in
Am G
Fade away when he gets in
Dm F
The girl from fifteen years ago
Am
Has packed and gone away
| Am | Am | Em | Am | (2 times)
Am Em Am
Was never how it used to be what happened to all that energy
Em Am
You took one too many liberties and I'm tired of being afraid
Em Am
So after the fight she took flight hiding swollen eyes and a wounded pride
Em Am
The best years of her life denied sold for liquid shares
chorus
Am Em C G
And the victims of their world are advertised on posters
Am Em C G
Just a beach and a pretty girl you just take their potion
Am Em Am
It's another week ītil his cheque comes through he's got a fiver left to spend on food
Em Am
But the doors of the bar are open and he breaks another rule
Em Am
He sits on a stool that bears his name his favourite glass is called the same
Em Am
And he's never been kept waiting cos he pays the landlord's wage
chorus
Taken from the album - Levelling the land.
I know this is very lousy written but it's always something.
The intro and main riff goes something like this - H C H C H C A C H A C H A
| A | D | A | D |
A
There's a young boy in the queue
D
Not much else for him to do
A
He's had a drink, he's had a few
D
Down the pub on Hope Street
A
Dear old lady she's looking thin
D
Got a shopping bag with your life in
A
Your old man's going through the bins
D
So it goes on Hope Street
A
Rain on me come pouring down
D
Clean the dirt of this old town
F#m
Tell the sun to come around
D
And show his face on Hope Street
Riff
A
There's a flight right down the street
D
The betting shop has got him beat
A
Blew his money for the week
D
on a horse called Hope Street
A
No old faces out today
D
Someone took them all away
A
Cleaning up or so they say
D
The dirty face of Hope Street
A
Everyday I look at you
D
Dressed up in you ties of blue
A
Saying there's not much you can do
D
To help the kids on Hope Street
A
They don't seem to even care
D
That it was you that put them there
A
You seem to think they like it there
D
Hanging out on Hope Street
| Am | F C |
Am F C
Do you wake up everyday
Am
In a world that seems crazy
G F
A world you love to hate
Am F C
Are you scared do you feel pretty safe
Am
Do you think you have nothing
G F
Do you think you've got it made
Dm Am
You know it feels like you're going insane
F
I've done everything you told me
C G
To take away the pain
Dm Am
Then you change my medication again
C
It's getting harder to tell
G
Just who or what's insane
Am F C
Do your nightmares tear you apart
Am
Do you wake up screaming
G
Shouting in the dark
Am F C
The deamons keep you awake
Am
Does the clock tick more slowly
G F
With every breath you take
Am F C
Does each day seem like the rest
Am
You turn on the morning
G F
Cause turning offs the best
Am F C
Do you think that it will never change
Am
Or does mass self delussion
G F
medal with your brain
You see I think I know the way
You've given me the power
By maki