Key: E major
Intro 1
B
E
Verse 1
E
C#m
The man finds himself alone for
B
E
the first time in his life
G#m
He's always got a problem,
C#m
B
E
he's got to work it out wrong or right
G#m
He's got to work it out,
C#m
B
E
he's so lonely in the night
G#m
C#m
B
He's got to work it all alone
Verse 2
G#m
Now who in the world would believe that
C#m
he's got another trick up his sleeve
G#m
And who in the world wants to know
C#m
which way should he go
F#m
A
Which way should he turn? which
way should he learn?
Which day should he stop?
which way to the top?
Verse 3
E
C#m
I remember him when we were friends,
B
when we were young, way back then
E
C#m
I still can recall when we were small how
B
he tried his best to warn us all
E
Verse 4
G#m
E
This living on his own has turned his heart
C#m
B
E
to stone and it's all pain
G#m
He sits out on his own and eats his heart
C#m
B
out alone in the pouring rain
G#m
Now who in the world would have know
C#m
G#m
That just a few years ago his love
could have grown and grown
Verse 5
C#m
Through the rain, the sleet and snow
F#m
But the rain, the sleet and snow
A
chills the heart and kills the soul
So the let the cold winds blow
What he doesn't see he doesn't know
Verse 6
E
C#m
I remember him when we were friends,
B
when we were young, way back then
E
C#m
I recall it all when we were small
B
how he tried his best to warn us all
Verse 7
E
I remember it still,
C#m
B
I always will when we were friends way back then
E
C#m
B
I recall it all when we were small how he tried
E
B
C#m
his best to warn us all
E
He said, watch out for the
B
C#m
danger
Interlude 1
He said, watch out
B
E
Verse 8
E
C#m
The man is a winner for
B
E
the first time in his life
G#m
C#m
He looks a little thinner but he says
B
E
hey that doesn't matter
G#m
But if you look closely
C#m
B
You'll see a cold smug self- satis
E
G#m
C#m
B
factory smile behind
Verse 9
G#m
And now that he has won it doesn't
C#m
matter how or which way it was done
G#m
Now that he's in control,
C#m
revenge is in his heart and soul
F#m
The power is at his fingertips,
A
vengeance is on his lips
But the power he fought to control
now has got him in it's grips
Verse 10
E
C#m
I remember him when we were friends,
B
when we were young, way back then
E
C#m
I recall it all when we were small
B
how he tried his best to warn us all
Verse 11
E
I remember it still,
C#m
B
I always will when we were friends way back then
E
C#m
B
I recall it all when we were small how he
E
tried his best to warn us all
B
C#m
Verse 12
E
C#m
I remember him when we were friends,
B
when we were young, way back then
E
B
But now we're all grown up
C#m
and we're strangers
E
C#m
You see, bit by bit, part by part,
B
we slipped and slipped
E
B
C#m
Till we'd grown apart and now we're strangers
Outro 1
E
C#m
B
E
B
C#m
E
C#m
B
E
B
C#m
E
C#m
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