Intro:
Fmaj7 Gm Fmaj7 Gm
Fmaj7 Gm Fmaj7 Gm
Verse 1:
Fmaj7 Gm
Come on home
Fmaj7 Gm
There's a hole the size of ancient Rome
Fmaj7 Gm
Come on back
Fmaj7 Gm
You're giving me a heart attack
Fmaj7 Gm
We are young
Fmaj7 Gm
Running through the fields of life
Fmaj7 Gm
Playing all the games that people play
Fmaj7 Gm
When you see them in the films from yesterday
Gm F
Give a chance to the old
Gm F
Set the record straight for the welfare state
Gm F
Give a chance to the young
Gm F C
Everyone deserves a life in the sun
Verse 2:
F Gm
Twenty years
F Gm
I know that's when my love appeared
F Gm
Twenty turns
F Gm
We took together round the sun
F Gm
We are old
F Gm
Trekking in the fields of snow
F Gm
Follow in my footsteps, noble page
F Gm
Never fear from time or cold or age
Gm F
Give a chance to the old
Gm F
Set the record straight for the welfare state
Gm F
Give a chance to the young
Gm F C
Everyone deserves a life in the sun
Verse 3:
F Gm
I don't care if it's cold outside
F Gm
Cos my baby keeps me warm
F Gm
And I don't care what my boss is saying
F Gm
Cos I left my mind at home
F Gm
I know you worry 'bout the way we live
F Gm
The things we could have done
F Gm
But if you're loving other people close
F Gm
You will never be alone
Interlude: Fmaj7 Gm Am Bb
Bridge:
Bm7 A
I watch I wait
Bm7 A
I know that we'll never be together in that way
D
Doesn't stop me wishing
D
Doesn't stop me praying
E
Doesn't stop me wishing
E
Doesn't stop me praying
Keyboard Solo
F Gm F Gm
F Gm F Gm
Verse 4:
F Gm
Come on home
F Gm
There is room beside me on the throne
F Gm
We are king and queen of 'might have been'
F Gm
Heirs apparent to the scene
F Gm
Come on back
F Gm
We are racing the eternal track
F Gm
Step for step and toe to toe
F Gm
I will take your arm and off we go
Gm F
We will try to be true
Gm F
Often time corrupts what you thought you knew
Gm F
We will try to be fair
Gm F
If you hide your love it will wither and fade
Gm F
Give a chance to the old
Gm F
Set the record straight for the welfare state
Gm F
Give a chance to the young
Gm F C
Everyone deserves a life in the sun