E F#m B F#m
Riff-raff, street rat, I don't buy that
B
If only they'd look closer
A F#m E
Would they see a poor boy?No siree
C#m F#m B E
They’d find out there's so much more to me
B G#m C#m
Look at me; you may think you see who I really am
E F#m
But you never know me
B G#m A
Everyday It’s as if I play the part
D
Now I see
Bm Em
If I wear a mask I can fool the world
G Gm D
But I cannot fool my heart
G A D G A D
I have often dreamed, of a far off place
G A Bm G A
Where a great warm welcome, would be waiting for me
G A D G A D
And the crowds will cheer, when they see my face
G A Bm D A
And a voice keeps saying, "this is where I'm meant to be
G A
What would I give if I could live
F#m Bm
Outta these waters?
G A
What would I pay to spend a day
F#m D7
Warm on the sand?
G A
Betcha on land they understand
F#m Bm
Bet they don't reprimand their daughters
Esus4
Bright young women sick o' swimmin'
C
Ready to stand
C Dm C G
I am on my way, I will go the distance
C Dm C G
I don't care how far, somehow I'll be strong
C G F Am Em Dm
I know every mile will be worth my while
F G C Am G
I would go most anywhere to find where I - belong.
F G F G Dm C Dm/C C
Where does it say you gotta live and die here
F G F G/F C
Where does it say a guy can't catch a break
C
Why should you only take what you're given
Am Fm
Why should you spend your whole life living
Am
Trapped where there ain't no future
Fmaj7
Even at seventeen
Am Fmaj7
Breaking your back for someone else's sake
Bb Bm E7
If the life don't seem to suit you, how 'bout a change of scene
Am G A7 G/A
Far from the lousy headlines and the deadlines in between
D G A
And out there strolling by the sun
G D
Give me one day out there
G Asus F A#maj7 Gm7/C
All I ask is one to hold forever
D G A F#m Bm
Out there Where they all live un aware
Em7 A F#m7 Bm
What I'd give What I'd dare
Em7 G A
Just to live one day
D Bm
When's it my turn? Wouldn't I love
G Gm
Love to explore that shore above?
D Bm G A D
When I dream, on my own I'm alone but I ain't lonely
A F#m D Bm
For a dreamer's nights the only time of day
Bb Gm7 F#m A Bm Bb C/Bb D
I got nothing if I ain't got San-ta Fe