Em G D
ever since I was eight or nine
C G D
I've been standing on the shoreline
Em G D
for all my life I've been waiting
C G D
for something lasting
Em G D
you loose your hunger and you loose your way
C G D
you get confused and then you fade away
C G D
oh this town
G D Em
kills you when you are young
C G D
oh this town
G D Em
kills you when you are young
Em G D C G D x2
Em G D
I'm not the boy that I used to be
C G D
this town has got the youth of me
Em G D
all the eyes turn hollow
C G D
from the work of sorrow
Am C D
G Em
you die young
D
you die when you're young
Am
you die when you're young
C D
G Em
we are shadows
D
oh we're shadows
Am
we're shadows in the alley
C D Em
Em G D C G D x3
Em G D
you're standing on the paving
C G D
by the office building
Em G D
they've got so much to do
C G D
never time for you
Am C D
G Em
you die young
D
you die when you're young
Am
you die when you're young
C D
G Em
we are shadows
D
oh we're shadows
Am
just shadows in the alley
C D
G Em
I've got nothing
D
nothing to wait for
Am
nothing to wait for
C D
G Em D Am C D
G Em
where is life
D
in this town
Am
where is life in this town
C D G