Angry Young Man by Steve Earle

Intro: C   G   C   EM7   C   D   G

            G
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
           C                      G
So much time spent in so little space

What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
                          D
Kind of closes in on you after a while
         EM7                             G
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
           C                      G
You keep your mouth shut and do as your told

I told mama the day that I ran
           D                  G
This ain't no place for an angry young man

(Repeat chords for all verses)

Chorus
         C                    G
Mama if you could see me right now
        C                     G
You'd be sure you failed me some how
                 EM7           C
Mama you never could understand
         D                     C
This ain"t no place for an angry young man

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         G
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
         C                G
So many people make you feel so alone
                                     
Dreams die easy out here on the streets
            D
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
          EM7             G 
I ain't never been the patient kind
          C               G
I got to live like I please or die trying

At a filling station with a gun in my hand
          D                  G
The only way for an angry young man

(Repeat Chorur)
         G                    C
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
         C                    G
Tonight they're staring me right in the face

A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
                 D
It's three in the morning and no ones around
          EM7                     G
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
           C               G
But I'll be gone by the morning light

Mama I hope you understand
       D                          G
This ain't no place for an angry young man


Repeat chorus


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