Intro:
|G C| |G C| G C| G C|

Verse:    
                |G                          D/F#|              |C                        Am7|
It”s not time to make a change, just relax and take it easy
                         |G                           Em|                       |Am                                D|
You”re still young, that”s your fault, there”s so much you have to know
              |G              D/F# |             |C                       Am7|
Find a girl, settle down, if you want you can marry
                 |G           Em|               |Am Am7  D -|
Look at me, I am old, but I”m happy

           |G                               D|                | C                           Am7|
I was once like you are now, and I know that it”s not easy
              |G                              Em|                         | Am Am7 D -|
To be calm when you”ve found something going on
                            |G                    D|                            |C                             Am7|
But take your time, think a lot, why think of everything you”ve got
           (5/4) |G                          Em                     D|    (4/4)  |G        C| |G   C|
For you will still be here tomorrow, but your dreams may not

Chorus:
                    |G             Bm|                               |C                    Am7|
How can I try to explain? “cause when I do he turns away again
       |G                             Em|                       | Am7   D|
It”s always been the same, same old story
                     |G                         Bm|            | C                Am7|
From the moment I could talk I was ordered to listen
                            |G                Em|                |D          G – -|
Now there”s a way, and I know that I have to go away
(3/4)|D   –    C |  (4/4) |G  C| |G  C|
.    I know I have       to go

Solo:
|G    D |   C    Am7|
|G    Em |  Am7  D|
|G    D|    C    Am7|
(5/4)|G    Em   D|
(3/4)  G  |D  C|   (4/4) | G C| G C|

Verse:
              | G                              D|                       |C                             Am7|
It”s not time to make a change, just sit down and take it slowly
                       | G                            Em|                       |Am                                       D|
You”re still young, that”s your fault, there”s so much you have to go through
              |G                 D|                   |C                         Am7|
Find a girl, settle down, if you want, you can marry
                 |G           Em|                |Am    Am7 D -|
Look at me, I am old, but I”m happy

Chorus:
             | G                         Bm|                    |C                       Am7|
All the times that I”ve cried, keeping all the things I knew inside
        |G                     Em|              |Am  Am7 D – |
It”s hard, but it”s harder to ignore it
                         |G             Bm|                   |C                                  Am7|
If they were right, I”d agree, but it”s them they know, not me
                            |G               Em     | (3/4)   |D         G       – |
Now there”s a way, and I know that   I have to go away
    |D    –  C |    (4/4)   G (hold)
I know I have to          go