[Intro] 1                        G5/6 
[Intro] 2                    


[Verse]

             
 Got a call fr

          
om an old frie

              
nd we used to 

             
be real close
            
  Said he coul

             
dn't go on the

                 
 American way
             
  Closed the s

              
hop, sold the 

          
house, bought 

              
a ticket to th

           
e west coast
             
  Now he gives

             
 them a stand-

              
up routine in 

     
L.A.

             
  I don't need

          
 you to worry 

              
for me cause I

            
'm aaalright
             
 I don't want 

             
you to tell me

              
 it's time to 

           
come home
             
 I don't care 

          
what you say a

              
nymore this is

         /   
 my life
           
   Go ahead wi

            
th your own li

              
fe leave me al


one


[Chorus]

              
     I never s

            
aid you had to

             
 offer me a se

#            
cond chance
            
       I never

            
 said I was a 

            
victim of circ

            
umsta-aance
            
  I still belo

/         
oong,      don

            
't get me wroo

ong
            
   And you can

              
 speak your mi

             
nd - but nooot

     
 ooon my time


[Verse 2]

             
They will tell

          
 you you can't

              
 sleep alone i

             
n a straaange 

      
place
             
 Then they'll 

             
tell you can't

              
 sleep with so

             
mebody else
             
 Ah but sooner

          
 or later you 

              
sleep in your 

           /   
ooown space
           
  Either way i

            
t's O.K. you w

              
ake up with yo

     
urself

             
  I don't need

          
 you to worry 

              
for me cause I

            
'm aaalright
             
 I don't want 

             
you to tell me

              
 it's time to 

           
come home
             
  I don't care

          
 what you say 

              
anymore this i

           
s my life
           
   Go ahead wi

            
th your own li

              
fe leave me al


one


[Chorus]

              
     I never s

            
aid you had to

             
 offer me a se

#            
cond chance
            
       I never

            
 said I was a 

            
victim of circ

            
umsta-aance
            
  I still belo

/         
oong,      don

            
't get me wroo

ong
            
   And you can

              
 speak your mi

             
nd - but nooot

      
 ooon my time


[Instrumental]  

          
    


[Bridge]

             
 I don't care 

          
what you say a

              
nymore this is

            
 my life
A/E                   A7                  D    INTRO 2, Fade Out
   Go ahead with your own life leave me alone



[Interlude]

            
e|-------/7-5-
B|-------/7-5-
G|-------/7-5-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

        
(5)----6---(6)
(5)----5---(5)
(5)----5---(5)
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---------6-6-6
---------8-8-8
---------8-8-8
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-6-6--5-5--(5)
-8-8--4-4--(4)
-8-8--5-5--(5)
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-6---------|
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-7---------|
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  Guitar 2:
e|--(2)---7-5-
B|--(3)---7-5-
G|--(2)---7-5-
D|------------
A|------------
E|------------

(5)---10--(10)
(5)---11--(11)
(5)---12--(12)
------14--(14)
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---------6-6-6
---------8-8-8
---------8-8-8
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-6-6--5-5--(5)
-8-8--4-4--(4)
-8-8--5-5--(5)
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-7---------|
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