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 


[Instrumental]
Em G D C G D  x2  


[Verses]
    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