The Story Of A Teenager chords by America

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1:

C         Fmaj7      C
Boy, please don't throw away your life
          Fmaj7        Am7
All the joy, please don't end it with a knife
    D7            C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm C
'Cause you know there's hope for you

C          Fmaj7     C
I was alone like the silence in the night
           Fmaj7      Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
  D7            C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm
But you know there's hope for you,
  C
For you

Chorus:
       F        C
Everywhere I look I see your face
       Am7        Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
        F       D7
You got to be a man to run the race
          Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G       C
How can you say I am?

Verse 2:

C          Fmaj7     C
I was alone like the silence in the night
           Fmaj7      Am7
I had no home no one close to hold me tight
  D7            C/G Em7 Dm7 Fm
But you know there's hope for you,
  C
For you

Chorus:

       F        C
Everywhere I look I see your face
       Am7        Em7
Every step I take seems out of place
        F       D7
You got to be a man to run the race
          Dm7
I'm not a hopeless man
Dm7/G        Bb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D
How can you say I am

Ending:

Bb/C Am/C Gm/C Am/D (repeat and fade)