Away From The Numbers chords by The Jam

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

Difficulty: Novice

AWAY FROM THE NUMBERS
(Paul Weller)

Chords used:

G:  355433
C:  x3555x
G/F#: 255433
Em:  022000
D:  xx0232 and x5777x
Am:  577555
F#:  244322
F:  133211
Bb:  x1333x

G C G (x2)

G         C          G    C G
Things are getting just a-too cosy for me,
        C         G       C G
I'm not seeing people as they see me,
       C        G         C G G/F# Em
Gonna break away and gain control,
                 D       G
You free your mind, you free your soul.

     C            G  C G
I was the type who knocked at old men   (history's easy)
        C          G   C  G
Who together at tables sit and drink beer (somewhere is really)
        C        G       C G G/F# Em
Then I saw that I was really the same,
                   D
So this link's breaking away from the chain.

       G           Am
Away from the numbers,
       C
Away from the numbers
          D
Is where I'm gonna be.
       G           Am
Away from the numbers,
       C           D
Away from the numbers
       G
Is where I am free

G     D  C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
G  C  D
Ooh, ooh, ooh...

       G           Am
Away from the numbers (away from the numbers)
       C        D
Away from the numbers (ooh-ooh-ooh)
          G         Am
Is where I'm gonna be.

                 G        C G F# F
I was sick and tired of my little niche,
                    D
I'm gonna break away and find what life is.

C(slide to)D (x2) D                G

       C            G    C G
And all those fools I thought were my friends (coasting is easy)
        C           G    C G
They now stare at me and don't see a thing (rea-lity's so hard)
          C           G   C G G/F# Em
'Til their life is over and they start to moan,
                      D
How they've never had the chance to make it good.

       G           Am
Away from the numbers,
       C
Away from the numbers
          D
Is where I'm gonna be,
       G           Am
Away from the numbers (away from the numbers)
       C        D
Away from the numbers
       G        D
Is where I am free  (ooh-ooh-ooh)

       G        D
Is where I am free  (ooh-ooh-ooh)

Is where I'm gonna be (ooh-ooh-ooh)
     G          D
It's reality     (ooh-ooh-ooh)

C G F G

G C G F G (x3)

G C G   F G
Reality's so hard (x6)

C(slide to)D (x2)

Bb(slide to)C

F(slide to)G