A Place Of My Own chords by Racecar

Intro:
Am

Verse:
C    G
The pause of the morning, it gave me a chill,
Am           G    Am
& I knew I would soon have to decide,
    C    G
Tired of living, just to pay off my bills,
    Am   G    Am
So I packed up without a goodbye.
        C    G
I found myself a place to stay out from the cold,
    Am       G    Am
Where the air & the fishing was free,
    C    G
& my crazy ways I did not have to hide,
    Am   G    Am   G
On the banks of the black swanee.

Chorus:
  Am
I only wanted a place of my own,
    G        Am
Some land & a garden to grow,
G        Am       C
But in the end I could not dance alone,
    G    Em       Am
So I packed up & headed back home.

Verse:
C        G
I traded the quiet for the roar of the crowds,
    Am   G    Am
The dawn for the big city lights,
    C        G
I got myself a job @ a bank here downtown,
Am       G    Am   G
& I drank away my lonely nights.

Chorus:
   Am
How I dreamt of that place of my own,
G            Am
Where I could remain as I am,
    G        Am       C
& I dreaded the way that I headed back home,
        G\Em      Am
When the solitude I could not stand?

Verse:
C        G
Then fate found a girl with the moon in her eyes,
    Am   G    Am
& a beauty of likes never seen,
            C    G
But her heart was a treasure to never be mine,
    Am   G    Am   G
& she left me in sheer misery.

Chorus:
                Am
Take me back to that place of my own,
    G        Am   G
Where no I can hear a man cry.
        Am   C
I do not care if I must die alone,
    G    Em   Am
For I know now to not compromise.
G    Em       Am