Angry Young Man
Steve EarleVersion1
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Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much time spent in so little space
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kind of closes in on you after awhile
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old
You keep your mouth shut and you do what you're told
I told mama the day that I ran
This ain't no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
A cheap hotel a long way from my home
So many people make you feel so alone
Dreams die easy out here in these streets
And hearts grow cold in the city heat
I ain't never been the patient kind
I got to live like I please or die tryin'
At a filling station with a gun in my hand
The only way for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
Tonight they're starin' me right in the face
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town
It's three in the morning, ain't no one around
Just like a ghost I come out of the night
But I'll be gone before the morning light
Mama I hope that you understand
This ain't no place for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
Mama if you could see me right now
You'd be so sure you failed me somehow
Mama you never could understand
There ain't no peace for an angry young man
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Readable chord sheet for Angry Young Man by Steve Earle
[C] [G] [C] [G] [C] [G] [D] [G]
[G]
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place
So much[C] time spent in so [G]little space
Wha[G]t looked like the world through the eyes of a child
Kin[D]d of closes in on you after awhile
It's a place to g[Em]row up and a place to gr[G]ow old
You keep your mo[C]uth shut and you do what y[G]ou're told
I told mam[G]a the day that I ran
This ain't no [D]place for an an[G]gry young man
Mama[C] if you could se[G]e me right now
You'[C]d be so sure you[G] failed me somehow
Mama [Em]you never cou[C]ld understand
There [D]ain't no peace [G]for an angry young man
[C] [G] [D] [G]
A cheap [G]hotel a long way from my home
So ma[C]ny people make you f[G]eel so alone
Drea[G]ms die easy out here in these streets
And[D] hearts grow cold in the city heat
I ain't never[Em] been the patie[G]nt kind
I got to [C]live like I please [G]or die tryin'
At a fill[G]ing station with a gun in my hand
The only way f[D]or an angry[G] young man
Mama i[C]f you could see m[G]e right now
You'd [C]be so sure you fa[G]iled me somehow
Mama y[Em]ou never could un[C]derstand
There [D]ain't no peace fo[G]r an angry young man
[C] [G] [D] [G]
Got a[G] lot of memories tied up in this place
Tonig[C]ht they're starin' me ri[G]ght in the face
A lon[G]ely grave on the outskirts of town
It's [D]three in the morning, ain't no one around
Just like a gh[Em]ost I come out o[G]f the night
But I'll be go[C]ne before the mo[G]rning light
Mama I [G]hope that you understand
This ai[D]n't no place for [G]an angry young man
Mama i[C]f you could see m[G]e right now
You'd [C]be so sure you fa[G]iled me somehow
Mama y[Em]ou never could un[C]derstand
There [D]ain't no peace fo[G]r an angry young man
Mama i[C]f you could see m[G]e right now
You'd [C]be so sure you fa[G]iled me somehow
Mama y[Em]ou never could un[C]derstand
There [D]ain't no peace fo[G]r an angry young man
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