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Angry Young Man

Steve Earle
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D-DU-UDU
 
 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

      [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [D]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [C]   [G]   [D]   [G]

      [G] [C] [C] [G]

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