Intro: G Gadd11 G
verse 1
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The great escape
G C
might just be killing me
C G G/C G
girls that I used to chase
G D
are turning the ghosts on me
verse 2
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So I sleep all day
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in the heat of this devil town
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and dream that I'm climbing trees
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after the sun goes down
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I don't know how
C G Em7
my dreams slipped out of sight
Em7 G
but I do know
G D G G C
why old men cry at night
C G G/C D
yeah yeah yeah
verse 3
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A thrill's a thrill
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but the gamblers run out of need
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I lost all my good friends
G D
in Eden's alley
verse 4
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And when the lights come on
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these big wheels keep rolling
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taking me to the star
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on the wings of an old song
C
I don't know why
C G Em7
my dreams slipped out of sight
Em7 G
but I do know
G D G G/C C
why old men cry at night
C G
yeah yeah yeah
Outro
G D G G/C C
why old men cry at night
C G G/C D G
yeah yeah yeah