[Chorus chords]
    A     G     D
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B|--2--|--0--|--3--|
G|--2--|--0--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|--0--|
A|--0--|--2--|-----|
E|-----|--3--|-----|
 
[Verse chords]
    E     D   Asus4   A
e|--0--|--2--|--0--|--0--|
B|--0--|--3--|--3--|--2--|
G|--1--|--2--|--2--|--2--|
D|--2--|--0--|--2--|--2--|
A|--2--|-----|--0--|--0--|
E|--0--|-----|-----|-----|
 
[Pre-chorus chords]
   Am  Ammaj7  Am7    D
e|--0--|--0--|--0--|--2--|
B|--1--|--1--|--1--|--3--|
G|--2--|--1--|--0--|--2--|
D|--2--|--2--|--2--|--0--|
A|--0--|--0--|--0--|-----|
E|-----|-----|-----|-----|
[Refrain]
A                   G 
   I won't let you down 
                       D 
   I will not give you up 
                               A 
Gotta have some faith in the sound 
                                  A 
It's the one good thing that I've got
 
It's the one good thing that I've got 
                 G 
I won't let you down 
                        D 
So please don't give me up 
                         A 
Because I would really, really love
 to stick around, oh yeah!
Because I would really, really love to stick around, oh yeah!
[Instrumentale]
A       G        D       A
[Strophe]
E                         D 
Heaven knows I was just a young boy 
                           
Didn't know what I wanted to be
 Asus4 A                      
 (Didn't know what I wanted to
        Asus4 A 
 be) 
Didn't know what I wanted to be (Didn't know what I wanted to be) 
      E                              
I was every little hungry schoolgirls
 D 
 pride and joy 
I was every little hungry schoolgirls pride and joy 
                             Asus4 A 
And I guess it was enough for me (And
                         Asus4 A 
 I guess it was enough for me) 
And I guess it was enough for me (And I guess it was enough for me) 
   E                             
To win the race? A prettier face!
  D 
 Brand new clothes and a big fat
 place 
To win the race? A prettier face! Brand new clothes and a big fat place 
       Asus4 A              Asus4
On your rock and roll tv (rock and
 A 
 roll tv) 
On your rock and roll tv (rock and roll tv) 
    E                               
But today the way I play the game is
       D 
 not the same. No way! 
But today the way I play the game is not the same. No way! 
                      
Think I'm gonna get me some
 Asus4 A                    Asus4 A 
 happy
Think I'm gonna get me some happy
[Pre-Refrain]
Am 
I think there's something you should
 know 
I think there's something you should know 
Ammaj7 
I think it's time I told you so 
Am7 
There's something deep inside of me 
D 
There's someone else I've got to be 
Am 
Take back your picture in a frame 
Ammaj7 
Take back your singing in the rain 
Am7 
I just hope you understand 
D 
Sometimes the clothes do not make the
 man
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Refrain]
A              G 
All we have to do now 
   D                    A 
Is take these lies and make them true
 somehow 
Is take these lies and make them true somehow 
A               G 
All we have to see 
          D 
Is that I don't belong to you 
        A 
And you don't belong to me yeah
 yeah-ah 
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah 
A 
(Freedom) I won't let you down 
G 
(Freedom) I will not give you up 
D 
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in
 the sound 
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound 
A 
(You've gotta give for what you take)
 It's the one good thing that I've
 got 
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got 
A 
(Freedom) I won't let you down 
G 
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
 
(Freedom) So please don't give me up 
D 
(Freedom) Because I would really,
 really love) 
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love) 
A 
(You've gotta give for what you take)
 to stick around
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
[Strophe]
E                             D 
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy
 
Heaven knows we sure had some fun boy 
                           
What a kick, just a buddy and me
 Asus4 A                       
 (What a kick, just a buddy and
       Asus4 A 
 me) 
What a kick, just a buddy and me (What a kick, just a buddy and me) 
        E                          
We had every big-shot goodtime band
         D 
 on the run boy 
We had every big-shot goodtime band on the run boy 
                   Asus4 A          
We were living in a fantasy (We were
              Asus4 A 
 living in a fantasy) 
We were living in a fantasy (We were living in a fantasy) 
   E                           
We won the race. Got out of the
          D 
 place. I went back home, got a
 brand new face 
We won the race. Got out of the place. I went back home, got a brand new face 
        Asus4 A       Asus4 A 
For the boys on MTV (boys on MTV) 
      E                              
But today the way I play the game has
         D 
 got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah) 
But today the way I play the game has got to change, oh yeah (oh yeah) 
                    
Now I'm gonna get myself
 Asus4 A                    Asus4 A 
 happy
Now I'm gonna get myself happy
[Pre-Refrain]
Am 
I think there's something you should
 know 
I think there's something you should know 
Ammaj7 
I think it's time I told you so 
Am7 
There's something deep inside of me 
D 
There's someone else I've got to be 
Am 
Take back your picture in a frame 
Ammaj7 
Take back your singing in the rain 
Am7 
I just hope you understand 
D 
Sometimes the clothes do not make the
 man
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man
[Refrain]
A              G 
All we have to do now 
   D                    A 
Is take these lies and make them true
 somehow 
Is take these lies and make them true somehow 
A               G 
All we have to see 
          D 
Is that I don't belong to you 
        A 
And you don't belong to me yeah
 yeah-ah 
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah 
A 
(Freedom) I won't let you down 
G 
(Freedom) I will not give you up 
D 
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in
 the sound 
(Freedom) Gotta have some faith in the sound 
A 
(You've gotta give for what you take)
 It's the one good thing that I've
 got 
(You've gotta give for what you take) It's the one good thing that I've got 
A 
(Freedom) I won't let you down 
G 
(Freedom) So please don't give me up
 
(Freedom) So please don't give me up 
D 
(Freedom) Because I would really,
 really love) 
(Freedom) Because I would really, really love) 
A 
(You've gotta give for what you take)
 to stick around
(You've gotta give for what you take) to stick around
[Instrumentale]
Am       Ammaj7      Am7      D  x2
[Pre-Refrain]
Am 
Well it looks like the road to heaven
 
Well it looks like the road to heaven 
Ammaj7 
But it feels like the road to hell 
Am7 
When I knew which side my bread was
 buttered 
When I knew which side my bread was buttered 
D 
I took the knife as well 
Am 
Posing for another picture 
Ammaj7 
Everybody's got to sell 
Am7 
But when you shake your ass 
Am7 
They notice fast 
D 
And some mistakes were build to last
 
And some mistakes were build to last 
Am 
(That's what you get) That's what you
 get 
(That's what you get) That's what you get 
Ammaj7 
(That's what you get) I say that's
 what you get 
(That's what you get) I say that's what you get 
Am7 
(That's what you get for changing
 your mind)  
(That's what you get for changing your mind)  
D 
That's what you get for changing your
 mind  
That's what you get for changing your mind  
Am 
(That's what you get) 
Ammaj7 
(That's what you get) And after all
 this time 
(That's what you get) And after all this time 
Am7 
(I just hope you understand) 
D 
Sometimes the clothes do not make the
 man 
Sometimes the clothes do not make the man 
[Refrain]
A                 G 
(All we have to do now) oh hey and 
   D                    A 
Is take these lies and make them true
 somehow 
Is take these lies and make them true somehow 
   A             G 
All we have to see 
          D 
Is that I don't belong to you 
         A 
And you don't belong to me yeah
 yeah-ah 
And you don't belong to me yeah yeah-ah 
A 
Freedom  
    G 
Oh freedom  
   D 
My freedom  
             A 
You've gotta give for what you take 
A 
Freedom 
                    G 
Hold on to my freedom  
   D 
My freedom  
                A 
(You've gotta give for what you take)
 Give it a what you give it a what  
(You've gotta give for what you take) Give it a what you give it a what  
    A 
you take yeah   
G       D 
yeah 
               A 
Yeah you gotta give it a what you
 give it a what you give 
Yeah you gotta give it a what you give it a what you give 
A 
May not be what you want from me 
G 
Just the way it's got to be 
D 
Lose the face now 
A 
I've got to live I've got to live
 I've got to live
I've got to live I've got to live I've got to live