CAPO: 3rd Fret 


Intro: C  G  F  G   C  G  F  G  C 

                     G                 C-F 
They talk of getting out of the valley 
           G                 C 
Out of the valley here below 
               G                 F 
Maybe ride the river and run off 
               G                   C 
'Cause there's no place left to go 


             G                   F 
They talk of taking the sunshine 
       G                  Am 
Taking their bright eyes away 
             G                     F 
Maybe make a move for the big time 
             G            C   G  F  G  C 
Watch it get harder every day 


                    G                F 
They're told by the same empty faces 
           G                        C 
Talk, like dreams, don't get you far 
              G                  F 
Maybe make it over the mountains 
                 G               C 
But you'll never make it in that car 


                     G                 C-F 
They talk of getting out of the valley 
              G               Am 
You're set to make yourself a name 
                G                     F 
Quit, come back soon and you'll marry 
             G              C      G  F  G  Am 
Part of your fortune to your shame 


Bridge: 
         Em                      F  G  Am 
Ambition lights their cigarettes 
            C                    F          G                    Am 
If they get out, they don't look back, hmm, hmm, hmm-hm-hm-hm-hm-hm 
           Em                    F  G  Bb 
It's ten deserve and one who gets 
                               Am     
So drink too much and dress in black 
    G           F     G 
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh 
                F    G   C 
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh 


                  G                   F 
You listen in the bars and the alleys 
             G                C 
You hear the fear under their voice 
                 G                 F 
No one out there owes you a living 
            G                   C 
No one here gives you any choice 


                     G                 C-F 
They talk of getting out of the valley 
        G                 Am 
And for some it's not too late 
           G                 F 
You need a meanness to carry on 
         G             C     G  F  G  C 
Cast the master of your fate 


           G                F 
Until long after it matters 
               G                     C 
You don't know if you're good enough 
                 G                       F 
You can bet your dreams will be battered 
           G                C     G  F  G  Am 
So just go after what you love 


Bridge: 
             Em                F  G  Am 
They talk of getting out of town 
            C               F       G           Am 
This little city made of steel, Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh 
             Em                       F  G  Bb 
Take a giant step and don't look down 
                          Am     
Because I do know how you feel 
    G           F     G 
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh 
                F     G   C 
Ahh-ah-oh-oh-oh-oh 


                     G                 C-F 
They talk of getting out of the valley 
           G                 C 
Out of the valley here below 
               G                 F 
Maybe ride the river and run off 
               G                 C  G  F  G 
'Cause there's no place left to go 


OUTRO:  C  G  F  G   (4x and fade to end)