Intro: G   Gadd11 G 

verse 1 
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The great escape 
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might just be killing me 
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girls that I used to chase 
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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 
G         D 
after the sun goes down 


[Refrão]

C 
I don't know how 
C                G          Em7 
my dreams slipped out of sight 
Em7   G 
but I do know 
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why old men cry at night 
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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 


[Refrão]
 
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