VERSE 1: [E] Four and twenty [A/E] year ago, I [E] come into this [E] life
The [E] son of a [A/E] woman and a [E] man who lived in [E] strive [G] He was [A] tired of being [E] poor [E]
And he [G] wasn't into [A] selling door to [E] door [E]
And he [G] worked like a [A] devil to be [E] more [E]
VERSE 2:
A [E] different kind of [A/E] poverty, [E] now upsets me [E] so [E] Night after [A/E] sleepless night, I [E] walk the floor and I want to [E] know [G] Why am [A] I so a-[E]-lone? [E] [G] Where is my [A] woman, can I [E] bring her home? [E] [G] Have I driven her away, [A] is she [E] gone? [E]
VERSE 3: [E] Morning comes the [A/E] sunrise, and [E] I'm driven to my [E] bed
I [E] see that it is [G] empty, and there's [E] devils in my [E] head [G] I, em-[A]-brace, [E] the many coloured beast [E]
I [G] grow weary of the [A] torment, can there [E] be no peace? [E]
And I [G] find myself just [A] wishing, that my life would [E] simply [E open] cease
