E (022100@1)                  AHe (x02220@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
     A (x02220@1)                         EIt (022100@1)could have been a brilliant career
         C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1)                      APainting (x02220@1)lines in a school that was too well known
         C#m (x13321@4)          B (x2444x@1)                   APainting (x02220@1)lines with a friend that had gone before
         E (022100@1)         BShe (x2444x@1)challenged everyone to a fight
          A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)        BBut (x2444x@1)the prefects all backed down
          A (x02220@1)     E (022100@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)they ran her out of town
           A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)       BCause (x2444x@1)she drank and swore and spoke
        A (x02220@1)       E (022100@1)      F#Out (244322@1)of turn, she was the village joke

           E (022100@1)                  AShe (x02220@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
     A (x02220@1)                         EIt (022100@1)could have been a brilliant career
          C#m (x13321@4)       B (x2444x@1)          AGetting (x02220@1)clients to finance her strategies
         C#m (x13321@4)        B (x2444x@1)          AFilling (x02220@1)time in on Safeways on Saturday
          E (022100@1)            BShe (x2444x@1)wears the clothes of an emperor
          A (x02220@1)      E (022100@1)   BBut (x2444x@1)her paintings are a sham
              A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)  BAnd (x2444x@1)they're going for a grand
           A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)     BWhen (x2444x@1)the dealers come to view
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)       F#Do (244322@1)they ever see the real you?

          E (022100@1)                  AHe (x02220@1)had a stroke at the age of 24
    A (x02220@1)                           EIt (022100@1)could have been a brilliant career
         C#m (x13321@4)        B (x2444x@1)              ASelling (x02220@1)lies to the boys with the old Dansettes
            C#m (x13321@4)              B (x2444x@1)            APulling (x02220@1)the wool, playing the fool, it's no wonder that
                       BHe (x2444x@1)is dribbling spit tonight
         A (x02220@1)    E (022100@1)   BAnd (x2444x@1)the one he sent away
         A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)    BWas (x2444x@1)the only one who stayed
        A (x02220@1)          E (022100@1)   BWith (x2444x@1)a spoon and a decent book
             A (x02220@1)         E (022100@1)     BAnd (x2444x@1)you can tell by the way she looks 
        A (x02220@1)  E (022100@1)   Bhe (x2444x@1)is sorry and resigned
       A (x02220@1)   E (022100@1)           F#As (244322@1)he wets himself for the final time