#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 21:56:39 +1100 From: Russell & Charlie Subject: BTAB & PRO: c/cold_chisel/standing_on_the_outside Song: Standing On The Outside By: Cold Chisel Album: Chisel Transcribed by: Russell Edwards roemcs@melb.alexia.net.au G -------------------------------------4----------------------| D -----4-4---4--4-4---------4-------7----7-5--5--5-5-4----4-4-| A -5-7-----7--------7-5--7----7-5-----------------------7-----| I'm [D]standing on the outside [G]lookin' in I'm [D]standing on the out[D/C#]side [B]lookin' in Whoa, [A]I never [G]strayed outside the [D]law Bass in 2nd verse: D G D B A G D G -/9-7------------/9-7--------------------------| D ------9-7-------------9-7-9-9--7-7-------------| A ----------10-10--------------------10-10-5-5-5-| I'm [D]standing on the outside [G]lookin' in A [D]room fulla money and I'm [B]born to win And [A]no amount of [G]work's gonna get me through the [D]door When [D]I go walkin' down [G]Blue Water bay I [D]surface in the city [D/C#]at the [B]end of the day Whoa, [A]I got a [G]bad case of the [D]bends I'm [D]standing on the sidewalk [G]you can see [D]Somebody every[D/C#]body [B]wants to be But [A]they got the means to [G]justify every [D]end I [D]got a friend broke through [G]illegally [D]Pulled A job on A small [D/C#]town [B]T.A.B. [A]Five grand down on his [G]own little piece of [D]Eden Bridge: And I know x 2 The [E]first thing I'll do when I [A]get into town Is buy a [F#]22 and cut the [B]whole thing down [B/A] [G]No amount of work's gonna [C]buy my way to [B]freedom [A] [G] Short break I'm [E]on the outside [A]lookin' in I'm [E]standing on the out[E/Eb]side [C#]lookin' in [B]Whoa, [A]whoa, oh[E]yeah I'm [E]standing on the outside [A]lookin' in I'm [E]standing on the outside [C#]lookin' in [B] [A] [E] Break: [E] [A] [E] [C#] [B] [A] [E] x 3 [NC/F#] [NC/Ab] [NC/A] [B]Whoa, [A]whoa, oh[E]yeah x 3