Em G D ever since I was eight or nine C G D I've been standing on the shoreline Em G D for all my life I've been waiting C G D for something lasting Em G D you loose your hunger and you loose your way C G D you get confused and then you fade away C G D oh this town G D Em kills you when you are young C G D oh this town G D Em kills you when you are young Em G D C G D x2 Em G D I'm not the boy that I used to be C G D this town has got the youth of me Em G D all the eyes turn hollow C G D from the work of sorrow Am C D G Em you die young D you die when you're young Am you die when you're young C D G Em we are shadows D oh we're shadows Am we're shadows in the alley C D Em Em G D C G D x3 Em G D you're standing on the paving C G D by the office building Em G D they've got so much to do C G D never time for you Am C D G Em you die young D you die when you're young Am you die when you're young C D G Em we are shadows D oh we're shadows Am just shadows in the alley C D G Em I've got nothing D nothing to wait for Am nothing to wait for C D G Em D Am C D G Em where is life D in this town Am where is life in this town C D G