GNow (320003@1)that she's older
       D (xx0232@1)                       EmAs (022000@1)the embers of romance fade to mortgages and leccy bills
     DBeen (xx0232@1)comfortable and that
       G (320003@1)                 DNobody (xx0232@1)told her that she'd ever reach the stage
          Em (022000@1)                        DWhere (xx0232@1)her husband bores or her or she lies about her age

GHe's (320003@1)compromising
              DAt (xx0232@1)least he's got a job for life
    EmGet (022000@1)born, get school, get job, get car
    DPay (xx0232@1)tax and find a wife
       G (320003@1)            DAnd (xx0232@1)on that note the end can't come too soon
   Em (022000@1)                              DIf (xx0232@1)you're not living on the edge you take up too much room

CI (x32010@1)could've been a contender
  EmI (022000@1)could've been a someone
CCaught (x32010@1)up in the rat race
    GAnd (320003@1)feeling like a no one
CCould've (x32010@1)been me in the papers
         EmWith (022000@1)the money and the girls
           C (x32010@1)                  AI (x02220@1)could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

G (320003@1)                           DAt (xx0232@1)school he used to dream about being Bruce Lee
        EmBut (022000@1)the need for chops in the Manor Top
      DAin't (xx0232@1)all that great you see
          GAnd (320003@1)so he gave up
       DOn (xx0232@1)his black belt and first Dan
   EmAs (022000@1)near as he got to China
      DWas (xx0232@1)a week in Camber sands

CI (x32010@1)could've been a contender
  EmI (022000@1)could've been a someone
CCaught (x32010@1)up in the rat race
    GAnd (320003@1)feeling like a no one
CCould've (x32010@1)been me in the papers
         EmWith (022000@1)the money and the girls
           C (x32010@1)                  AI (x02220@1)could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

CI (x32010@1)could've been a contender
  EmI (022000@1)could've been a someone
CCaught (x32010@1)up in the rat race
    GAnd (320003@1)feeling like a no one
CCould've (x32010@1)been me in the papers
         EmWith (022000@1)the money and the girls
           C (x32010@1)                  AI (x02220@1)could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

Fmaj7
It's boring, it's boring
   EmIt (022000@1)might put you to sleep
       Fmaj7 (1x3210@1)                   EmAs (022000@1)the same old routine repeated week after week
             Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)you work harder, work harder
       EmYou're (022000@1)told that you must
        Fmaj7And (1x3210@1)you must earn a living
    GYou (320003@1)must earn a crust

GAnd (320003@1)be like everybody else
        DBe (xx0232@1)like everybody else
        EmBe (022000@1)like everybody else
             DJust (xx0232@1)be like everybody else
        Gbe (320003@1)like everybody else
        DBe (xx0232@1)like everybody else
        EmBe (022000@1)like everybody else
             DJust (xx0232@1)be like everybody else

ABe (x02220@1)like everybody else
             EJust (022100@1)be like everybody else
        F#mBe (244222@1)like everybody else
             EJust (022100@1)be like everybody else
        ABe (x02220@1)like everybody else
             EJust (022100@1)be like everybody else
        F#mBe (244222@1)like everybody else
             EI'm (022100@1)not like everybody else

CI (x32010@1)could've been a contender
  EmI (022000@1)could've been a someone
CCaught (x32010@1)up in the rat race
    GAnd (320003@1)feeling like a no one
CCould've (x32010@1)been me in the papers
         EmWith (022000@1)the money and the girls
           C (x32010@1)                  AI (x02220@1)could've been the heavyweight champion of the world

CI (x32010@1)could've been a contender
  EmI (022000@1)could've been a someone
CCaught (x32010@1)up in the rat race
    GAnd (320003@1)feeling like a no one
CCould've (x32010@1)been me in the papers
         EmWith (022000@1)the money and the girls
           C (x32010@1)                  AI (x02220@1)could've been the heavyweight champion of the world