Key: :[G] (w: Roy Wood)
VERSE 1:
[G] That's the road It's over there and leading down to
[Bm] nowhere
[G] This is the age when you're allowed to have your
[Bm] own care
[Am] If you were half so bright you'd
[Em] plan your life a-
[G]-head
[Am] Instead of waiting 'til you're
[E] old in your
[Am] bed
[G]
CHORUS:
[C] I'll be over tonight ^
[Am]^
[C]
[Em] if you say you
[G] might
[C] I'll be over tonight ^
[Am]^
[C]
[G] need to put you
[Em] right
VERSE 2:
[G] I'm so used to waiting that's entirely your de-
[Bm]-cision
[G] Don't be restricted by the weightless views you're
[Bm] given
[Am] If you were half so bright you'd
[Em] fight from the
[G] head
[Am] Instead of saving 'til your
[E] young heart is
[Am] dead
[G]
REPEAT CHORUS:
BRIDGE:
[D] Well the note you wrote in your
[C] overcoat
[G] But don't want to take it too
[D] far
[D] Oh I think you won't but I
[C] know that you don't
[G] You always say that you
[D] are
INSTRUMENTAL: [over BRIDGE]
VERSE 3:
[G] Never let the riches that my endless need will
[Bm] give you
[G] Show some concern for all the love That you must
[Bm] live through
[Am] If you were half so bright you'd
[Em] plan your life a-
[G]-head
[Am] Instead of waiting 'til you're
[E] old in your
[Am] bed
[G]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
INSTRUMENTAL: [D] [C] [G] [D]
REPEAT CHORUS: [x2]
OUTRO: [G] [C open] //
[G] ^
[D] ^
[G open]