Key: :[Fm] (w: Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar)

INTRO: [Bb] [Eb] : [x3]

VERSE 1:
[Fm] Billi left his home with a [Ab] dollar in his pocket and a [Cm7] head full of dreams
He said [Fm] somehow, someway, it's [Ab] gotta get better than [Cm7] this
[Fm] Patti packed her bags left a [Ab] note for her Momma, she was [Cm7] just seventeen
There were [Fm] tears in her eyes, when she [Ab] kissed her little sister good-[Bb]-bye

VERSE 2:
[Fm] They held each other tight as they [Ab] drove on through the night they were so [Cm7] excited
We got just [Fm] one shot of life lets [Ab], take it while we're still not a-[Cm7]-fraid
Because [Fm] life is so brief and [Ab] time is a thief when you're [Cm7] undecided
And like a [Fm] fistful of sand, it can [Ab] slip right through your [Bb] hands

CHORUS:
Young [Eb] hearts be [Cm] free to-[Gm]-night [Bb]
[Eb] Time is [Cm] on your [Gm] side [Bb]
[Ab] Don't let them put you [B] down
Don't [Db] let 'em [Eb] push you around
[Ab] Don't let them ever [B] change
Your point of [Bb] view [Eb]

VERSE 3:
[Fm] Paradise was closed so they [Ab] headed for the coast in a [Cm7] blissful manner
They took a [Fm] two-room apartment that was [Ab] jumping ev'ry night of the [Cm7] week
[Fm] Happiness was found in each [Ab] others arms, [Cm7] as expected, yeah
[Fm] Billy pierced his ears, drove a [Ab] pickup like a luna-[Bb]-tic, ooh

REPEAT CHORUS:

INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]

BREAK:
Young [Eb] hearts be [Cm] free to-[Gm]-night [Bb]
[Eb] Time is [Cm] on your [Gm] side [Bb]

VERSE 4:
[Fm] Billy wrote a letter back [Ab] home to Patti's parents [Cm7] tryin' to explain
He said were [Fm] both real sorry that it [Ab] had to turn out this [Cm7] way
But there [Fm] ain't no point in talking when there's [Ab] nobody listening so we [Cm7] just ran away
[Fm] Patti gave birth to a [Ab] ten pound baby [Bb] boy, yeah

OUTRO:
Young [Eb] hearts be [Cm] free to-[Gm]-night [Bb]
[Eb] Time is [Cm] on your [Gm] side [Bb]

REPEAT OUTRO: [Multiple Times]