Rod Stewart, Young Turks (1981)
Key: :[Gm] (w: Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar)
INTRO: [C] [F] :
[x3]
VERSE 1:
[Gm] Billi left his home with a
[A#] dollar in his pocket and a
[Dm7] head full of dreams
He said
[Gm] somehow, someway, it's
[A#] gotta get better than
[Dm7] this
[Gm] Patti packed her bags left a
[A#] note for her Momma, she was
[Dm7] just seventeen
There were
[Gm] tears in her eyes, when she
[A#] kissed her little sister good-
[C]-bye
VERSE 2:
[Gm] They held each other tight as they
[A#] drove on through the night they were so
[Dm7] excited
We got just
[Gm] one shot of life lets
[A#], take it while we're still not a-
[Dm7]-fraid
Because
[Gm] life is so brief and
[A#] time is a thief when you're
[Dm7] undecided
And like a
[Gm] fistful of sand, it can
[A#] slip right through your
[C] hands
CHORUS:
Young
[F] hearts be
[Dm] free to-
[Am]-night
[C]
[F] Time is
[Dm] on your
[Am] side
[C]
[A#] Don't let them put you
[C#] down
Don't
[D#] let 'em
[F] push you around
[A#] Don't let them ever
[C#] change
Your point of
[C] view
[F]
VERSE 3:
[Gm] Paradise was closed so they
[A#] headed for the coast in a
[Dm7] blissful manner
They took a
[Gm] two-room apartment that was
[A#] jumping ev'ry night of the
[Dm7] week
[Gm] Happiness was found in each
[A#] others arms,
[Dm7] as expected, yeah
[Gm] Billy pierced his ears, drove a
[A#] pickup like a luna-
[C]-tic, ooh
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BREAK:
Young
[F] hearts be
[Dm] free to-
[Am]-night
[C]
[F] Time is
[Dm] on your
[Am] side
[C]
VERSE 4:
[Gm] Billy wrote a letter back
[A#] home to Patti's parents
[Dm7] tryin' to explain
He said were
[Gm] both real sorry that it
[A#] had to turn out this
[Dm7] way
But there
[Gm] ain't no point in talking when there's
[A#] nobody listening so we
[Dm7] just ran away
[Gm] Patti gave birth to a
[A#] ten pound baby
[C] boy, yeah
OUTRO:
Young
[F] hearts be
[Dm] free to-
[Am]-night
[C]
[F] Time is
[Dm] on your
[Am] side
[C]
REPEAT OUTRO: [Multiple Times]