Rod Stewart, Young Turks (1981)
Key: :[G#m] (w: Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar)
INTRO: [Db] [Gb] :
[x3]
VERSE 1:
[G#m] Billi left his home with a
[B] dollar in his pocket and a
[D#m7] head full of dreams
He said
[G#m] somehow, someway, it's
[B] gotta get better than
[D#m7] this
[G#m] Patti packed her bags left a
[B] note for her Momma, she was
[D#m7] just seventeen
There were
[G#m] tears in her eyes, when she
[B] kissed her little sister good-
[Db]-bye
VERSE 2:
[G#m] They held each other tight as they
[B] drove on through the night they were so
[D#m7] excited
We got just
[G#m] one shot of life lets
[B], take it while we're still not a-
[D#m7]-fraid
Because
[G#m] life is so brief and
[B] time is a thief when you're
[D#m7] undecided
And like a
[G#m] fistful of sand, it can
[B] slip right through your
[Db] hands
CHORUS:
Young
[Gb] hearts be
[D#m] free to-
[A#m]-night
[Db]
[Gb] Time is
[D#m] on your
[A#m] side
[Db]
[B] Don't let them put you
[D] down
Don't
[E] let 'em
[Gb] push you around
[B] Don't let them ever
[D] change
Your point of
[Db] view
[Gb]
VERSE 3:
[G#m] Paradise was closed so they
[B] headed for the coast in a
[D#m7] blissful manner
They took a
[G#m] two-room apartment that was
[B] jumping ev'ry night of the
[D#m7] week
[G#m] Happiness was found in each
[B] others arms,
[D#m7] as expected, yeah
[G#m] Billy pierced his ears, drove a
[B] pickup like a luna-
[Db]-tic, ooh
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BREAK:
Young
[Gb] hearts be
[D#m] free to-
[A#m]-night
[Db]
[Gb] Time is
[D#m] on your
[A#m] side
[Db]
VERSE 4:
[G#m] Billy wrote a letter back
[B] home to Patti's parents
[D#m7] tryin' to explain
He said were
[G#m] both real sorry that it
[B] had to turn out this
[D#m7] way
But there
[G#m] ain't no point in talking when there's
[B] nobody listening so we
[D#m7] just ran away
[G#m] Patti gave birth to a
[B] ten pound baby
[Db] boy, yeah
OUTRO:
Young
[Gb] hearts be
[D#m] free to-
[A#m]-night
[Db]
[Gb] Time is
[D#m] on your
[A#m] side
[Db]
REPEAT OUTRO: [Multiple Times] 