Rod Stewart, Young Turks (1981)
Key: :[Cm] (w: Rod Stewart, Carmine Appice, Duane Hitchings, Kevin Savigar)
INTRO: [F] [Bb] :
[x3]
VERSE 1:
[Cm] Billi left his home with a
[Eb] dollar in his pocket and a
[Gm7] head full of dreams
He said
[Cm] somehow, someway, it's
[Eb] gotta get better than
[Gm7] this
[Cm] Patti packed her bags left a
[Eb] note for her Momma, she was
[Gm7] just seventeen
There were
[Cm] tears in her eyes, when she
[Eb] kissed her little sister good-
[F]-bye
VERSE 2:
[Cm] They held each other tight as they
[Eb] drove on through the night they were so
[Gm7] excited
We got just
[Cm] one shot of life lets
[Eb], take it while we're still not a-
[Gm7]-fraid
Because
[Cm] life is so brief and
[Eb] time is a thief when you're
[Gm7] undecided
And like a
[Cm] fistful of sand, it can
[Eb] slip right through your
[F] hands
CHORUS:
Young
[Bb] hearts be
[Gm] free to-
[Dm]-night
[F]
[Bb] Time is
[Gm] on your
[Dm] side
[F]
[Eb] Don't let them put you
[F#] down
Don't
[Ab] let 'em
[Bb] push you around
[Eb] Don't let them ever
[F#] change
Your point of
[F] view
[Bb]
VERSE 3:
[Cm] Paradise was closed so they
[Eb] headed for the coast in a
[Gm7] blissful manner
They took a
[Cm] two-room apartment that was
[Eb] jumping ev'ry night of the
[Gm7] week
[Cm] Happiness was found in each
[Eb] others arms,
[Gm7] as expected, yeah
[Cm] Billy pierced his ears, drove a
[Eb] pickup like a luna-
[F]-tic, ooh
REPEAT CHORUS:
INSTRUMENTAL: [over VERSE]
BREAK:
Young
[Bb] hearts be
[Gm] free to-
[Dm]-night
[F]
[Bb] Time is
[Gm] on your
[Dm] side
[F]
VERSE 4:
[Cm] Billy wrote a letter back
[Eb] home to Patti's parents
[Gm7] tryin' to explain
He said were
[Cm] both real sorry that it
[Eb] had to turn out this
[Gm7] way
But there
[Cm] ain't no point in talking when there's
[Eb] nobody listening so we
[Gm7] just ran away
[Cm] Patti gave birth to a
[Eb] ten pound baby
[F] boy, yeah
OUTRO:
Young
[Bb] hearts be
[Gm] free to-
[Dm]-night
[F]
[Bb] Time is
[Gm] on your
[Dm] side
[F]
REPEAT OUTRO: [Multiple Times]