[Intro]
[D7] [C9] [D#M7/F] [A#]
(repeat)

[Verse 1]
[D]                  [D/F#]
Got a call from an old friend
                     [G]
We used to be real close
[A]                                   [D]
Said he couldn't go on the American way
[D]                          [D/F#]
Closed the shop, sold the house
                        [G]
Bought a ticket to the West Coast
[A]                                        [D]
Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.

[Instrumental]
[D7] [C9] [D#M7/F] [A#]
(repeat)

[Chorus]
[D]                   [D/F#]                   [G]
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
[A]                                                [D]
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
[D]                      [D/F#]                [G]
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
[A]                                             [Bm]
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone

[Bridge]
[Bm]                                  [F#7/C#]
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
[D]                                 [Esus]        [E]
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
[G]           [D/F#]   [F#]              [Bm]
I still belong,     don't get me wrong
[E9]
And you can speak your mind
[G/A]  [A]   [G/A]  [A]
But not on my time

[Verse 2]
[D]                      [D/F#]
They will tell you you can't sleep
              [G]
Alone in a strange place
[A]                                                   [D]
Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else
[D]                           [D/F#]
But sooner or later you sleep
        [G]
In your own space
[A]                                        [D]
Either way it's okay to wake up with yourself

[Instrumental]
[D7] [C9] [D#M7/F] [A#]
(repeat)

[Chorus]
[D]                   [D/F#]                   [G]
I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
[A]                                                [D]
I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
[D]                      [D/F#]                [G]
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
[A]                                             [Bm]
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone

[Bridge]
[Bm]                                  [F#7/C#]
I never said you had to offer me a second chance
[D]                                 [Esus]        [E]
I never said I was a victim of circumstance
[G]           [D/F#]   [F#]              [Bm]
I still belong,     don't get me wrong
[E7+9]
And you can speak your mind
[G/A]  [A]   [G/A]  [A]
But not on my time

[Solo]
| [D]    | [D/F#] | [G]    | [G]    |
| [A]    | [A]    | [D]    | [D]    |

[Chorus]
[D]                      [D/F#]                [G]
I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
[A]                                           [D]
Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone

[Outro]
[D7] [C9] [D#M7/F] [A#]
(repeat to fade)