E               G       E    G
Don't tell your mother about
  A                     B         E      G
where you go when the lights are down
     E                G     E   G
And don't tell your mother how
        A              B             E           G
you're up to no good, nowhere to be found
           E                     G        E  G
Well, it's time to learn not to work so hard
A   B A   E
Or not at all

[Chorus]
             Cmaj7 Em G6
How will we know
Cmaj7               G6 Em
When the end is nigh
Cmaj7    Em G6
On a day
Cmaj7              G6 Em
Much as any other?
Cmaj7        Em G6
Run and play
 Cmaj7               G6 Em
While away the hours
         Cmaj7               Em
And you know I would go if I could go
       G6         Cmaj7
But I can't, so thank you all the same

[Interlude]
E G x3
E G A

[Verse]
  E         G                E         G
Suffice to say I've turned away from it all
    A                    B          E      G
and don't think I'll be home for a while
       E           G         E          G
'Cause who needs a mother to shout
          A           B        E
when I'm doing very well by myself?


[Chorus]
             Cmaj7 Em G6
How will we know
Cmaj7               G6 Em
When the end is nigh
Cmaj7    Em G6
On a day
Cmaj7              G6 Em
Much as any other?
Cmaj7              Em G6
Get out this house and
 Cmaj7               G6 Em
While away the hours
Cmaj7              Em G6
And could we go
 Cmaj7               G6 Em
Well before the summer
         Cmaj7               Em              G6       Cmaj7
And you know I would go if I could go, but I can't go now
  Cmaj7         Em            G6        Cmaj7
Would go if I could go, but I don't know how
Cmaj7   Em
You're
G6              Cmaj7    G6
Exactly like the others
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