^F Night was fallin' the ho - ^Fsus4 rizon was callin', as we ^F drove into the setting ^Fsus4 sun ^F Goin' back to that ^Fsus4 country that we still call ^F ho - ^Fsus4 me ^F Said good bye to the ^Fsus4 capital city, yeah this ^F town has got me on the ^Fsus4 run ^F I need to spend some ^Fsus4 time out in the great un - ^Eb known.

^Gm I'm lookin' for ^Bb/F sweet inspiration, ^C/E every morning ^G#/Eb noon and night Bb/Fi Gm G# C/E But these days it just keeps on passing me by - y

^F I know you don't feel like ^Fsus4 making this journey, but you ^F know that time is on my ^Fsus4 side ^F I can't go on ^Fsus4 living like a refu - ^F gee ^Fsus4 ^F Way down south where the ^Fsus4 living is easy, we can ^F look across the great di - ^Fsus4 vide ^F But all we've got is a ^Fsus4 pocketful of memo - ^Eb ries.

^Gm We stood on the ^Bb/F motorway shoulder as the ^C/E sun rose over the ^G#/Eb lowland hills Bb/Fi Gm Ebm F# And my heart broke down, when I looked at you - ou

^Bb/F Don't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you ^Gm know how hard I've been tryin' Darling ^Eb you're my world, don't ^Bb/F bring it all ^F tumbling ^Bb down ^Bb/F It's only the code of the road, and the ^Gm sound of a motor wheel cryin' Don't re - ^Eb nege my love, don't ^Bb/F bring it all ^F tumbling ^Bb down

^F One more morning, yes an - ^Fsus4 other day dawning, and I'm ^F looking at a bird that ^Fsus4 sings ^F Wish I could change my ^Fsus4 whole life, and just fly a - ^F wa -^Fsus4 ay ^F Over the mountains ^Fsus4 down through the valleys, through the ^F homeland of the Celtic ^Fsus4 kings ^F Now it's just the ^Fsus4 frontline for the U.S. - ^Eb A.

^Gm We live in a ^Bb/F time when the spirit of ^C/E love and devotion is ^G#/Eb breakin' down Bb/Fi Gm Ebm F#/C# And my heart broke down, when I looked at you - ou

^Bb/F Don't tell me you're leavin' me now, when you ^Gm know how hard I've been tryin' Darling ^Eb you're my world, don't ^Bb/F bring it all ^F tumbling ^Bb down ^Bb/F It's only the code of the road, and the ^Gm sound of a motor wheel cryin' Don't re - ^Eb nege my love, don't ^Bb/F bring it all ^F tumbling ^Bb down

Gerry Rafferty - Dangerous age