Intro: C   G   C   Em7   C   D   G 
 
            G 
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place 
           C                      G 
So much time spent in so little space 
 
What looked like the world through the eyes of a child 
                          D 
Kind of closes in on you after a while 
         Em7                             G 
It's a place to grow up and a place to grow old 
           C                      G 
You keep your mouth shut and do as your told 
 
I told mama the day that I ran 
           D                  G 
This ain't no place for an angry young man 
 
(Repeat chords for all verses) 
 
Chorus 
         C                    G 
Mama if you could see me right now 
        C                     G 
You'd be sure you failed me some how 
                 Em7           C 
Mama you never could understand 
         D                     C 
This ain"t no place for an angry young man 
 
C   G   D   G  
 
         G 
A cheap hotel a long way from my home 
         C                G 
So many people make you feel so alone 
                                      
Dreams die easy out here on the streets 
            D 
And hearts grow cold in the city heat 
          Em7             G  
I ain't never been the patient kind 
          C               G 
I got to live like I please or die trying 
 
At a filling station with a gun in my hand 
          D                  G 
The only way for an angry young man 
 
(Repeat Chorur) 
         G                    C 
Got a lot of memories tied up in this place 
         C                    G 
Tonight they're staring me right in the face 
 
A lonely grave on the outskirts of town 
                 D 
It's three in the morning and no ones around 
          Em7                     G 
Just like a ghost I come out of the night 
           C               G 
But I'll be gone by the morning light 
 
Mama I hope you understand 
       D                          G 
This ain't no place for an angry young man 
 
 
Repeat chorus 
 
 
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G   C   G