By: Cold Chisel
Album: Chisel
Transcribed by: Russell Edwards [email protected]
G ————————————-4———————-
D —–4-4—4–4-4———4——-7—-7-5–5–5-5-4—-4-4-
A -5-7—–7——–7-5–7—-7-5———————–7—–
I’m [D]standing on the outside [G]lookin’ in
I’m [D]standing on the out[D/C#]side [B]lookin’ in
Whoa, [A]I never [G]strayed outside the [D]law
Bass in 2nd verse:
D G D B A G D
G -/9-7————/9-7————————–
D ——9-7————-9-7-9-9–7-7————-
A ———-10-10——————–10-10-5-5-5-
I’m [D]standing on the outside [G]lookin’ in
A [D]room fulla money and I’m [B]born to win
And [A]no amount of [G]work’s gonna get me through the [D]door
When [D]I go walkin’ down [G]Blue Water bay
I [D]surface in the city [D/C#]at the [B]end of the day
Whoa, [A]I got a [G]bad case of the [D]bends
I’m [D]standing on the sidewalk [G]you can see
[D]Somebody every[D/C#]body [B]wants to be
But [A]they got the means to [G]justify every [D]end
I [D]got a friend broke through [G]illegally
[D]Pulled a job on a small [D/C#]town [B]T.A.B.
[A]Five grand down on his [G]own little piece of [D]Eden
Bridge:
And I know x 2
The [E]first thing I’ll do when I [A]get into town
Is buy a [F#]22 and cut the [B]whole thing down [B/A]
[G]No amount of work’s gonna [C]buy my way to [B]freedom [A] [G]
Short break
I’m [E]on the outside [A]lookin’ in
I’m [E]standing on the out[E/Eb]side [C#]lookin’ in
[B]Whoa, [A]whoa, oh[E]yeah
I’m [E]standing on the outside [A]lookin’ in
I’m [E]standing on the outside [C#]lookin’ in
[B] [A] [E]
Break:
[E] [A] [E] [C#] [B] [A] [E] x 3
