27th December 2000, 7.57pm
AWAY FROM THE NUMBERS
(Paul Weller)
Chords used:
G: 355433
C: x3555x
G/F#: 255433
Em: 022000
D: xx0232 and x5777x
Am: 577555
F#: 244322
F: 133211
Bb: x1333x
G C G (x2)
G C G C G
Things are getting just a-too cosy for me,
C G C G
I’m not seeing people as they see me,
C G C G G/F# Em
Gonna break away and gain control,
D G
You free your mind, you free your soul.
C G C G
I was the type who knocked at old men (history’s easy)
C G C G
Who together at tables sit and drink beer (somewhere is really)
C G C G G/F# Em
Then I saw that I was really the same,
D
So this link’s breaking away from the chain.
G Am
Away from the numbers,
C
Away from the numbers
D
Is where I’m gonna be.
G Am
Away from the numbers,
C D
Away from the numbers
G
Is where I am free
G D C
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh
G C D
Ooh, ooh, ooh…
G Am
Away from the numbers (away from the numbers)
C D
Away from the numbers (ooh-ooh-ooh)
G Am
Is where I’m gonna be.
G C G F# F
I was sick and tired of my little niche,
D
I’m gonna break away and find what life is.
C(slide to)D (x2) D G
C G C G
And all those fools I thought were my friends (coasting is easy)
C G C G
They now stare at me and don’t see a thing (rea-lity’s so hard)
C G C G G/F# Em
‘Til their life is over and they start to moan,
D
How they’ve never had the chance to make it good.
G Am
Away from the numbers,
C
Away from the numbers
D
Is where I’m gonna be,
G Am
Away from the numbers (away from the numbers)
C D
Away from the numbers
G D
Is where I am free (ooh-ooh-ooh)
G D
Is where I am free (ooh-ooh-ooh)
Is where I’m gonna be (ooh-ooh-ooh)
G D
It’s reality (ooh-ooh-ooh)
C G F G
G C G F G (x3)
G C G F G
Reality’s so hard (x6)
C(slide to)D (x2)
Bb(slide to)C
F(slide to)G
