| A   D  | A   D  | 2x


[Verse 1]
A                    D              A     D
 Not too smart, just out of school
A               D                A     D
 A teachers pet and modern fool
F#m                 D             E      F#m
 Talked about being a freelance broker
D                       A              E
 But the police caught him trying to choke her


[Instrumental]
| A   D  | A   D  | 2x


[Verse 2]
A                       D         A       D
 Can't describe him in his corner, no, no
A                    D       A    D
 Like a rat out of the water
F#m          D            E     F#m
 Out of work and out of grass
D             A               E                     F#m
 Mother Mary never seems to stop to talk, she just walked on past
A          D
 Down down
A           D
 No information
A        D         A     D
 One day always, away


[Chorus]
F#m      D    E             F#m
 And why, why, can't I see you
D        A        E
 One day always away
F#m      D    E            F#m
 And why, why, can't I be you
D        A
 One day always away


[Instrumental]
| E  | E    D  | E  | E  |

| A   D  | A   D  | 2x


[Verse 2]
A                    D
 He's out of school now
A                  D
 Just another taken barstool
A                              D             A           D
 And this neighborhood ain't what he had in mind, no, no
A                       D    A                          D
 Wants to be your girlfriend, and wants to be your boyfriend
A                       D               A                  D
 Wants to be your telephone, wants to, wants to be your own man


[Chorus]
F#m      D    E             F#m
 And why, why, can't I see you
D        A        E    A
 One day always away
F#m      D    E            F#m    D
 And why, why, can't I be you
A    E
One day always away [x4]
     E           D
One day always away
     E
One day always away
     E           F#m
One day always away, always away, always away


[Instrumental]
| E  | E    D  | E  | E  |


[Outro]
A          D
 Down down
A           D     A
 No information