D                  D/F#
1. Got a call from an old friend
   		G
   We used to be real close
   A    D
   Said he couldn't go on the American way
   			   D/F#
   Closed the shop, sold the house
   			G
   Bought a ticket to the West Coast
   A
   Now he gives them a stand-up routine in L.A.
   
   D C7+9 EbM7/F B
   
R: I don't need you to worry for me cause I'm alright
   I don't want you to tell me it's time to come home
   I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
   Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
   
   Bm    F#7/B
*: I never said you had to offer me a second chance
   D         Esus            E
   I never said I was a victim of circumstance
   G         D/F#   F#         Bm
   I still belong,     don't get me wrong
   E7+9
    And you can speak your mind
       G/A A  G/A  A
   But not on my   time
   
2. They will tell you you can't sleep
   Alone in a strange place
   Then they'll tell you you can't sleep with somebody else
   But sooner or later you sleep
   In your own space
   Either way it's okay to wake up with yourself
   
R:
*:

   D    D/F#    G    A    D
   
   I don't care what you say anymore, this is my life
   Go ahead with your own life, and leave me alone
   
   D C7+9 EbM7/F B