Chords for Ian Hunter- It Ain't Easy When You Fall/Shades Off

[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] You [C] used to float just like a [Dm] boat upon the [C] tide
_ [F] You [C] used to run when things were [Dm] done, you used to [C] hide
_ [F] You'd [C] talk of ships, you'd [Dm] talk of boats, you'd talk [C] games
_ [F] And [C] now you're down, you [Dm] ain't around, it's [C] such a shame
_ Cause [G] you've got [F] something [C] to give, [Bb] something to [F] hold on to
[Gm] Why don't [F] you live?
If [C] you'd just forget about [Bb] fixing [F] up things
[Bb] Maybe you'd [F] stop, pick yourself [Gm] up, now it's late
[F] It _ [Eb] ain't easy when you're [Bb] poor
_ [C] [F] It _ [Eb] ain't easy when you're [Bb] poor
_ [C] _ [F] _ It [Eb] ain't easy when you're [Bb] poor
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ You [F]
didn't [C] know, this world [Dm] ain't slow
You got [C] a moon, _ [F]
you [C] made no sound
I [Dm] watched you drown, [C] I watched you lose _
[F] Your [C] loneliness, you knew it [Dm] best
But it's a [C] drag, _
[F] cause in [C] the end
I [Dm] lost a friend, I feel [C] so sad
_ [G] Cause you've got [F] something [C] to give, [Bb] something to hold [F] on to
[Gm] Why don't you [F] live?
If you'd [C] just forget about [Bb] fixing [F] up things
[Bb] Maybe [F] you'd stop, [Gm] pick yourself up, now it's late
_ [F] _ [Eb] It ain't easy when [Bb] you're poor
[C]
It [F] _ [Eb] ain't easy when [Bb] you're poor
[C] _
_ [F] _ [Eb] It ain't _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] easy _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] _ [Eb] when _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
[F] you're poor
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] _
_ [F] Where [Eb] _ [Bb] do you go [C] when you've somewhere to run?
[F] Time isn't on, [Eb] and the things you've done
[Bb] _ [C] And it's up halfway up, [F] you don't want to go back
[Eb] But you keep going [Bb] up, [C] compromising the lack
[F] You see the green field [Eb] as you travel on by
[Bb] And you look at the things [C] you'd forgotten to try
[F] And you wish you were young, [Eb] and you wish you were old
[Bb] But the song's always, [C] the [F] story's been told
You [Eb] thought you were different, [Bb] but what did that mean?
[C] You tricked yourself, [F] tried me, [Eb] but I still answered
[Bb] Yes it is, [C] it was, it ought to [F] be
And [Eb] you find out at all what it is to be free
[Bb] See [C]
it never was [F] easy to live with a head
[Eb] So I kept to the back room, [Bb] and I lived there instead
[C]
What comes from the [F] front room's only got friends
[Eb] I have a bay window, [Bb] _ [C] but that's where it ends
[F] And [Eb] it's here I see pictures, and my madness is [Bb] clear
And [C] there's no longer logic, [F] so therefore no fear
[Eb] And [Bb] I'm almost dead with uncontrollable [C] light