xYoung, Gifted And Skint
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Verse 1
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F#
Young, gifted and skint, that's where it ain't
Look how easily it happened, look how easily I fell
A
Now I'm up to here in debt, there's a noose around my neck
F#
There's a price upon my head
Verse 2
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F#
My past was all in borrowed time, stupid, stupid borrowed time
Now that the deed is done I'm waiting for the axe to fall
A
Fantasies grow in my brain, run away and start again
F#
Disappear and change my name
Bridge
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Bm~C#m Bm~C#m
Bm~C#m Bm~C#m
Chorus
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A B C#m A
That man was, ah young, gifted and skint
B C#m A
That man says you know that's where it ain't
B C#m A
That man says ah go on lend me a quid
B C#m
That man was....oooohhhh
Mid-section
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F# (14 secs)
E (4 secs) F# (4 secs)
E (1 sec) F (1 sec)
F# (8 secs)
Verse 3
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F#
Money makes the world go round, fear makes it turn much faster
Can't pay the rent-man a single thing, don't let the man from the Gas Board in
A
Maybe this is all a dream, maybe I'll wake up again
F#
Maybe this could all be clean again . . .
Repeat Bridge and Chorus and end on F# (strum as long a you want)
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(Sullivan/Morrow)
Album:No Rest For The Wicked
Track 8
Release date:
May 1985
Chords figured out for your pleasure by John C Thomson (A.k.a. Psychedelic Pig)
[email protected]
Took me awhile to figure this one out. As you may be able to figure I am just starting
find my ear, so if there are any mistakes then let me know.
Thank to NMA for letting me know that I am not the only one who feels and thinks like
It was getting lonely. Ta.
