Intro
| F | C | G | G |
| x4 |
Vox on the 5 of the first chord
| F | C | G | F |
| She sat | right down on the | sofa, I said, where have you | been? |
| C | G | |
| I’ve been | waiting for | you |
| F | C | G |
| Cause last night | I had something | so good |
| F | C | G | |
| These days get so | long and I got | nothing to | do |
| F | C | G | |
| I been hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old t | own so l | ong |
| F | C | G | |
| I been hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old | town for w | ay too long |
| F | C | G | F |
| We spent | all day getting s | ober, just hiding from | daylight |
| C | G |
| Watching T. | V. |
| F | C | G |
| We just look a | lot better in the | blue light |
| F | C | |
| Well, you know I gotta get | out, but I’m s | tuck so tight |
| G | |
| W | eighed by the chains that keep me |
| F | C | G | |
| Hangin’ ar | ound | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old t | own too l | ong |
| F | C | G | |
| I been hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old | town for w | ay too long, well everybody trip |
Solo, with “you know man I’m just tryin’ to scurry up a little”
| F | C | G | G |
| x4 |
| F | C | G |
| This girl | listens to the | band play, she says where have you been? |
| F | C | G |
| I’ve been | lyin’ right here on the | floor |
| F | C | G |
| Well, I got a | ll this time to be w | aiting for what is mine |
| F | C | G | |
| To be | hating wha | t I am, af | ter the light has faded |
Quiet chorus
| F | C | G | |
| Hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old t | own so l | ong |
| F | C | G | |
| I been hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old | town for w | ay too, hey, I been |
Band back in
| F | C | G | |
| Hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old t | own for | way too long |
| F | C | G | |
| I been hangin’ a | round | this town on a | corner |
| F | C | G | |
| I been bummin’ a | round this old | town for | way, way, way, way, way, too long |
| F | C | G |
| Way, way, way, way too long |
| F | C | G |
| Way, way, way, way too long |
| F | C | G |
| Way, way, way, way too long |
| F | C | G |
| Way, way, way, way too long |