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[Intro 1]
[F][Em][F][Em]

[Verse 1]
[F]Slow walking down the streets
I know,
past the schoolyard gates
where I used to go.
[Em]Looking to the left,
looking to the right,
looking for the place where I had
my first [Am]fight.
Remembering [F]all those times
when I'd meet the boys
by the railway line
We'd [Em]talk about this,
we'd talk about that,
we'd talk about what was cool for cats
[Am]Some people [F]got away from here,
[Am]sick and tired of li[F]ving in fear
[Em]But this place to me is home,
[Am]every bric[Em]k, every stone[Am]
Every corner [F]that I turn,
[Am]taught me [F]lessons that I [G]learned
[Em]To a[G]ll the boys I us[Em]ed to know,
[Am]how [Em]you doing, hello
[Am]I never said, I'd make[Em] it
[Am]I never said, too mu[Em]ch
[Dm]I was the quiet one in blu[Em]e je[C]ans,[Dm]
the one [Am]you [Em]never [G]touched
[Am]I never said I'd mak[Em]e it,
[Am]I never looked in your eye[G] s[Em]
[Dm]I wasn't brave enough to tel[G]l yo[C]u
[Dm]You stood and watched
me walk [G]by[Em][C]
[F]Time ticks like a ticking bomb
Those golden [G]days have come an[F]d gone
[G]The[Em] torch I carried high for you
I wish I'd let my feelings through
A [F]teenage boy in East London
With a heart on [Em]fire [F]and a twisted tongue
You ac[Em]ted big, you acted strong
I never thought that I'd be singing songs
In a [F]council [Am]flat [F]close by the dock
They turned to crime, I turned to rock
I [Em]wish I'd taken you all with me
And that heartbreaker across the street
[Am]Some people got [F]away from here,
sick and tired of living in [G]fear
[Em]But this place to me is home,
[Am]ever[Em]y brick, every stone
[Am]Every corner that I [F]turn,
[Am]taught me [F]lessons that I [G]learned
[Am]To a[Em]ll the boys that I used to know,
[Am]how [Em]you doing?
[Am]I never sa[F]id I'd mak[Em]e it,
[F]I n[Am]ever said t[F]oo m[Am]uch[Em]
[Dm]I was the quiet one in blu[G]e je[Em]ans,
[C][Am][Dm]
the one you couldn't [Em]touch
[Am]Some people got away from [G]here[Am],
sick and tired of living [F]in [Am]fear,
but this [G]place to me [Am]is home.
[Em]Every [G]brick, [Am]every stone,[F]
[Am]every [F]corner [Am]that [F]I t[G]urn,[F]
[Am]taught me lessons that[F] I learn[G]ed.
[F]To [G]all the boys that I used to know
[Am]How [G]you doin[Em]g? Hello
[G]Som[F]e people got away from here[G]
[F]Sic[Am]k and tired of [F]living in fea[G]r
[Em]But this p[G]lace to me is home
[Em]Every [Am]bric[G]k, every stone[Am]
[F]Every [Am]corner that I tu[F]rn[G]
[Am]Taught me lesson[F]s that I l[G]earned
[Em]To all the b[G]oys that I used to k[Em]now
[Am]How [G]you doing?
[C]Hel[Am] lo
[F]Some peo[Am]ple got away fro[F]m here
[Am]Sick and tired of liv[F]ing in fear
[G]But this place to me is home
[Em]Every brick, [C]every [G]stone[F]
[Am]Every corner that [F]I turn
[Am]Taught me lessons that I learned you