Em7/G
Is this the real life?
A7
Is this just fantasy?
D7
Caught in a landslide
G
No escape from reality

Em
Open your eyes
G                C
Look up to the skies and see
Am
I'm just a poor boy
D7
I need no sympathy
    G#       G   F# G
Because I'm easy come, easy go
 G#     G     F#      G
Little high, little low
 C       G/B
Anyway the wind blows
 Bbº         D7
Doesn't really matter to me
G
To me

G     Em
Mama, just killed a man
Am
Put a gun against his head
     D7
Pulled my trigger, now he's dead
G           Em
Mama, life had just begun
Am              Am/G#    Am/G   Am
But now I've gone and thrown it all away

C  G/B Am
Mama! Ooh!
Dm       Dm/C#   Dm/C  G7
Didn't mean to make you cry
G                        C
If I'm not back again this time tomorrow
 G/B         Am
Carry on, carry on
Fm               C
As if nothing really matters

 G         Em
Too late, my time has come
 Am
Sends shivers down my spine
 Am             D7
Body's aching all the time
 G
Goodbye, everybody
Em
I've got to go
Am               Am/G#    Am/G      F#m7(5-)
Gotta leave you all behind
     Am/F   Am/E
And face the truth

 C G/B   Am
Mama! Ooh!

(Anyway the wind blows)
 Dm     Dm/C#    Dm/C      G7/B
I don't wanna die
   G
I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all

[Solo] C  G/B  Am  Dm  G7
       C  G/B  Am  Dm

( C  G/B  Am )

Fm                          C 
As if nothing really matters