G C G D D C G D D Em C G G Em C D D G F#5 G F#5 [Verse 1] G A73-581 was the number G They burned it in my brain, I could feel it in my veins C We could run, we could run, we could run G We were running away G The fourteen dollars I made on the bus ride G From Chino, I laid it on the third C He was due and I was due, for a change, for a change G F#5 G F#5 I’m tired of living a lie [Chorus 1] D Em And they were writing their names up in the sky C G And we would watch them as they brought the horses by D Em And I felt like I was ready to die C D When the bell went off and the races would start N.C. At Hollywood Park [Instrumental] C G D D x2 [Verse 2] G For fifteen years I had lived in a room G With my heart on my sleeve, and my throat dry C From heaving the words "you can change, you can change" G F#5 G F#5 "If you’re ready to try" [Chorus 2] D Em And we would laugh as the horses thundered by C G And I would tip my brand new hat up to the sky D Em And nothing could come between you and I C D As the horses ran wild through the dark N.C. G F#5 G F#5 At Hollywood Park [Middle 8] D And when they tore it down, there was a wrecking sound C G And it rattled through my bones D And a cry went out through the streets that night C G 'Cause we knew we'd lost our home Em C And there's only the wreckage and this dirt still on my hands G D And the roar of their ghosts as they stood up in the stands [Break] C G D Where do we go? C G D Who are all of these voices I've never heard? C G D And what becomes of us now? C G D Buried in concrete and broken earth C G As I stare out from the highway at these miles and miles of graves C D And the convenience stores and corner malls, all the countless roads they paved C G Yeah I wonder if it’s lucky, or if you just forget the cost Em D Or the price of the admission for all the endless bets you lost [Instrumental] C G D D C G D D Em C G G Em C D D C G D D C G D D G G G G [Verse 3] G In fifty years I will dream of this moment from a bed, tired from lifting my leg C Tired from drifting around, through the dust, through the dust G And all the time that I would spend D Em But I never claimed I knew how this would end C G Or the order of the horses at the bend D Em All I knew is I would be back again C D And we’d stand here as the world fell apart N.C. G F#5 G F#5 G F#5 G F#5 G At Hollywood Park