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Capo 1

G

G C
Thirty story hotel overlooking the sea
G D
Friends on either arm supporting me
G C
It's hard to walk now
G D
But I will go down somehow
G C
I'm going down the old road
G C
I'm going down the old road

G C
Children kick a soccer ball around in the street
G D
Kalpadruma trees are melting in the heat
G C
It's hard to walk here
G D
Where the waves shine so clear
G C
I'm going down the old road
G C
I'm going down the old road

(G Em C) x 4 G

G C
Above the swollen ocean the burning yellow sun
G D
Hits the hotel's mylar windows catching everyone
G C
It's hard to say why
G D
I should come here to die
G C
I'm going down the old road
G C
I'm going down the old road
(G Em C) x 4 G