Thrown Away Chords by The Stranglers

[G] _ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [B] _ [G] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ [C] _ _ If [G] ever you [F] had _ _ _ [C] counted _ [A] _ [C] the _ _ [G] _ _
centuries [F] you drew _ [Am] away, _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _
All the lives [F] that you had started, _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] All the [F] chances run _ away.
If _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] I set sail for the [F] horizon, _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Could [G] I still be [F] found? _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Or I would have chose just one [F] set of chances,
_ _ [C] _ _ Three [G] others would [F] be found. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ You could not [Am]
try,
_ [Bb] _ Time wasn't on [C] our side,
_ [E] Then there [Am] came the _ day,
[Bb] You threw it [G] all away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] Strong away,
_ _ [Bb] _ Strong _ [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ Strong _ [G] away.
_ [B] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] My wings are nice [F] are so much colder,
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] Than yours could [F] ever be. _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] I wish I hadn't [F] met, _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Our [G] good old days.
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ When [G] all is said and all is [F] done, _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ [G] When all is just [F] a memory, _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Our [G] ships will stay for just a [F] moment, _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ Leaving [G] all the false gods and [F] _ enemies. _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ You could not [Am] try,
_ _ [Bb] Time wasn't on [C] our side,
[E] Then there came [Am] the day,
_ _ [Bb] You threw it all [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ Strong _ [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ Strong _ [G] _
away.
_ [E] Christ even though [Am] he tried,
_ [Bb] _ Time wasn't on [C] our side,
_ [E] Then there came [Am] the day,
_ _ [Bb] You threw it [G] all away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away,
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] away.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ Strong [G] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [G] away. _
_ _ [Bb] _ [Bbm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _