C             Eb
Gotta get up, gotta get out,
D                         Ab  G   C
gotta get home before the mornin' comes.
            Eb
What if I'm late? Got a big date,
D                         Ab  G     D
gotta get home before the sun comes up.
             F
Up and away, got a big day,
E                            Bb   A    D
sorry we can't stay, I gotta run, run, yeah.
                F
Gotta get home, pick up the phone,
E                             Bb       A
gotta let the people know I'm gonna be late.

C  G   C  G (bass notes:  C Db D G)

C           G                                C           G
There was a time when we could dance until a quarter to ten.
                          C         G                         C   Ab G
We never thought it would end then, we never thought it would end.
C          G                             C           G
We used to carry on and drink and do the rock and roll.
                        C
We never thought we get older
G                            C       Ab G
We’d never thought it'd grow cold but now

Chorus

Down by the sea she knew a sailor who had been to war.
She never even knew a sailor before, she never even knew his name.
He'd come to town and he would pound her for a couple of days
And then he'd sail across the bubbly waves and those
And those were happier days, but now