A                         D                   A
I knew him as a gentle young man
                            E               D                   A
I cannot say for sure the reasons for his decline
A                                D                         A
We watched him fade before our very eyes
E
And years before his time
F#m                            D
And years before his time

A                  D                          A
Surrounded himself with shiny things
                E                       D                        A
First night tickets, ermine, pearls upon a string
A                            D                A
And disappeared in all the pestilence
E
That sudden pleasure brings
F#m                                   D

E
He never asks after her anymore
        Bm                   D                F#m
He made a point of losing her address
         E                       G                   D
And every trinket that she ever touched
                    D
He keeps locked away
                 D                         D
And just burns up in the furnace of his chest
               A                                 E
Well I spoke to a man who says he's done it all 
                 A                                  D
And the only thing that pleases or excites him now
      A          E                                         A
Is hurting, hurting then hurting some more
                A                                    E
There's someone I want to forget tonight
                   F#m                              D
Don't you want to forget someone too?
  A                  E                       A
I left him, and I can leave you too


                         D
Baby let's go out tonight
                                  A
It will all turn out all right I'm sure
                                      D
Don't want to drink at home again tonight
                 A
So let's go out
              D
Let's go out tonight
                          A
It's getting dark earlier now
                 D                                     A
But where you are it's just getting light
            D                                        A
Where you are it will just be getting light

D                 A

                         D
Baby let's go out tonight
                                  A
It will all turn out all right I'm sure
                                      D
Don't want to drink at home again tonight
                 A
So let's go out
              D
Let's go out tonight
                          A
It's getting dark earlier now
                 D                                     A
But where you are it's just getting light
            D                                        A
Where you are it will just be getting light