Ab/C  Bb/D   C/E   D/F#   Dm/F  Ammaj7  D#dim  G
E|--x----x-------x-----x------x------x-------x----x-|
B|--1----3-------5-----8------7------5-------7----8|
G|--1----3-------5-----8------8------5-------8----7|
D|--1----3-------5-----8------8------6-------7----9|
A|--3----5-------7-----10-----9------7-------6----10|
E|--x----x-------x-----x------x------x-------x----x-|

A 
I rode my bike along the tow-path
                                   F#m
Past all the cranes that bow their heads
                              C#m
Down by the river to the gas works
                               Em                         
Where I would meet up with my friends
                               A
We'd mess around and play all summer
                                   F#m
Around our flats and on the streets
                              C#m
In days that seemed to last forever
                               D
And nights beneath my nylon sheets
       G       F  Bb
I was young and naive
    Eb        D
and drifted around
       G           F  Bb
But I followed my dreams
     Eb        D        Eb  D      Eb  D       Eb  D      C
With music I found life     Sunny      Sunny       Sunny

                             A
  My growing up would not be easy
                            F#m
Going for long walks on the heath
                         C#m
Trying to play like Jimi Hendrix
                           Em
Behind my back and with my teeth
                         A
I went to festivals and dropped out
                                   F#m
That's when I learned that I could fly
                       C#m
Sitting around an open fire
                               D
Watching the world go floating by
         G         F   Bb
With my ear to the ground
     Eb         D
The future took ages
        G       F    Bb
When it finally arrived
     Eb         D         Eb  D      Eb  D       Eb  D      C   
The world we created was       Sunny      Sunny       Sunny

Ab/C                 Bb/D 
My mother watched me changing
       C/E        E/F#
From a boy into a man
      Dm/F               Ammaj7
With spots and moods and temper tantrums,
Am               D#dim
short attention span
G
It didn't seem to matter
   Bb/D
It made me who I am

                           A
I got a job down at the warehouse
                            F#m
I worked so hard to pay the rent
                         C#m
Rehearsing almost every evening
                        Em
Trying to take another step
                          A
Along the road that I had chosen
                        F#m
The generations game of life
                         C#m
Today I'm walking by the river
                           D
Watching my children cycle by
G         F              Bb
  We came up through the pubs
     Eb          D
That heaved with our friends
              G        F   Bb
    Now it's coffee in mugs
       Eb         D         Eb  D      Eb  D       Eb  D       
While out on the Thames it's     Sunny      Sunny       Sunny
 Eb  D      Eb  D       Eb  D    C
     Sunny      Sunny       Sunny