Black Sheep

F C Dm Bb Sittin in this lonely town wonderin when things are going to change F C Dm Dreamin my life away and it seems them dreams have Bb turned into a bunch of dust clouds F C Dm Bb Gettin my nerve up, but my past is pullin me down F C Dm Eb7 Wonderin how long this black sheep can stick around F C Dm Bb Somebody told me once before you can never go home again once you F C Dm Bb leave. Say anything just to scare me away from the truth of who I am and what I F C Dm Bb believe. So I thanked him for his two cents with a shake and some sympathy F C Dm Eb7 And I packed up my blue jeans and I headed for the big prize of my freedom F C Dm Bb Bye bye black sheep, black sheep of the family F C Dm Bb C Bye bye black sheep how that means so much to me F C Dm Bb Bye bye to my friends and my family F C Dm Eb7 E F Bye bye black sheep goin off to set my soul, set it free G Bb Times they were a changin, I did just a little re-arrangin G Bb Take a couple chances, my progress it advances C C To that prize of my freedom* F C Dm Bb 2x F C Dm Bb (spoken) It's written in the stars steel bars never will a prison cell make F C Dm Bb (spoken) Once I find that sweet home or a place I like to call home anyway F C Dm Bb Some people will say I'm crazy singin out loud like I do here on the street F C Dm Eb7 When I got a song I sing it out loud and if you don't like that my friend, Eb7 Well I'm gonna say F C Dm Bb Bye bye black sheep / oh bye bye, oh bye bye, the black sheep of the family F C Dm Bb Bye bye black sheep / goodbye to my friends, and black sheep, F C Dm Bb Bye bye black sheep / you know you always means so much to me, so my friends, you've been my family F C Dm Eb7 E F Bye bye black sheep goin off to set my soul, set it free