E7(no 3rd)  0-2-0-4-0-0
Cmaj7       x-3-2-0-0-0
Dsus2       x-x-0-2-3-0
B/D#        x-x-1-x-0-2
Bm/E        0-2-4-4-3-2  or 0-x-4-4-3-2
Em9         0-2-2-0-3-2  or 0-7-5-7-7-0
[Intro]
| E7(no 3rd) | % | % | % |
 
| Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E |
| Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E |
| Cmaj7 Dsus2 | E |
 
| Cmaj7 Dsus2 | D |
| D    D B/D# | E |
| E    D B/D# | E | % |
[Strophe]
Bm/E 
Sometimes you're better off dead 
        Bm/E 
There's gun in your hand and it's pointing at your head 
    Am7 
You think you're mad, too unstable 
Am7 
Kicking in chairs and knocking down tables 
     Bm/E 
In a restaurant in a West End town 
Bm/E 
Call the police, there's a madman around 
Am7 
Running down underground  
     Am7 
To a dive bar in a West End town
[Refrain]
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
D    B/D#     E    E    D B/D#   E   %  
West End   girls
[Strophe]
Bm/E 
Too many shadows, whispering voices 
Bm/E 
Faces on posters, too many choices 
Am7 
If, when, why, what? 
Am7 
How much have you got? 
         Bm/E 
Have you got it, do you get it, if so, how often? 
    Bm/E 
And which do you choose, a hard or soft option? 
Am7 
  (How much do you need?)
[Refrain]
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
D    B/D#     E    E   D    B/D#    E   
West End   girls,      West End   girls
[Pont]
  Em9   %   Am7   %   x2  
 
  Em9   %   Am7   %  
             (How much do you need?)
[Refrain]
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                  Am7 
East End boys and West End girls 
D    B/D#     E    E    D B/D#   E   %  
West End   girls
[Strophe]
             Bm/E 
You've got a heart of glass or a heart of stone 
Bm/E 
Just you wait 'til I get you home 
      Am7 
We've got no future, we've got no past 
Am7 
Here today, built to last 
   Bm/E 
In every city, in every nation 
     Bm/E 
From Lake Geneva to the Finland station 
Am7 
   (How far have you been?)
[Refrain]
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
                      Am7 
The East End boys and West End girls 
     Bm 
In a West End town, a dead end world 
               Am7 
East End boys, West End girls 
D    B/D#     E    E    D B/D#   E  [  D  B/D#   Cmaj7 ] 
West End   girls                      (West End  girls
[Outro]
D    B/D#   Cmaj7 Dsus2   E   Cmaj7 Dsus2   E  
West End    girls 
          Cmaj7 Dsus2   E                Cmaj7 Dsus2   E  
West End girls         (How far have you been?) 
D    B/D#   Cmaj7 Dsus2   E   Cmaj7 Dsus2   E  
West End    girls
(repeat and fade)