Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs – I Passed It By (Guitar)

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As recorded by Sam The Sham & The Pharaohs (From the 1968 Album 10 OF PENTACLES) [Intro] F#m B E A E [Verse 1]
E            A                    E
I saw a rock in the street, and I wanted to take it home

                    A                 E
By I let it lie and passed it by, and I walked on

     F#m                    B7         E      A         E
That rock could have been a fortune or just a worthless stone

     F#m                 B7             E   A E
I'll never know ’cause I didn't take it home
[Chorus]
         F#m    G#m     F#m      E
I walked on and let the world go by

                 F#m      G#m      F#m     E A E
And I never felt sorry or took the time to cry
[Verse 2]
E              A                 E
I saw a letter in the street, it didn't interest me

                     A                      E    A       E
So, I let it fly and passed it by, I didn’t even stop to see

   F#m                     B7        E       A      E
It could have been from my mother, a message from a friend

     F#m                 B7               E A E
I'll never know 'causе I never looked within
[Chorus]
         F#m               G#m      E    A E
I had no feeling for lifе, and so I lived

           F#m        G#m            E A E
But people simply did just what they did
[Verse 3]
E                 A         E
I saw a man in an alley, he looked a lot like me

                        A                     E    A       E
I thought I'd die but I passed him by, didn't even want to see

F#m                   B7                  E     A        E
What I'd look like in years to come in an alley far from home

  F#m                   B7                   E A E
I couldn't believe that this could happen to me
[Chorus]
         F#m    G#m     F#m      E A E
I walked on and let the world go by

                 F#m          G#m   F#m   E
And I never felt sorry 'cause I was in my time

                 F#m   G#m      F#m    E A E
’Til I saw in an alley where my future lay

              F#m       G#m      F#m        E A E
And I’ve been tryin' to get home since that day
[Outro]
E              A
I was real hip

                    E A
Now, I’m in oblivion

   E
My kaleidoscope is gone

                  A
I'm standing in a stupor

           E
And having fun