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“Hanging Around”
by William Clark Green 
Intro:  B   B   B   B   B  
       Em Em Em D D B B
BI’m heading down a one-way track
I’m leaving this town, aF#min’t lookin’ back
Gotta get out before I never see Dthe light of day
BThrowin’ caution F#mto the wind
And the wind keeps pushin’ me Dback again
BTrying to turn me aF#mround
F#mI ain’t gonna stay
EmI ain’t gonna Estay
CHORUS:
AGotta find out who I’m Egonna be
EAin’t gonna find it Ain this town
AI finally got the courage to Eup and leave
AEverybody’s still Bhangin’ around 
[    B      B      B     B     F#m     F#m      D      D  F#m]
BYeah I sure will miss F#mMary Ann
BBut I ain’t gonna miss F#mher new boyfriend
Everyone tellin’ me Dthat I did her wrong
BThey can waste their time
With F#mthe mindless chatter
F#mWhen it comes down to it,
It Bdoesn’t really even matter
BThey’re stuck aF#mround here
I’m Dalready gone
DYeah EI’m long gone!
CHORUS:
AGotta find out who I’m gEonna be
EAin’t gonna find it iAn this town
AI finally got the courage to Eup and leave
AEverybody’s still Bhangin’ around 
[guitar solo here ~20 sec]
CHORUS [2x]
AI gotta find out who I’m gonna beE  
EAin’t gonna find it iAn this town
AI finally got the courage to Eup and leave
AEverybody’s still Bhangin’ around 
AEverybody’s just hBangin around
AEverybody’s still Bhangin’ AarouEnd  

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Hanging Around

by William Clark Green

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F#m

“Hanging Around”

by William Clark Green

B B B B B

Intro:

Em Em Em D D B B

I’m heading down a one-way track

F#m

I’m leaving this town, ain’t lookin’ back

Gotta get out before I never see the light of day

B F#m

Throwin’ caution to the wind

And the wind keeps pushin’ me back again

B F#m

Trying to turn me around

F#m

I ain’t gonna stay

Em E

I ain’t gonna stay

CHORUS:

A E

Gotta find out who I’m gonna be

E A

Ain’t gonna find it in this town

A E

I finally got the courage to up and leave

A B

Everybody’s still hangin’ around

B B B B F#m F#m D D F#m

[ ]

B F#m

Yeah I sure will miss Mary Ann

B F#m

But I ain’t gonna miss her new boyfriend

Everyone tellin’ me that I did her wrong

They can waste their time

F#m

With the mindless chatter

F#m

When it comes down to it,

It doesn’t really even matter

B F#m

They’re stuck around here

I’m already gone

D E

Yeah I’m long gone!

CHORUS:

A E

Gotta find out who I’m gonna be

E A

Ain’t gonna find it in this town

A E

I finally got the courage to up and leave

A B

Everybody’s still hangin’ around

[guitar solo here ~20 sec]

CHORUS [2x]

A E

I gotta find out who I’m gonna be

E A

Ain’t gonna find it in this town

A E

I finally got the courage to up and leave

A B

Everybody’s still hangin’ around

A B

Everybody’s just hangin around

A B A E

Everybody’s still hangin’ around

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