A           E             D         A
The days and the hours swiftly turn into seasons
    A                                      D
The weeks and the months quickly turn into years
    A            E             D        A
The present is coloured by memories of childhood
   A                        E            A
Of heartache and happiness, laughter and tears

[VERSE 2]
     A              E           D            A
I've flown and I've driven long miles by the million
         A                                  D
Through desert and forest and high mountain range
        A           E          D         A
Through pastures of plenty and dark city byways
  A                         E       A
A life on the move in boat, car and train

[VERSE 3]
   A        E         D          A
Thirty-five years of singing and playing
   A                              D
Thirty-five years of life on the road
A           E           D           A
Laughing at tyrants and spitting at despots
  A                             E        A
I've danced in the footsteps of men like Tom Joad

[VERSE 4]
   A                 E              D           A
They've called me an outlaw they've called me a dreamer
     A                                      D
They said I would change as I aged and grew old
         A            E           D            A
That the memory would fade of the things I had lived through
   A                   E                  A
That the flash fire of youth would slowly turn cold

[VERSE 5]
       D                            G          D
But  I raise up my glass and drink deep of its flame
   A                                         D
To those who have gone who were links in the chain
D                              G               D
And I give my soul's promise I give my heart's pledge
A                           E           A
To outlaws and dreamers and life at the edge

[VERSE 6]
   A             E           D        A
So here's to the vision that binds us together
     A                                        D
That tears down the walls that would keep us apart
    A              E           D              A
And here's to the future where dreams will be honoured
        A                            E           A
And the fierce flame of freedom that burns in our hearts

[VERSE 7]
     A            E           D              A
The fire is still burning the future's still calling
   A                                   D
To follow the dream till the end of my days
  A           E          D             A
Wishing's for fools but dreams are for outlaws
   A                      E                A
Laughter's for lovers and tears for the brave

[VERSE 8]
 D                            G           D
I raise up my glass and drink deep of its flame
   A                                         D
To those who have gone who were links in the chain
D                              G               D
And I give my soul's promise I give my heart's pledge
A                           E           A
To outlaws and dreamers and life at the edge
   A             E           D        A
To outlaws and dreamers and life at the edge