[Intro]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#
[Verse]
E B
"Stewart boy, you'll never be much
C#m G#m
cause you're too busy acting the fool."
E
Thank you, Sir, for them
B F#
few kind words on my last day of school.
E B
Oh, but my mama said I could be a success
C#m G#m
if I'd only get myself out of bed.
E B
Words of wisdom but I wasn't listening,
F#
I had plans in my head.
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, trying it on,
C#m G#m
coming so strong, restless to roam.
E B
Only a boy, silly and proud,
C#m G#m~
reckless and loud, impressing the crowd.
B~
Only a boy
[Verse]
E B
Rock and roll was in my brains,
C#m G#m
Eddie Cochrane running through my veins.
E B
Skintight trousers in council houses,
F#
the unemployment exchange.
E B
The blues I played were Mississippi made
C#m G#m
and every friday night I'd fall in love.
E B F#
Football fields and teenage pills, nothing's enough.
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, dressing to kill,
C#m G#m
passion to spill, hand in the till.
E B
Only a boy, slipping it in,
C#m G#m
thin as a pin, chasing a dream.
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Ooh!
[Solo]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#
[Verse]
E B
Oh, them Dukes of freedom I used to believe them
C#m G#m
and all their rebellious vows.
E B
The critics, the cynics who never understood it,
F#
where are they now?
E B
And all the wondering and the stumbling
C#m G#m
that goes hand in hand with change.
E B
The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning
F#
or am I still the same?
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, laughing aloud,
C#m G#m
quick as a shot, nobody can stop
E B
Only a boy, plans of his own,
C#m G#m
leaving his home, knows where he's going.
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
[Outro]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#
[Intro]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#
[Verse]
E B
"Stewart boy, you'll never be much
C#m cause you're too busy
G#m
acting the fool."
E
Thank you, Sir, for them
B few kind words on
F#
my last day of school.
E Oh, but my mama said
B
I could be a success
C#m G#m
if I'd only get myself out of bed.
E Words of wisdom but
B
I wasn't listening,
F#
I had plans in my head.
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, trying it on,
C#m coming so strong,
G#m
restless to roam.
E B
Only a boy, silly and proud,
C#m reckless and loud,
G#m~
impressing the crowd.
B~
Only a boy
[Verse]
E B
Rock and roll was in my brains,
C#m Eddie Cochrane running
G#m
through my veins.
E Skintight trousers
B
in council houses,
F#
the unemployment exchange.
E The blues I played
B
were Mississippi made
C#m and every friday night
G#m
I'd fall in love.
E B Football fields and teenage
F#
pills, nothing's enough.
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, dressing to kill,
C#m passion to spill,
G#m
hand in the till.
E B
Only a boy, slipping it in,
C#m G#m
thin as a pin, chasing a dream.
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Ooh!
[Solo]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#
[Verse]
E Oh, them Dukes of freedom
B
I used to believe them
C#m G#m
and all their rebellious vows.
E The critics, the cynics
B
who never understood it,
F#
where are they now?
E And all the wondering
B
and the stumbling
C#m that goes hand in
G#m
hand with change.
E The yearning, the earning
B
was it all part of learning
F#
or am I still the same?
[Chorus]
E B
Only a boy, laughing aloud,
C#m G#m
quick as a shot, nobody can stop
E B
Only a boy, plans of his own,
C#m leaving his home, knows
G#m
where he's going.
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
B
Only a boy
[Outro]
E B C#m G#m
E B F#