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