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