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