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