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