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In the key of E, standard tuning.
h - hammer on
b - bend
rb - release bend
p - pluck off
~ - vibrato
\ - slide down to
Intro (use a lot of reverb!):
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------12-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|--8h9-11-11b(13)-------b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------11p9-11-11-13-13p11\9-----------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------11~~~~~~~-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Single file in the girls corridor.
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-12-12--------------------------------------------------|
|-8h9-11-11b(13)----------b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------11p9-11-11-13-13p11\9--------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------11~~\0-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Come along, Stewart laddie!
1st verse:
MI SI DO#m SOL#m"Stewart boy, you'll never be much cause you're too busy acting the fool."
MI SI FA#Thank you, Sir, for them few kind words on my last day of school.
- MI SI DO#m SOL#m
Oh, but my mama said I could be a success if I'd only get myself out of bed.
MI SI FA# Words of wisdom but I wasn't listening, I had plans in my head.
Refrain:
MI SI DO#m SOL#mOnly a boy, trying it on, coming so strong, restless to roam.
- MI SI DO#m SOL#m
Only a boy, silly and proud, reckless and loud, impressing the crowd.
SI Only a boy
2nd verse:
MI SI DO#m SOL#mRock and roll was in my brains, Eddie Cochrane running through my veins.
- MI SI FA#
Skintight trousers in council houses, the unemployment exchange.
MI SI DO#m SOL#m The blues I played were Mississippi made and every friday night I'd fall in love.
MI SI FA#Football fields and teenage pills, nothing's enough.
Refrain:
- MI SI DO#m SOL#m
Only a boy, dressing to kill, passion to spill, hand in the till.
MI SI DO#m SOL#m Only a boy, slipping it in, thin as a pin, chasing a dream.
SIOnly a boy
- SI
Only a boy
SI Ooh!
Solo (use a lot of reverb!):
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------12-12-----------------------------------------------------|
|--11b(13)-------b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------11p9-11-11-13-13p11\9-----------|
|----------------------------------------------------------11~~~~~~~-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Climb....
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------12-12-----------------------------------|
|-8h9-11-11b(13)-------b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8---------------|
|------------------------------------------11p9-11-11-13-|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------|
...down off the school roof, laddie!
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-13p11\9-13p11\9------|
|-----------------11\0-|
|----------------------|
3rd verse:
MI SI DO#m SOL#mOh, them Dukes of freedom I used to believe them and all their rebellious vows.
MI SI FA#The critics, the cynics who never understood it, where are they now?
- MI SI DO#m SOL#m
And all the wondering and the stumbling that goes hand in hand with change.
MI SI FA# The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning or am I still the same?
Refrain:
MI SI DO#m SOL#mOnly a boy, laughing aloud, quick as a shot, nobody can stop
- MI SI DO#m SOL#m
Only a boy, plans of his own, leaving his home, knows where he's going.
SI Only a boy
SIOnly a boy
In the key of E, standard tuning.
h - hammer on
b - bend
rb - release bend
p - pluck off
~ - vibrato
\ - slide down to
Intro (use a lot of reverb!):
|----------------------
|-----------------12-12
|--8h9-11-11b(13)------
|----------------------
|----------------------
|----------------------
...
-|-------------------------------
-|-------------------------------
-|-b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8-----------
-|---------------------11p9-11-11
-|-------------------------------
-|-------------------------------
...
-|----------------------|
-|----------------------|
-|----------------------|
-|-13-13p11\9-----------|
-|------------11~~~~~~~-|
-|----------------------|
Single file in the girls
..corridor.
|------------------------
|----------------12-12-12
|-8h9-11-11b(13)---------
|------------------------
|------------------------
|------------------------
...
-|-------------------------------
-|-------------------------------
-|-b(13)rb(11)-8-8-9p8-----------
-|---------------------11p9-11-11
-|-------------------------------
-|-------------------------------
...
-|-------------------|
-|-------------------|
-|-------------------|
-|-13-13p11\9--------|
-|------------11~~\0-|
-|-------------------|
Come along, Stewart laddie!
1st verse:
MI SI"Stewart boy, you'll never be much
- DO#m
..cause you're too busy acting the
SOL#m ..fool."
MI SIThank you, Sir, for them few kind
- FA#
..words on my last day of school.
MI SI Oh, but my mama said I could be a
DO#m..success if I'd only get myself
- SOL#m
..out of bed.
MI SI Words of wisdom but I wasn't
FA#..listening, I had plans in my
..head.
Refrain:
MI SIOnly a boy, trying it on, coming
- DO#m SOL#m
..so strong, restless to roam.
MI SI Only a boy, silly and proud,
DO#m..reckless and loud, impressing
- SOL#m
..the crowd.
SI Only a boy
2nd verse:
MI SIRock and roll was in my brains,
- DO#m
..Eddie Cochrane running through
SOL#m ..my veins.
MI SISkintight trousers in council
- FA#
..houses, the unemployment
..exchange.
- MI
The blues I played were
SI ..Mississippi made and every
DO#m SOL#m..friday night I'd fall in love.
- MI SI
Football fields and teenage pills,
FA# ..nothing's enough.
Refrain:
MI SIOnly a boy, dressing to kill,
- DO#m SOL#m
..passion to spill, hand in the
..till.
- MI SI
Only a boy, slipping it in, thin
DO#m SOL#m ..as a pin, chasing a dream.
SIOnly a boy
- SI
Only a boy
SI Ooh!
Solo (use a lot of reverb!):
|-------------------------------
|----------12-12----------------
|--11b(13)-------b(13)rb(11)-8-8
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
|-------------------------------
...
-|--------------------------
-|--------------------------
-|-9p8----------------------
-|-----11p9-11-11-13-13p11\9
-|--------------------------
-|--------------------------
...
-|-----------|
-|-----------|
-|-----------|
-|-----------|
-|-11~~~~~~~-|
-|-----------|
..
..Climb....
|---------------------------------
|----------------12-12------------
|-8h9-11-11b(13)-------b(13)rb(11)
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
|---------------------------------
...
-|-----------------------|
-|-----------------------|
-|-8-8-9p8---------------|
-|---------11p9-11-11-13-|
-|-----------------------|
-|-----------------------|
...down off the school roof,
..laddie!
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|-13p11\9-13p11\9------|
|-----------------11\0-|
|----------------------|
3rd verse:
MI SIOh, them Dukes of freedom I used
DO#m..to believe them and all their
- SOL#m
..rebellious vows.
MI SI The critics, the cynics who never
FA#..understood it, where are they
..now?
MIAnd all the wondering and the
- SI DO#m
..stumbling that goes hand in hand
SOL#m ..with change.
MIThe yearning, the earning was it
- SI FA#
..all part of learning or am I
..still the same?
Refrain:
- MI SI
Only a boy, laughing aloud, quick
DO#m SOL#m ..as a shot, nobody can stop
MI SIOnly a boy, plans of his own,
- DO#m
..leaving his home, knows where
SOL#m ..he's going.
SIOnly a boy
- SI
Only a boy
- SUONA ANCHE ..
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