Rod Stewart – Only A Boy (Guitar)

Capo 4
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] C G Am Em C G D [Verse]
    C                 G
"Stewart boy, you'll never be much

             Am                  Em
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

       Am                    Em
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,

           Am                 Em
coming so strong, restless to roam.

       C              G
Only a boy, silly and proud,
Am Em~ reckless and loud, impressing the crowd. G~ Only a boy [Verse]
  C               G
Rock and roll was in my brains,

       Am                         Em
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

          Am                       Em
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,

           Am                 Em
passion to spill, hand in the till.

       C                G
Only a boy, slipping it in,

          Am             Em
thin as a pin, chasing a dream.

       G
Only a boy

       G
Only a boy

 G
Ooh!
[Solo] C G Am Em C G D [Verse]
         C                  G
Oh, them Dukes of freedom I used to believe them

    Am                   Em
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

      Am                    Em
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,

           Am               Em
quick as a shot, nobody can stop

       C                 G
Only a boy, plans of his own,

            Am                    Em
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 Am Em C G D