Only A Boy

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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:
     
    E B C#m G#m
  • "Stewart boy, you'll never be much cause you're too busy acting the fool."
    E B F#
    Thank you, Sir, for them few kind words on my last day of school.
  • E B C#m G#m
    Oh, but my mama said I could be a success if I'd only get myself out of bed.
    E B F#
  • Words of wisdom but I wasn't listening, I had plans in my head.
     
    Refrain:
  •  
    E B C#m G#m
    Only a boy, trying it on, coming so strong, restless to roam.
  • E B C#m G#m
    Only a boy, silly and proud, reckless and loud, impressing the crowd.
    B
  • Only a boy
     
    2nd verse:
  •  
    E B C#m G#m
    Rock and roll was in my brains, Eddie Cochrane running through my veins.
  • E B F#
    Skintight trousers in council houses, the unemployment exchange.
    E B C#m G#m
  • The blues I played were Mississippi made and every friday night I'd fall in love.
    E B F#
    Football fields and teenage pills, nothing's enough.
  •  
    Refrain:
     
  • E B C#m G#m
    Only a boy, dressing to kill, passion to spill, hand in the till.
    E B C#m G#m
  • Only a boy, slipping it in, thin as a pin, chasing a dream.
    B
    Only a boy
  • B
    Only a boy
    B
  • 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:
     
    E B C#m G#m
  • Oh, them Dukes of freedom I used to believe them and all their rebellious vows.
    E B F#
    The critics, the cynics who never understood it, where are they now?
  • E B C#m G#m
    And all the wondering and the stumbling that goes hand in hand with change.
    E B F#
  • The yearning, the earning was it all part of learning or am I still the same?
     
    Refrain:
  •  
    E B C#m G#m
    Only a boy, laughing aloud, quick as a shot, nobody can stop
  • E B C#m G#m
    Only a boy, plans of his own, leaving his home, knows where he's going.
    B
  • Only a boy
    B
    Only a boy
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