Ian Hunter – Boy chords

[Intro]
F C F C

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[Verse 1]
F                        CGenocidal tendencies are silly to extreme
F                                       C                       C   DAfter all you're still quite small, you don't know where you've been
G            A              D                                  GYou was only swearing yesterday, Oh you want to win the world away
    A                      D  C Esus4 EBut now you got nothing to say

[Chorus]
A                          D                          E                       A  EBoy, you're getting out of hand, you've got to make a stand, so put the coke away
A                       D                           EBoy, you got the do the show, got to let the people know, you've got the strength to stay

[Bridge]
A              C#m                B#m           E I can see you run, I can see you hide, Oh your heart is aching
A          F#m           Bm             E Lost in a dream of what might have been
A               C#m                  Bm           E You're the guide, you're the number one and your knees are shaking
A            F#m         Bm           E E Stand and deliver in an endless dream

[Verse 3]
F                          CSchizophrenic, photogenic, aggravates me so
F                              C                C DOnly yes men have a guess man, watch the spirit go
G               A             D                                  GBatman zips the monster as he bleeds and gets off on the buzz he needs
      A                      D                             CAnd a kid on the street just reads and reads and reads and reads
    EAnd reads and reads and reads

[Chorus]
A                            D                    E                             A   EBoy, its them hard case city blues, Cagney is the news, does "The Giant" ring a bell?
A                              D                               EBoy, its the Hudson East River cruise, its the Empire State of booze, Oh you know the story well

[Bridge]
A               C#m                 B#m             E Do you have to run, do you have to hide, there's a new tomorrow
A              F#m              Bm            E Yes, you're a mess, but you're more than less
A                   C#m                 Bm            E When this battle's won, you can look inside, all you did not borrow
A               F#m           Bm              E Yes you're the best, but you still can't rest
             Am        D           GYou know you know, the carnival is closed
     E                      Am            D                   GYour streets are lined with ghosts, but a princess don't look back
      E                    Am          D              GDon't look back don't look round, your vision is your fight
        E             Am             C               FThrough long electric nights, when a woman helps you write

[Interlude]
      C         G   FNa na na. Na na na. Na
      C         GNa na na. Na na na

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[Bridge]
G                     A             D                             GCheer up mate put the dramas in the past, see you did not have to fast
A                   D                             C         EEuphemism lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts

[Chorus]
A                            D                           E                               A   EBoy, if you've got an axe to grind, be thankful for this time, for it gives you what you need
A                                  D                            E                           A      EBoy, you've got an eighty-eight to play, it'll tell you what to say, it'll tell you when to breathe

[Chorus]
A                            D                                E                                    A   EBoy, take a turnpike heading west, turn the people on to Beau Geste, cause that's what you did the best
A                                        D                                      EBoy, play the pipes till they're old and worn, sing the words till they fall forlorn
                            A  ELike the pieces of a jigsaw jet

[Chorus]
A                                    D                          E                          A    EBoy, don't let the earth get in your face, its a middle-aged displace, its the middle ages snide
ABoy, we're a million miles away and to think its so insan, take a chance on a one way ride

[Chorus]
A                                     D                                E                                A  EBoy, shoot a rocket clean out of your mind, Oh these people ain't your kind, no they ain't your kind at all
A                                     D                                E                          A   EBoy, shoot a rocket clean out of your brain. No these people ain't the same, you can hear another call

[Chorus]
A                               D                             E                              A  EBoy, the other book starts with no, they don't show us how to grow, they only show us how to win
A                                D                                 E                         A  EBoy, the secret's in the bicycle shed, in't no answers now they're dead, to seek is a mortal sin
              A                           D   E A EHey, you know boy let your madness be the clue