Boy Chords by Ian Hunter

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_ _ _ [F] Genocidal tendencies are silly to extreme _ [F] After all, you're still quite small
[C] You don't know where you'll be [G] You was [A] only swearing yesterday
[D] Oh you wanna [G] leave [A] Now you got [D] nothing to say
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[A] Like you're getting out [D] of hand You've got to make [E] a stand
So put the coke [A] away _ [E] _ _
[A] But you got to [D] do the show
Got to let the people [E] know You got the strength to [A] stay
I can see [C#m] you run I can see [Bm] you hide
Oh [E] your heart is [A] aching Lost [F#m] in a dream
Of [Bm] what might have been [E] _ _ [A] You're the [C#m] guy
You're the [Bm] number one [E] And your knees are [A] shaking
[F#m] Standing your liver [Bm] In an ember [E] stream
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Schizophrenic, [C] photogenic Aggravate and suck
[F] Only yes men have the gas man [C] Watch the spirit go
[D] [G] Batman sips the [A] monster as it [D] bleeds And gets up on the bars [G] he needs
[A] And a kid on the street [D] just feeds and reads and feeds [C] and reads [E] and reads and feeds and feeds
[A] Boy, it's them arcade [D] city blues Cagney [E] is the news
Does the giant [A] ring a bell?
[E] _ _ [A] Boy, it's the Hudson East [D] River cruise
It's the Empire State of Booze Oh you know the story [A] well
Yeah, you have [C#m] to run Yeah, you have [Bm] to hide
[E] There's a new tomorrow [A]
Yes, [F#m] you're a mess
But [Bm] you're more than less [E] _ _
When this [C#m] battle's won
You can look [Bm] inside Oh, [E] you did not [A] borrow
Yes, [F#m] you're the best [Bm] But you still can't [E] rest
You know, [C] you know [D] The carnival [G] is close
[E] Your streets are [Am] lined with ghosts But [D] a friend says [G] don't look back
[E] Don't look left, [Am] don't look right [D] Your vision [G] is your fight
[E] Your long [Am] electric nights [C] When a woman [F] helps you write
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_ [C] _ _ Cheer [G] up, mate [A] Put the dramas in [D] the past
See, you did not [G] advance [A]
Humanism lasts [D] and lasts and lasts and lasts and lasts [E] and lasts and lasts and lasts
[A] Boy, if you got an axe [D] to grind Be thankful for [E] all this time
For it gives you what [A] you need [E] _
_ [A] You got an [D] 88 to play
It'll tell you [E] what to say It'll tell you [A] when to breathe
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_ [A] _ Take a turn back [D] in it west Send the people [E] on to vote yes
Cause that's what you [A] did best
Play [E] _
_ [A] _ the pipes till they're [D] old and worn Sing the words till they [E] fall for lawn
Like the pieces of [A] a jigsaw jet
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_ [A] Boy, don't let the earth get [D] in your face It's the Middle [E] Ages in place
It's the Middle [A] Ages this night
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_ [A] Boy, we're a million [D] miles away And I think it's [E] so unfair
Take a chance on a [A] one-way ride
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_ [A] Boy, shoot a rocket clean [D] out of your mind These people [E] ain't your kind
No, they ain't your [A] kind _ [E] _
_ [A] _ Shoot a rocket clean out [D] of your brain
No, these people ain't [E] the same You can hear another
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_ [A] _ Hear another [D] country now They don't show us how [E] to grow
Now they show us how [A] to win
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[A] Hey, man, the secret's in the bicycle [D] shim
Hey, man, sing another [E] day
The secret's in how to [A] sing
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