Only A Lad Chords by Oingo Boingo

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[Db] _ _ [Bbm] Johnny was bad even as a child everybody could [Db] tell.
_ [Bbm] Everyone [Bb] said if you don't get straight you're surely going to [Db] hell.
_ [Gb] But Johnny [Db] didn't care he [Bbm] wasn't out all by the time that he [Gb] was ten years old.
He didn't want to do [Ab] what he was [Db] told.
He took the [Ab] prankster, [Gb] he even had a gangster.
He was [Db] fed and on his stomach he could [Bbm] not assume that he was ten to thirty.
[Gb] He was an age 50 cog.
He [Ab] didn't want to learn [Db] things out of [Ab] interest. _
[Bbm] He liked to burn things. _ _ _ _ _
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[Db] _ _ [Gb] But later down [Db] the block she had her [Bb] radio that [Bbm] Johnny wanted [Gb] almost full back.
And so he took [Ab] a chance he [Bbm] had and then he shot her in [Ab] the leg. _
[Bb] But this is what she said.
Only a [Gb] lie.
She really can't [Bb] blame him.
Only a [Gb] lie.
Society [Bb] made him.
Only a [Gb] lie.
With hours on [Ab] the music sheet.
[Db] Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
[Bb] Oh.
Only a [Gb] lie.
He really couldn't [Bb] help it.
Only a [Gb] lie.
He didn't want to [Bb] do it.
Only a [Gb] lie.
He's on a [Ab] pillar that appears.
[Db] Perhaps a little bit confused.
[Ab] Oh.
Oh.
[Db] Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
[Bbm] Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
_ _ Oh.
Oh.
[Bb] Oh.
_ [Bbm] Oh.
[Db] Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
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_ [A] _ [G] _ [E] [Db] Oh.
Oh.
Oh.
and gives them an excuse not to choose.
_ Nobody puts out the little man's ad-lib attitude.
_ _ [Gb] And when he sold [Db] the car, nobody dreamed [Bbm] that he would try to make it so [Gb] far.
He didn't mean [Ab] to hit the poor man, [Bbm] and threw at his own [Ab] diet.
[Bbm] He made the judge [Bb] cry.
Only a [Gb] lad.
You really can't [Bb] blame him.
Only a [Gb] lad.
Society [Bb] made him.
Only a [Gb] lad.
He's now a responsible [Ab] fiddle-cheese.
Oh, [Db] oh, oh, [Bb] oh.
Only a [Gb] lad.
He really couldn't [Bb] help it.
Only a [Gb] lad.
He didn't want to [Bb] do it.
Only a [Gb] lad.
The other fellow [Ab] can refuse.
Perhaps [Db] a little bit confused.
[Ab] Oh, oh, oh, [Db] oh.
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Judge [E] is hung [F] if he can't [Bbm] believe.
Society [Dbm] is busy, [Eb] and no [Bbm] one's there.
[E] Perhaps it would be a [F] stupid [Db] thing.
[Gb] But after [Db] you've heard it, you [Gb] feel happy.
[Db] _ _ _ [Bb] Only a [Gb] lad.
You really can't [Bb] blame him.
Only a [Gb] lad.
Society [Bb] made him.
Only a [Gb] lad.
He's now a [Ab] responsible fiddle [Db]-cheese.
_ [Bb] Hey there, Johnny.
[Gb] You really don't fool me.
You get away with murder, and you think it's funny.
You don't feel the doubt if we live or if we die.
[Ab] Oh, oh, oh, [Db] oh.
[Ab] Hey there, Johnny.
[B] I hope [Bbm] you cry.
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