Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[F]Genocidal
tendencies are [C]silly to extreme
[F]After all you're still quite small you
[C]don't know where you've [D]been
[G]You was only [A]swearing yester[D]day
Oh you want to win the world [G]away
But [A]now you got nothing to say-ay-ay
[D]Boy [C]Boy [Esus4]Boy you'r[E]e[A]
getting out of [D]hand
You've got to make [E]a stand
So put the coke [A]away[E]
[A]Boy you got the do [D]the show
Got to let the people [E]know
You got the strength [A]to stay

[Verse 2]
I can see you [Dbm]run
I can see you [Bm]hide
Oh your [E]heart is [A]aching
Lost in a [F#m]dream of what [Bm]might
have [E]been[A]
You're the [Dbm]guide
You're the number [Bm]one
And [E]your knees [A]are shaking
Stand and deliv[F#m]er in an end
[Bm]less [E]dream

[Verse 3]
[F]Schizophrenic,
[C]photogenic, aggravates me so
[F]Only yes-men
Have Have a guess man
[C]Watch [G]the spirit [C]go[D]
[G]Batman zips the mon[A]ster as [D]he bleeds
And gets up on the buzz he [G]needs
And [A]a kid on the street just [D]reads
And reads, and reads, and [C]reads
And [Esus4]reads, and reads, and re[E]ads

[Verse 4]
[A]Boy it's them hard case
city [D]blues
Cagney is the [E]news
Does the giant ring a [A]bell[E]
[A]Boy it's the Hudson East river [D]cruise
It's the Empire State buf[E]foons
Oh you know the story [A]well

[Verse 5]
Do you have to [C#m]run
Do you have [Bm]to hide
There's [E]a new tomorrow
[A]Yes you're a m[F#m]ess
But you're [Bm]more than [E]less[A]
When this battles [C#m]won
You can look in[Bm]side
Oh you did [E]not borrow
[A]Yes you're the best[F#m]
But you still [Bm]can't [E]rest
You know, you [C]know

[Verse 6]
[D]The carnival [G]is closed
Your [E]street's alive with [Am]ghosts
But a friend [D]says don't look [G]back
Don't [E]look back, don't look [Am]round
[D]Your vision is [G]your fate
Through [E]long electric [Am]nights
When [C]a woman [D]helps [C]you[F] write
Na na [C]na, [G]na [C]na [G]na[F]
Na
Na [Dm]na na, na[C] na na[G]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 7]
[G]Cheer up mate,
put the [A]dramas in the [D]past
See you did not have to [G]fast
[A]Eu phemism lasts and [D]lasts and lasts
And lasts, and [C]lasts, and [E]lasts
And lasts, and lasts
[A]Boy if you've got an axe
[D]to grind
Be thankful for this [E]time
For it gives you what you [A]need[E]
[A]Boy you've got an eighty-eight to to [D]play
It'll tell you what [E]to say
It'll tell you when to breathe
[A][E]

[Verse 8]
[A]Boy take a turnpike heading [D]West
Turn the people on to Beau [E]Geste
'Cause that's what you did the be[A]st[E]
[A]Boy play the pipes 'til
they're old and [D]worn
Sing the words 'til they fall for[E]lorn
Like the pieces of a jigsaw [A]jet[E]
[A]Boy don't let the Earth get in your [D]face
Its a middle-aged displace
dis[E]place
Its the middle ages snide
[A][E]

[Verse 9]
[A]Boy we're a million miles [D]away
And to think its so in[E]sane
Take a chance on a one way [A]ride[E]
[A]Boy shoot a rocket clean out
of your [D]mind
Oh these people ain't [E]your kind
No they ain't your kind at all
[A][E]

[Verse 10]
[A]Boy shoot a rocket clean
out of your [D]brain
No these people ain't [E]the same
You can hear [A]another [E]call
[A]Boy the other book starts with [D]no
They don't show us how [E]to grow
They only show us how to win
[A]

[Verse 11]
[E]
[A]Boy the secret's in the bicycle [D]shed
Ain't no answers now they're [E]dead
To seek is a mortal [A]sin[E]
Hey you know [A]boy let your madness

[Outro 1]
be the clue
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