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Fmaj7 G7 Em/G Am/G Why should I care if I have to cut my hair?
G11 G C I've got to move with the fashions or be outcast.
I know I should fight but my old man he's really alright, And I'm still living at home even though it won't last.
Bb C Bb C Bb F Bb C Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five inches long.
Bb C Bb C Bb F Bb G I'm out on the street again and I'm leaping along.
F G F G F F C F G7 I'm dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain
F Eb Bb Fmaj7 Why that un-certain feeling is still here in my brain. |--------17-17-15---15-15---13-------13------13-15----| |----------------18------------16---------16----------|
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The kids at school have parents that seem so cool. And though I don't want to hurt them mine want me their way. I clean my room and my shoes but my mother found a box of blues, And there doesn't seem much hope they'll let me stay.
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C G Why do I have to be different to them Gm7 F Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend G Gsus G G7 We have the same old row, again and again.
D A Why do I have to move with a crowd
Am7 G Of kids that hardly notice I'm around,
A D/A A I have to work myself to death just to fit in.
Fmaj7/G G7 I'm coming down
Em/G Am/G Got home on the very first train from town.
G11 E7 Am My dad just left for work, he wasn't talking.
Fmaj7/G G7 Em/G Am/G It's all a game, 'cos inside I'm just the same,
G11 E7 Am My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning.