Chords for Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad (1979)

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_ [C#] _ _ [A#] Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could [C#] tell.
_ [A#] Everyone said he [A#m] told kids straight that he was coming for the [C#] hell.
_ [F#] But Johnny [C#] didn't care, he was turned down by the dad that he was [F#] ten years old.
He didn't want to do what he was [C#] told.
But just to [G#] bring some _ [A#m] new and old [F#] things to his [C#] face.
Understanding keeps him [A#m] out of school, and ten to thirty [F#] days he'd be gone.
He [G#] didn't want to learn things out of interest.
_ [A#m] He liked to [A#] burn things. _ _ _ _
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_ [C#] _ _ [F#] The lady down [C#] the block, she had her radio, but Johnny wanted [F#] all of his back.
So he took [G#] out the vagina he had, and then he shot her in the leg.
_ [A#] But this is what she said.
Only a [F#] lie.
It really got [A#] random.
Only a [F] lie.
Society [A#] made him.
Only a [F#] lie.
His eyes were [G#] full of little teeth.
[C#] Oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh.
Only a [F#] lie.
He really couldn't [A#] help it.
Only a [F#] lie.
He didn't want to [A#] do it.
Only a [F#] lie.
His own [G#] appearance had a fuse, [C#] perhaps a little bit [G#] confused.
Oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ [C#] oh, [A#] oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _ [A#m] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh.
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_ _ _ [C#] _ [A#m] Nobody put up with it.
And sometimes had no gratitude.
[C#] _ _ [F#] And when he [C#] stole the car, nobody [A#] dreamed of him, and tried to take it [F#] so far.
He didn't [G#] mean to hit the poor [C#] man.
He had to [G#] go and die.
_ [A#m] He made the [A#] judge cry.
Only a [F#] lie.
He really can't [A] blame him.
_ [F#] Society made him.
Only a lie.
It's our [G#] responsibility.
[C#] Oh, oh, oh, [A#] oh.
Only a [F#] lie.
He really couldn't [A#] help it.
He didn't want to do it.
He's on the [G#] premature abuse.
[C#] Now he's a little bit [G#] confused.
Oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh.
[A#m] It's good to stop.
But he can't behave.
Society's made him go astray.
Perhaps if [F] we're nice, he'll go [F#] away.
Perhaps if [C#] we're nice, he'll go away.
He'll go away.
He'll go away.
_ [A#m] Only a lie.
[F#] He really can't blame [A#] him.
_ [F#] Society made him.
Only a lie.
It's our [G#] responsibility.
_ _ [A#] Hey there, [F#] Johnny.
You really don't believe it?
You get away with murder and you think it's [A] funny?
You're going to go [F#] down if we live or if we [G#] die.
Oh, oh, [C#] oh, oh.
_ [D#] Only a lie.
I hope you're [A#m] right.
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