Only A Lad — Oingo Boingo
Chords and lyrics for Only A Lad by Oingo Boingo (key of C).
Verse 1
"Only A Lad" - Oingo Boingo
Track 6 of 10 on the album "Only A Lad" (1981)
Intro
[C]
[Am] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
[Am] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
Verse 1
[Am]Johnny was bad, even as a child everybody could [C]tell[C][Cadd9]
[Am]Everyone said, "If you don't get straight, you'll surely go to Hell!"[C]
[Cadd9] [C]
Pre-Chorus
[F] But Johnny didn't [C]care
He was an outlaw by the [F]time that he was ten years old
He didn't wanna do what [G]he was told
[Am] Just a prankster[G]
A [Am]juvenile gangster
[F] His teachers didn't [C]understand, they kicked him out of school
At a [F]tender early age just because
He didn't want to [G]learn things
[Am] Had other interests[G]
[Am] He liked to burn things!
Interlude
[Am] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
[Am] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
Pre-Chorus
[F] The lady down the [C]block
She had a radio that [F]Johnny wanted, oh, so bad
So he took it the first [G]chance he had
And [Am]then he shot her in the leg[G]
[Am] But this is what she said
Chorus
(He's [Am]only a lad) You [F]really can't blame him
[Am](Only a lad) [F]Society made him
[Am](Only a lad) He's [F]our [G]responsibility
Oh, [C]oh, whoa whoa
[Am](Only a lad) He [F]really couldn't help it
[Am](Only a lad) He [F]didn't want to do it
[Am](Only a lad) He's [F]underprivileged and [G]abused
Perhaps a [C]little bit confused
[G]Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh whoa whoa [Am]whoa
Whoa whoa [C]whoa[C][Cadd9]
[Am]Oh, whoa whoa [C]whoa[C][Cadd9]
Bridge
[F] [C] [G] [Am]
[F] [C] [G] [E]
[F] [Bb]
[A]
[Am]
Verse 2
His [Am]parents gave up, they couldn't influence his [C]attitude[C][Cadd9]
[Am]Nobody could help, the little man had no [C]gratitude[C][Cadd9]
Pre-Chorus
[F] And when he stole the [C]car
Nobody dreamed that he would [F]try to take it so far
He didn't mean to hit the [G]poor man
[Am] Who had to go and die[G]
[Am] It made the judge cry
Chorus
[Am](Only a lad) He [F]really couldn't help it
[Am](Only a lad) He [F]didn't want to do it
[Am](Only a lad) He's [F]underprivileged and [G]abused
Perhaps a [C]little bit confused
[G]Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh whoa whoa
Bridge
It's [Am]not his fault that he can't behave
[Am]Society's made him go astray
[Am]Perhaps if we're nice, he'll go away
[F]Perhaps he'll go [C]away, he'll go [F][C]away-ay
Chorus
[Am](Only a lad) You [F]really can't blame him
[Am](Only a lad) [F]Society made him
[Am](Only a lad) Is he [F]our [G]responsibility?[C]
Outro Chorus
[Am]Hey there, Johnny, you [F]really don't fool me
You [Am]get away with murder and you [F]think it's funny
You [Am]don't give a damn if we [F]live or if we die
[G]Oh, oh, oh, [C]oh whoa whoa whoa
[G]Hey there, Johnny [C]Boy... I [B]hope you [Bb]fry!
Outro
[Am] [C] [Cadd9] [C]
[Am]Oh, whoa whoa [C]whoa[C][Cadd9]
[Am]Oh, whoa whoa whoa, [C][Cadd9]oh-oh[C]
X