Reached no 27 in the UK charts in 1991.
Capo on 2 for correct key = A. I think these chords work ok. Any suggestions etc welcome.
(Intro)
G C D G C D G C D G G C D G
Verse 1
G C D C
You say the word and I'll obey
G C D
Until I feel like I will overload
G C
You make the rules you make the rules
D C
But soon I will be all on my own
G C D C
Now I'm going down my road yeah
(Pre-chorus)
Em D G
You better think about it now I'm free
Bm C D
From this moment I'm listening just to me
(Chorus)
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not you're little boy I'm not your little toy
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not your little boy I'm not your little toy
Em D C Am
Well I'm a man and not a boy
Em D C D
I'm a man and not a boy I'm a man not a boy now
(interlude)
G C D C G C D C
(Verse 2)
G C D C
I used to listen to your words....oh
G Am D
I thought you knew the best through thick and thin
G C
But you failed you have failed
D C
Just look at the mess you're in
G C D C
Cause I made up my own mind
(Pre-chorus)
Em D G
I started thinking for myself
Bm C D
What you taught me is going back back on the shelf
(Chorus)
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not you're little boy I'm not your little toy
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not your little boy I'm not your little toy
Em D C Am
Well I'm a man and not a boy
Em D C D G D C
I'm a man and not a boy I'm a man not a boy now
D G D C D
A man not a boy now
(Interlude)
G C D C G C D C
(Chorus)
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not you're little boy I'm not your little toy
G D
Every day when you treat my like a kid
C D
I'm not your little boy I'm not your little toy
(Outro to fade)
G C D C G C D C G C D C G C D C