A Boy of Twelve chords by Carly Simon
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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D minor) (G major)
(D minor) (G major) Eddie!
What did you do to Ron's hair? (F minor)
(C minor) Cut (E flat major) ting it in the (C minor) shape of a pyramid
is (G major) one thing,
(B flat major) but (C major) dy ing it (F minor) red is (G major) permanent! (C major) (B flat major)
(E flat major) It was an experiment!
Don't (C minor) worry, (A flat major) it will (C sharp major) grow back (B major) .
(G major) What about (A flat major) the hole in his nose
where the ring was? (E flat major)
(A major) Will that grow back (F major) too? (G major)
(C major) Do you think a (B flat major) boy of twelve
(E flat major) should be (D flat major) your experiment?
(E flat major) Do you (A flat major) think a boy of (D flat major) twelve
should (E flat major) have such peculiar friend (F minor) s?
I (G flat major) don't want him prim (D flat major) or prissy,
At the (A flat major) plaza in (B major) a tie.
(E major) My son won't be (E flat major) a sissy,
(D flat major) He's a more progressive guy. (G flat major) (E flatsus4)
(E flat major) A (A flat major) boy of (D flat major) twelve is like a tree, (E flat major)
He must grow (A flat major) up straight (D flat major) and strong,
Learning (C major) right from (D flat minor) wrong.
(E flat major) A boy (A flat major) of (D flat major) twelve is like a tree, (E flat major)
A (B flat minor) proud and (D flat major) strong an (D flatdim) d straight
(D flat minor) an (E flat major) d supple (A flat major) tree. (C sharp major) (G major)
Any other tips (B flat major) on the role of a father
you'd (C major) like to im (E flat minor) part?
In (A major) fact, yes, what about all
those (D minor) frozen pizzas
(A major) an d TV (D minor) din ners?
(F major) Can't (E flat major) any one cook him
(B flat major) a decent meal? (F minor)
(A flat major) Well, I do (F minor) have a girl
who (F sharp major) comes in twice a week. (C sharp major)
(B flat minor) Yes, I'm (F minor) sure you (E flat major) do. (A flat major) (C sharp major) (B flat major) (E flat major)
When I'm with (C minor) Dad and (A flat major) Mika,
(F minor) I (E flat major) have to be com (C minor) pletely free. (B flat major)
It can be (F minor) tense to (A flat major) try (F minor) to (B flat major) be as (C major) loose
as (F minor) they would have (B flat major) me (E flat major) be.
I need (C sharp major) some cello (E flat major) for my hair.
Eddie, could you (F sharp major) run to the (E flat major) store?
When I'm (A flat major) with my mother (F minor) ,
I (E flat major) have to wear a (C minor) suit to (B flat major) tea.
Where (F minor) is it (A flat major) with (B flat major) Mom or (C major) Dad
that (F minor) I feel most (B flat major) like (E flat major) me?
And buy (D flat major) some glue and (E flat major) broccoli.
At (B flat major) Dad's I can skip school,
(C major) and they'll think it (B flat major) was a clev (A flat major) er (C major) trick.
One (F major) na ked with a (B flat major) pitchfork
And they'll (E flat minor) ap plaud me (A flat major) for
being artist (B major) (B flat major) ic (C sharp major) (Bdim)
(G major) Do you (E major) think a (D major) boy of twelve
Should wear a (F major) diaper just in (G major) case?
(A minor) I be (F major) lieve a boy of (B flat major) twelve
(G major) Should carry (C major) condoms to be (D minor) safe (B flat major)
(C major) I be (E flat major) lieve a boy of twelve
She be (F major) lieves (F minor) (C sharp major) a boy
of (C major) twelve
should be (B flat major) amazingly uptight.
(E flat major) (C major) A (F major) boy of (B flat major) twelve is like a (C major) tree.
He must grow (F major) to meet demand (B flat major) s
(A major) of his overactive (C sharpdim) gland (B flat minor) s.
(C sharpdim) A (F major) boy of (B flat major) twelve is like (C major) a tree.
A (B flat major) wild, expansive, (B flat minor) strong,
and supple tree. (C sharpdim)
(F major) They'll (C sharp major) make you schizophrenic.
You've got to (E flat major) take a (C sharp major) stand.
Focusing (B major) on (B flat major) who you are
and (A flat major) manifest a (D flat major) plan.
(G major) A (C major) boy of twelve is like a
(G major) (A minor) (D major) (G major) (B major) tree,
Meet (A major) him at (D major) his (A major) door and (D minor) give glance, (E major)
(D minor) Walk straight (F major) and strike
his long and (E major) bright eye,
In (G major) love, (D minor) among (C major) those (F major) dwellings
like (G major) a tree, (D minor) like a tree. (G major)
A (D minor) proud, and strong, (C major) and (F minor) young,
and win (G major) ning (A minor) free. (F major) (G major)
A (E minor) (D minor) pleasant and (F minor) cha rismatic train.
(C major)
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A Boy of Twelve
Carly Simon
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