A Boy of Twelve chords by Carly Simon
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Verse 1
(A major) (D major) (A major) (E minor) (A major)
(E minor) (A major) Eddie!
What did you do to Ron's hair? (G minor)
(D minor) Cut (F major) ting it in the (D minor) shape of a pyramid
is (A major) one thing,
(C major) but (D major) dy ing it (G minor) red is (A major) permanent! (D major) (C major)
(F major) It was an experiment!
Don't (D minor) worry, (B flat major) it will (E flat major) grow back (C sharp major) .
(A major) What about (B flat major) the hole in his nose
where the ring was? (F major)
(B major) Will that grow back (G major) too? (A major)
(D major) Do you think a (C major) boy of twelve
(F major) should be (E flat major) your experiment?
(F major) Do you (B flat major) think a boy of (E flat major) twelve
should (F major) have such peculiar friend (G minor) s?
I (A flat major) don't want him prim (E flat major) or prissy,
At the (B flat major) plaza in (D flat major) a tie.
(G flat major) My son won't be (F major) a sissy,
(E flat major) He's a more progressive guy. (A flat major) (Fsus4)
(F major) A (B flat major) boy of (E flat major) twelve is like a tree, (F major)
He must grow (B flat major) up straight (E flat major) and strong,
Learning (D major) right from (E flat minor) wrong.
(F major) A boy (B flat major) of (E flat major) twelve is like a tree, (F major)
A (C minor) proud and (E flat major) strong an (E flatdim) d straight
(E flat minor) an (F major) d supple (B flat major) tree. (E flat major) (A major)
Any other tips (C major) on the role of a father
you'd (D major) like to im (F minor) part?
In (B major) fact, yes, what about all
those (E minor) frozen pizzas
(B major) an d TV (E minor) din ners?
(G major) Can't (F major) anyone cook him
(C major) a decent meal? (G minor)
(B flat major) Well, I do (G minor) have a girl
who (G sharp major) comes in twice a week. (E flat major)
(C minor) Yes, I'm (G minor) sure you (F major) do. (B flat major) (E flat major) (C major) (F major)
When I'm with (D minor) Dad and (B flat major) Mika,
(G minor) I (F major) have to be com (D minor) pletely free. (C major)
It can be (G minor) tense to (B flat major) try (G minor) to (C major) be as (D major) loose
as (G minor) they would have (C major) me (F major) be.
I need (E flat major) some cello (F major) for my hair.
Eddie, could you (G sharp major) run to the (F major) store?
When I'm (B flat major) with my mother (G minor) ,
I (F major) have to wear a (D minor) suit to (C major) tea.
Where (G minor) is it (B flat major) with (C major) Mom or (D major) Dad
that (G minor) I feel most (C major) like (F major) me?
And buy (E flat major) some glue and (F major) broccoli.
At (C major) Dad's I can skip school,
(D major) and they'll think it (C major) was a clev (B flat major) er (D major) trick.
One (G major) na ked with a (C major) pitchfork
And they'll (F minor) ap plaud me (B flat major) for
being artist (D flat major) (C major) ic (E flat major) (C sharpdim)
(A major) Do you (F sharp major) think a (E major) boy of twelve
Should wear a (G major) diaper just in (A major) case?
(B minor) I be (G major) lieve a boy of (C major) twelve
(A major) Should carry (D major) condoms to be (E minor) safe (C major)
(D major) I be (F major) lieve a boy of twelve
She be (G major) lieves (G minor) (E flat major) a boy
of (D major) twelve
should be (C major) amazingly uptight.
(F major) (D major) A (G major) boy of (C major) twelve is like a (D major) tree.
He must grow (G major) to meet demand (C major) s
(B major) of his overactive (E flatdim) gland (C minor) s.
(E flatdim) A (G major) boy of (C major) twelve is like (D major) a tree.
A (C major) wild, expansive, (C minor) strong,
and supple tree. (E flatdim)
(G major) They'll (E flat major) make you schizophrenic.
You've got to (F major) take a (E flat major) stand.
Focusing (C sharp major) on (C major) who you are
and (B flat major) manifest a (E flat major) plan.
(A major) A (D major) boy of twelve is like a
(A major) (B minor) (E major) (A major) (D flat major) tree,
Meet (B major) him at (E major) his (B major) door and (E minor) give glance, (G flat major)
(E minor) Walk straight (G major) and strike
his long and (G flat major) bright eye,
In (A major) love, (E minor) among (D major) those (G major) dwellings
like (A major) a tree, (E minor) like a tree. (A major)
A (E minor) proud, and strong, (D major) and (G minor) young,
and win (A major) ning (B minor) free. (G major) (A major)
A (G flat minor) (E minor) pleasant and (G minor) cha rismatic train.
(D major)
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A Boy of Twelve
Carly Simon
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