Intro: G C D G C D G
When I was young
C
Dark were the trees
D G
Houses are now where there once were fields
And summers were long
C
The trains ran on steam
D G
I was a boy from the home counties
Verse: 1
D G
"And don't drop your H's," my mum said to me
C D
If you want a job where your hands will be clean
G C
But there was no way I'd dress in grey
D G
And go up to London to earn my pay
C
Having to say "thank you" and "please"
D G
I was a boy from the home counties
D G
And now I'm as free as the times let me be
C D
And no one's the guv'nor apart from me
G C
So I'll mow your lawn or I'll prune your trees
D G
'Cause I am a boy from the home counties
Instrumental
C D G C D G
Verse: 2
D G
I don't want your house and I don't want your car
C D
I reckon I'd die if I was like you are
G C
So spade in my hands and mud on my knees
D G C D G
I am a boy from the home counties
Outro
C
Spade in my hands and mud on my knees
D G
I am a boy from the home counties