Intro: B A E B A E
B F# B
I fully understood
E
That you'd leave when your ship come by
B F# B
And l fully understood
E
You had a purpose more high
F# B
Than to give a little schoolboy
E F# B F# B
To give a little schoolboy his first love
A
But oh, did I cry
E
And did I cry
B A
For I thought that those days
E
Would just fade and die
B F# E
But every cell in my body has it all writ down
B F# E
Every smile and every frown
B F# B
And oh, those good-time girls
F# B
Oh, those good-time girls
E F# B
That book it sometimes makes me glad
E F# B
That book it sometimes makes me sad
F# B
But oh, it don't read bad
F# B
Oh, it don't read bad
( E )
B F# B
I cursed you to your face
E
When you turned to go
B F# B
But I see now that you did just right
E
And I bow to you low
F# B
For you gave a little schoolboy
E F# B F# B
You gave a little schoolboy his first love
A
But oh, did I cry
E
And did I cry
B A
For I thought that those days
E
Would just fade and die
B F# E
But every cell in my body has it all writ down
B F# E
Every smile and every frown
B F# B
And oh, those good-time girls
F# B
Oh, those good-time girls
E F# B
That book it sometimes makes me glad
E F# B
That book it sometimes makes me sad
F# B
But oh, it don't read bad
F# B
Oh, it don't read bad
F# B
And oh, it don't read bad
Final: E F#