Borstal Boys Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G]
[Bb][F]

[Verse 1]
[Gm]Cell block
five; how I hate bromide
With your [F]coffee in the morning; makes
you so sterile
[C]The corner gang never made a man of [G]me,
boy, [Gm]no

[Verse 2]
You know [Gm]the walls are tall,
and the inmates scheme
There's no [F]one here
that's more than seventeen
Bet your [C]life there's a riot tonight in [G]the mess hall,
[Gm]list[G]en[Gm]

[Verse 3]
[Gm]A letter from your home
town makes you sad
You [F]read it when the warden's
had a second laugh
He said sen[C]timental rubbish ain't
got no place in [G]here, boy

[Verse 4]
See the [C]years [G]roll on by
Such [C]a senseless waste [G]of time
What a [C]way to re[G]form
[Bb]Call out your number
[C]Who's a non conformer?
Not me, [Bb]baby, oh [Gm]yeah

[Verse 5]
[Gm]Shakey Brown didn't hang around
When [F]a Molotov didn't [Gm]do its[F] stuff
You [C]went back in there and said it
with a sawed-off shotgun

[Verse 6]
shot[G]gun[Gm]

[Verse 7]
You know [Gm]Poker Sam couldn't lose a hand
If he did, [F]you was hit by
a downtown tram
Or crushed in [C]the path of a moving elevator,
[G]elevato[Gm]r
[G]See the

[Verse 8]
[C]years roll [G]on [Gm]by[G]
What [C]a senseless waste of [G]time
What [C]a way to [G]reform[Gm]
[Bb]Call out your number
Who's a non conformer?

[Verse 9]
Not me, baby, oh
[Gm]When I get out, I'll get straight
If [F]this old world gives me half a break
But, if [C]you see me in the corner
with a chip on my shoulder
[D]Don[G]'t blame me, don't bla[Gm]me me,[G] baby, no, no,[Gm] chip[C],[G]
[C]ooo[G] , ow ow [C]ow [G]ow[Gm][Bb]

[Interlude 1]
[C][Bb][Gm][F][C]
[F][C]

[Verse 10]
[C]Got to [Gm]make a break for

[Outro 1]
the county line
[Gm][F][C][F][C][G]