English Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D]
[G][Em][D]
[C][D][Bm][Em][D]
[G][D]

[Verse 1]
I'm [D]an English [G]boy
[D]I was brought up right
Hold me down
And I will bite
[G]I k[D]now no fear[G][D]
I serve with joy
I'm proud to be here
An English boy

[Verse 2]
I [D]feel like a stray dog
[F]Blurred like a movie
[Bb]You say you've come [F]to
[D]ar rest [F]me
But you're just trying to test me
[Bb]I'm [F]bored with your prej[Bm]udice[D]
[F]Spreading like a f[Bb]ever
Your [F]promises to [D]train me
[F]Are just attem[D]pts to restrain me[Bb]

[Verse 3]
I'm [D]an English boy
Precisely [G]made[D]
Pin me down
I am not afraid
[G]I s[D]how no fear
I will serve with [G]joy
[D]I'm proud to be here
An English boy

[Verse 4]
[D]Use me like a [Bm]headline
[F]Cut[D] pieces[F] to pieces[D]
[Bb]I'm blac[F]k on the tube [D]line[F][D]
Red on the touch-line
[Bb]Freezing Freez[D]ing up the future
[F]Stopping every stopwatch
[Bb]You say we're movi[F]ng like an o[Bm]il sl[F]ick
[D]Thicker than a house bri[F]ck
[D]I'm

[Verse 5]
an English [C]boy
I was [G]brought up right
If you [D]raise [C]your [G]dress
Then I will bite
My [D]voice is [C]clear
[G]I got perfect poise
[D]Good to be dow[C]n here
[G]With all the English boys
And [Gsus4]I don't know where I[G] am now

[Verse 6]
[G]
Or where I'm gonna go
I just keep going [F]round and round
on the circle [G]line
Like some demented [E]kind a
[Esus4]cummuta
Trying to avoid [Em]paying for my [D]ticket
I'm a [Asus4]lost soul
I read about myself in the newspapers
[A]I'm a pig
I'm a [D]thug
[A]I've got nowhere to go [D]but down

[Verse 7]
[D]Feel like [G]I'm[C][D][F][D]
kicking at a [Bm]dead [D]man
Kicking in the [F]chorus
[D]I'm[Bb] brok[F]en by hatred[Bm]
[F]
While politicians just ignore us
You never [Bb]gave me any [D]value
You didn't give me any [F]reason
[Bb]There's no [D]tools [Bm]and no [F]toys
[D]For any English boys
[Bb]I'm an

[Verse 8]
[D]English [G]boy
[D]I was brought up right
Hold me down
And I will bite
I know no fear
I will serve with joy
I'm proud to be here
An English boy
[C][G][D][C]

[Verse 9]
[G][D]
I'm an English [C]boy[G]
[D]I'm an English boy[C][G]
[D]I'm an English boy[C][G]
[D]No tools, no [C]toys for any[G] English boy[A][D][C][G]
[D][C][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G][C][D]
Eng[G]lish
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