Riff x 2 with hand claps [E][E] E|-0---3b-0---3b--0--3b-0|
(drums in) [E] Riff x 2 and Yeah
[Verse 1] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[E] Riff x 2
[Verse 2] [A] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah [A5] Fly like a plane, drive like a car Ball like a hen, babe I wanna be your m [E] an - oh [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
[Telefonics add another vamp in E here]
[Verse 3] [A5] Friends say it's fine, friends say it's good Everybody says it's just like Robin Hood [E] [E] Riff x 2 and yeah I [A5] move like a cat, charge like a ram Sting like a bee, babe I wanna be your m [E] an [E] Riff x 2 and yeah Well, it's pl [A] ain to see you were m [B] eant for me, yeah [E] I'm your toy, your 20th century boy
[Chorus] [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy [E] 20th centu [D] ry [E] toy, I wanna be [G] your [E] boy
[Intro - Full drums - plodding rhythm] | A | Amaj7 | Bm | Esus4 x x E - x Esus4 x x | x 2
[Verse - Drums stop - gentle vocals - plodding downstroke muted guitar] [A] I walked across [Amaj7] an empty land [Bm] I knew the pathway like the [Esus4] back of my [E] hand [Esus4] [A] I felt the earth [Amaj7] beneath my feet [Bm] Sat by the river and it [Esus4] made me comp [E] lete [Esus4]
[Pre-chorus] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6-x00202] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin (drums in)
[Verse - muted plodding downstroke chords] [A] I came across [Amaj7] a fallen tree [Bm] I felt the branches of it [Esus4] looking at [E] me [Esus4] [A] Is this the place [Amaj7] we used to love? [Bm] Is this the place that I've been [Esus4] dreaming [E] of?
[Pre-chorus - open up chords] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus] [Bm] So if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A] we know? (drums stop) [D] .......... So [E] mewhere only we know [D] .... [E] (drum fill)
[Pre-chorus] [F#m] Oh simple thing [C#m] where have you gone? [D] I'm getting old and I need [D6] something to re [E] ly on [F#m] So tell me when [C#m] you're gonna let me in [D] I'm getting tired and I need [D6] somewhere to be [E] gin
[Chorus] [Bm] And if you have a [A/C#] minute why don't [E] we go [Bm] Talk about it [A/C#] somewhere only [E] we know? [Bm] This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't [D]we go [D] so why don't [E]we go
[Chorus] [Bm] ........ This could be the [A/C#] end of every [E] thing [D] So why don't we go [E] Somewhere only [A] we know [D] (drums stop - slow vocals to end) [E] Somewhere only we know [D] [E] Somewhere only [D] we know
