Commonwealth boys
Commonwealth boys

Commonwealth boys chords by Pete Townshend

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

Capo

Transpose

0

Capo

  • G

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • F

  • Dm

  • G

  • C

  • Gsus4

  • F

  • Dm

    • Intro 1


    Don't 
    Verse 1
    ever 
    call 
    me 
    a man 

    I'll 
    de
    cide 
    for myself 
    to 

    tell you 
    what I 
    am 

    Don't 
    want 
    to be called 

    a boy 
    know 
    more 

    Cause 
    boys 
    fill the 
    trenches 

    in 
    im
    perialist 
    war 

    Don't 
    ever 
    call 
    me 
    Verse 2
    a queen 

    Vic
    torian 
    values 
    just 
    ain't 
    the 
    scene 

    Don't 
    want 
    to be held 
    responsible 
    for 
    you 

    To 
    blame 
    you for the 
    future 
    and 

    the history 
    too 

    We are 
    the 
    Common
    wealth 
    boys 
    Verse 3

    South 
    African 
    village 
    and Ja
    maican 
    toys 

    Born 
    to cre
    ate 
    but 
    trained 
    to destroy 

    And 
    I 
    am 
    a 
    Commonwealth 
    boy 

    Don't 
    ask 
    if I'm 
    Verse 4
    a 
    respectable 
    for
    ce 

    I'm a 
    ineffectual, 

    intel
    lectual 
    of course 

    You 
    would not 
    up stand 

    a really 
    pretentious 
    fool 

    I 
    became 
    aware 
    in the 
    care 
    of 

    a 
    wait
    resses' school 

    Don't 
    even 
    call 
    me 
    a friend 
    of the post 
    Verse 5

    The 
    fox holes 
    have fallen 
    and 

    the cemeteries 
    closed 

    And 
    I've been 
    slaving 
    down 
    on charity 
    farm 

    Livin' 
    like 
    a socialist 

    with blood 
    on 
    my arm 

    We 
    Verse 6
    are 
    the 
    Commonwealth 
    youths 

    From 
    Thunder 
    and 
    Turnside were 

    looking 
    for 
    jobs 

    Born 
    to create 
    but 
    doomed 
    to destroy 

    I 
    am 
    a 
    Commonwealth 
    boy 

    Interlude 1


    Yeah, 
    don't 
    ever 
    call 
    me 
    Verse 7
    a man 

    I'll 
    decide 
    for 
    myself 
    what 
    I am 

    Don't 
    want 
    to be 
    a boy 
    know 
    more 

    Cause 
    boys 
    fill the 
    trenches 

    in 
    imperialist 
    war 

    Verse 8
    Don't 
    ever 
    call 
    me 
    a 
    queen 

    Victori
    an values 
    just 
    ain't my 
    scene 

    Don't 
    want 
    to be 
    responsible 
    for you 

    We 
    blame 
    you for the 
    future 
    and the 
    history 
    too 

    Interlude 2





    Don't 
    Verse 9

    ever 
    call me 
    a man 

    I'll de
    cide 
    when my 

    life 
    ends 

    I'm a boy, I'm 
    a boy, don't 

    you tell 
    the 
    fairies 

    I'm a 
    boy, I'm a 
    boy 
    but 
    my 
    mother 
    would 
    not admit it 


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