Em   G  A      Em   G  A  
Oh    I   feel,  sympathy  
 
A                                  F#  
Be grateful my son for what you get  
 
Em   G  A   Em   G  A  
Expression and passion  
 
A                                  F#  
Ten days for watching the sunset  
 
       G               A      C                     B  
When I was your age amusement we made for ourselves  
   
 
Verse 2  
 
Em   G  A      Em   G  A  
Permission to breathe sir  
 
A                                  F#  
Don't talk like that I'm your old man  
 
Em   G  A      Em   G  A  
They'll soon be demobbed son  
 
A                                  F#  
So join up as soon as you can you can't borrow that  
 
G               A      C                           B      B (fade)  
Cos that's for the races and doesn't grow on trees  
   
 
Interlude  
 
E F#m7    E   E7                       A  
I on--------ly feel what touches me  
 
A     E     A    E                     A  
And feel in    touching I can see  
 
    A       A7        F#  (  
A better state to be in  
 
E      F#m7    E    E7                       A  
Who has        the right to question what I might do  
 
A     E                                      A  
   In feeling I should touch the real  
 
        A       A7        F#        
And only things I feel  
   
 
Verse 3  (same as Verse 1)  
 
Em   G  A      Em   G  A  
It's advice and it's nice  
 
A                                  F#  
To know when you're best advised  
 
Em   G  A    Em   G  A  
You're only turned thirty  
 
A                             F#  
So son you'd better apologize  
 
G                      A          C                          B    
And when you grow up you're good we will buy you a bike