Intro: G C D G C D G 


When I was young 
              C 
Dark were the trees 
           D                         G 
Houses are now where there once were fields 

And summers were long 
                  C 
The trains ran on steam 
        D            G 
I was a boy from the home counties 

Verse: 1 
     D                        G 
"And don't drop your H's," my mum said to me 
   C                         D 
If you want a job where your hands will be clean 
                 G                C 
But there was no way I'd dress in grey 
             D         G 
And go up to London to earn my pay 
                               C 
Having to say "thank you" and "please" 
        D            G 
I was a boy from the home counties 


[Refrão]

    D                      G 
And now I'm as free as the times let me be 
    C                     D 
And no one's the guv'nor apart from me 
   G                                     C 
So I'll mow your lawn or I'll prune your trees 
              D            G 
'Cause I am a boy from the home counties 

Instrumental 
C  D  G  C  D  G 

Verse: 2 
  D                           G 
I don't want your house and I don't want your car 
  C                   D 
I reckon I'd die if I was like you are 
   G                               C 
So spade in my hands and mud on my knees 
       D            G              C   D   G 
I am a boy from the home counties 

Outro 
                                C 
Spade in my hands and mud on my knees 
       D            G 
I am a boy from the home counties