Intro:  B  A  E  B  A  E 

  B           F#  B 
I fully understood 
                           E 
That you'd leave when your ship come by 
      B           F#  B 
And l fully understood 
                  E 
You had a purpose more high 
               F#           B 
Than to give a little schoolboy 
   E      F#           B       F#      B 
To give a little schoolboy his first love 

              A 
But oh, did I cry 
          E 
And did I cry 
      B                  A 
For I thought that those days 
                    E 
Would just fade and die 
          B          F#          E 
But every cell in my body has it all writ down 
B      F#             E 
Every smile and every frown 
    B         F#        B 
And oh, those good-time girls 
          F#        B 
Oh, those good-time girls 
     E       F#        B 
That book it sometimes makes me glad 
     E       F#        B 
That book it sometimes makes me sad 
                 F#     B 
But oh, it don't read bad 
             F#     B 
Oh, it don't read bad 

( E ) 

  B          F#      B 
I cursed you to your face 
                   E 
When you turned to go 
          B            F#       B 
But I see now that you did just right 
                 E 
And I bow to you low 
               F#           B 
For you gave a little schoolboy 
    E      F#           B       F#      B 
You gave a little schoolboy his first love 

              A 
But oh, did I cry 
          E 
And did I cry 
      B                  A 
For I thought that those days 
                    E 
Would just fade and die 
          B          F#          E 
But every cell in my body has it all writ down 
B      F#             E 
Every smile and every frown 
    B         F#        B 
And oh, those good-time girls 
          F#        B 
Oh, those good-time girls 
     E       F#        B 
That book it sometimes makes me glad 
     E       F#        B 
That book it sometimes makes me sad 
                 F#     B 
But oh, it don't read bad 
             F#     B 
Oh, it don't read bad 
                 F#     B 
And oh, it don't read bad 

Final:  E  F#