(Verse)
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
Why should I care if I have to cut my hair?
A11 A D
I've got to move with the fashion or be outcast.
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
I know I should fight, but my old man, he's really alright,
A11 A D
And I'm still living at home even though it won't last.
C D C D C G C D
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
C D C D C G C A
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
G A G A G D G A7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
G F C Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A A11 A D
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.
(Verse)
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
The kids at school have parents that seem so cool, and though I
A11 A D
Don't want to hurt 'em, mine want me their way
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
I clean my room and my shoes, but my mother found a box of blues
A11 A D
And there doesn't seem much hope they'll let me stay
C D C D C G C D
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
C D C D C G C A
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
G A G A G D G A7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
G F C Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A A11 A D
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.
(Refrain)
D A
Why do I have to be different from them
Am7 G
Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend?
A Asus4 A A7
We have the same old row, again and again.
E B
Why do I have to move with a crowd
Bm7 A
Of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
B E/B B
I work myself to death just to fit in.
(Verse)
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
I'm coming down, got home on the very first train from town.
A11 F#7 Bm
My dad just left for work, he wasn't talking.
Gmaj7 A7 F#m/A Bm/A
It's all a game, and inside I'm just the same,
A11 F#7 Bm
My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning.