Home Counties Boy

{name: 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 {name: 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 {name: Refrain} 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 {name: Instrumental} C D G C D G {name: 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 {name: Outro} C Spade in my hands and mud on my knees D G I am a boy from the home counties