Chuck Berry - Big Boys

twelve bar rock`n`roll

[Intro]
     

[Verse 1]

When I was jus

t a little boy

 like you
     
I wanted to do

 things the bi

g boys do
    
Wherever they 

went you knew 

they wouldn't 

let me go

And I got susp

icious and I w

anted to know
      
I was bright i

n school but m

y future looke

d dim
           
'Cause the big

 boys wouldn't

 let me party 

with them

[Chorus]
             
Yes, yes - I d

            
idn't cry - ye

s, yes - and y

ou know why

Yes, yes - I k

new when and w

hat

Yes, yes - no 

ifs, ands, or 

buts
             
.... I was loo

              
king for joy -

       
 yes, yes, yes

, yes
            
When I was lit

tle bitty boy

[Solo]
     

[Verse 2]
    
All of the big

 girls with th

eir to
       
When I ask 'em

 what's happen

ing, nobody kn

ew
         
But when I fou

nd out where, 

what, when, an

d why
  
I didn't let a

 single week p

ass by
          
Till the schoo

l dance when I

 first met you
       
And I learned 

to party like 

the big boys d

o

[Chorus]
             
Yes, yes - I d

            
idn't cry - ye

s, yes - and y

ou know why

Yes, yes - I k

new when and w

hat

Yes, yes - no 

ifs, ands, or 

buts
             
.... I was loo

              
king for joy -

       
 yes, yes, yes

, yes
            
When I was lit

tle bitty boy

[Solo]
     

[Verse 3]
   
If I would hav

e known what m

akes a world g

o 'round
             
I would have k

nown what goes

 up must come 

down
   
If you love me

 like I love y

ou, 

Mademoiselle y

ou chimboy woo
    
The girls want

 to stay and t

he boys want t

o play
           
So let's a roc

k and roll til

l the break of

 day

[Chorus]
             
Yes, yes - I d

            
idn't cry - ye

s, yes - and y

ou know why

Yes, yes - I k

new when and w

hat

Yes, yes - no 

ifs, ands, or 

buts
             
.... I was loo

              
king for joy -

       
 yes, yes, yes

, yes
            
When I was lit

tle bitty boy

[Outro]