Intro:
FCDmFBbFGCFFCC
I've had enough of danger
DmDmFF
And people on the streets
BbBbFF
I'm looking out for angels
GGCC
Just trying to find some peace
FFCC
Now I think it's time
DbmDbmDmDm
That you let me know
BbBb
So if you love me
FF
Say you love me
GGCC
But if you don't just let me go
FFCC
'cos teacher There are things
DmDmFF
that I don't want to learn
BbBbFF
And the last one I had Made me
GGCC
cry So I don't want to learn to
FFCC
Hold you, touch you..oooooooouuu
DbmDbmDmDm
Think that you're mine Because it
BbBbFF
ain't no joy For an
GGCC
uptown boy Whose teacher has told him good
FFCC
bye, goodbye, good
FFCC
bye. When you were just a stranger
DmDmFF
And I was at your feet
BbBbFF
I didn't feel the danger
GGCC
Nowwwww I feel the heat
FFCC
That look in your eyes
DbmDbmDmDm
Telling mee nooo So you
BbBb
think that you love me
FF
Know that you need me
GG
I wrote the song, I know it's wrong
CC
Just let me go
FF
And teacher
CC
There are things
DmDmFF
That I don't want to learn
BbBbFF
Oh the last one I had
GGCC
Made me cry So I don't want to learn to
FFCC
Hold you, touch you..oooooooouuu
DbmDbmDmDm
Think that you're mine Because it
BbBbFF
ain't no joy For an
GGCC
uptown boy Whose teacher has told him
FFCC
goodbye, goodbye, good-
FFCC
bye.
break:
DmFBbFGCFCDbmDbmDmDm
So when you
BbBb
say that you need me
FF
That you'll never leave me
GG
I know you're wrong, you're not that strong
CC
Let me go
FF
And teacher
CC
There are things
DmDmFF
That I still have to learn
BbBbFF
But the one thing I have
GGCC
is my pride Oh so I don't want to learn to
FFCC
Hold you, touch you..oooooooouuu
DbmDbmDmDm
Think that you're mine Because there
BbBbFF
ain't no joy For an
GGCC
uptown boy Who just is unwilling
FFCC
to try, I'm so cold In-
FFBbC
side Maybe just one more
F
try
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.