(Verse)
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
Why should I care if I have to cut my hair?
A11AD
I've got to move with the fashion or be outcast.
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
I know I should fight, but my old man, he's really alright,
A11AD
And I'm still living at home even though it won't last.
(Chorus)
CDCDCGCD
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
CDCDCGCA
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
GAGAGDGA7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
GFCGmaj7A7F#m/ABm/AA11AD
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.
(Verse)
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
The kids at school have parents that seem so cool, and though I
A11AD
Don't want to hurt 'em, mine want me their way
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
I clean my room and my shoes, but my mother found a box of blues
A11AD
And there doesn't seem much hope they'll let me stay
(Chorus)
CDCDCGCD
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
CDCDCGCA
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
GAGAGDGA7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
GFCGmaj7A7F#m/ABm/AA11AD
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.
(Refrain)
DA
Why do I have to be different from them
Am7G
Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend?
AAsus4AA7
We have the same old row, again and again.
EB
Why do I have to move with a crowd
Bm7A
Of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
BE/BB
I work myself to death just to fit in.
(Verse)
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
I'm coming down, got home on the very first train from town.
A11F#7Bm
My dad just left for work, he wasn't talking.
Gmaj7A7F#m/ABm/A
It's all a game, and inside I'm just the same,
A11F#7Bm
My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning.
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.