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Adolescence by Prefab Sprout 




      Adolescence 






Tuning: Standard

CHORDS/SPECIAL VOICINGS

             E-A-D-G-B-E
C            x-3-2-0-1-0
Csus4        x-3-3-0-1-1
Cadd9        x-3-2-0-3-x
C/B          x-2-x-0-1-0
Gmadd11      3-x-3-3-1-1
F(maj7)   (t)1-3-3-2-1(0)


Capo 2nd fret

INTRO
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 


VERSE
C
 Adolescence - what's it like?
      Csus4      
It's a psychedelic motorbike
      F
You'll smash it up ten times a day
        Cadd9   C
Then you walk  away


VERSE
    C
It's moonlight on a balcony
    Csus4      
It's pure hormonal agony
   F
Bad poetry. Its greeting card?
Cadd9     C
Will (the Bard)


VERSE
C
 Adolescence - why's it so?
   Csus4      
Ask someone else; how should I know?
       F
It's a song I sang and then forgot
    Cadd9   C
Too long   ago


MIDDLE 8
     C/B     F    G           C
When I was a Romeo in love forever
  Am                  Em
Unable to forget some Juliet
F              G            C
Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never!
     Bb                        
It's knives flashing in fountains, poison
Am                          Em
Capulets' letters that go astray
    Gmadd11
Molehills bigger than mountains
     Dm                       F6        G        G7
Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way


INTERLUDE
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 


SOLO
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 
| F | % | Cadd9 C |
| C | % | Csus4 | % | 
| F | % | Cadd9 C |


VERSE
C
 Adolescence - what's it for?
        Csus4      
It's for keeping your nerve-endings raw, while
F
Relay teams of fevered dreams
  Cadd9     C
Escape each pore


VERSE
C
 It's moonlight on a balcony
    Csus4      
It's pure hormonal agony
    F
Bad poetry. Its greeting card?
Cadd9     C
Will (the Bard)


MIDDLE 8
C/B   F      G           C
 Poor Romeo - in love forever
  Am             Em
Unable to forget Juliet
F              G            C
Romeo (Romeo) - inconstant? Never!
     Bb                        
It's knives flashing in fountains, poison
Am                          Em
Capulets' letters that go astray
    Gmadd11
Molehills bigger than mountains
     Dm                       F6        G        G7
Your pre sat nav, learning to find your way


VERSE
C
 Adolescence can be rough
 Csus4      
I hope your heat-shield's tough enough
  F
I hope that no-one dares to scoff
     Cadd9     C
When you blast off


VERSE
C
 Adolescence, crimson red
Csus4      
 Fireworks inside your head
    F
Are three time brighter than the sun
        Cadd9     C
Girls - have some fun


OUTRO
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(repeat and fade)









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