The Inbetweenies chords by The Goodies

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

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 In - be  - twee - nies!

Verse 1:

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When I was young, every song that we sung ,
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went "Boomy sha la la la la"
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Now they're the same, so lets sing 'em again,
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why shouldn't I be a star?
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But nobody wants us today (Ahhh!),
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Just because we're middle aged

Chorus:

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Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
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Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
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Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
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everyone tries to forget?


Verse 2:

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When I was seventeen, so they say, it's obscene,
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To shake it about like we do (Ooo ooo)
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But don't think 'coz we're old, that we can't rock 'n' roll,
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'coz we're gonna sock it to you (Oh yeah!)
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We can compete with the best,
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As long as you give us a rest


Chorus:

  A augmentedA           E MajorE
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
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Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
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Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
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everyone tries to forget?

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Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
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Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
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Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
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everyone tries to forget?

Bridge:

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  It's so hard to be thirty, you're so easily hurt,
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when teenagers shout "Push off Mum!" No!
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But you'll never stop a ... inbetweeniebopper,
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'coz we know that our time will come
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You're all getting older each day,
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And soon we'll be hearing you say:


Chorus:

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Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
  Bb majorBb            FF
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
  Bb majorBb           FF
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
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everyone tries to forget?


Outro fade:

  Bb majorBb           FF
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
  Bb majorBb            FF
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
  Bb majorBb           FF
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb    FF  Bb majorBb  F7F7
everyone tries to forget?

  Bb majorBb           FF
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
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Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
  Bb majorBb           FF
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb    FF  Bb majorBb  F7F7
everyone tries to forget?

  Bb majorBb           FF
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
  Bb majorBb            FF
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
  Bb majorBb           FF
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
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everyone tries to forget?