The Inbetweenies chords by The Goodies

Intro:

E
  In  -  be   - twee - nies!

Verse 1:

A
When I was young, every song that we sung ,
      E                  A
went "Boomy sha la la la la"
A
Now they're the same, so lets sing 'em again,
E                    A
why shouldn't I be a star?
    E7                 A
But nobody wants us today (Ahhh!),
B7                        E    E/D E/C#  E/B
Just because we're middle aged

Chorus:

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


Verse 2:

     A
When I was seventeen, so they say, it's obscene,
   E                      A
To shake it about like we do (Ooo ooo)
A
But don't think 'coz we're old, that we can't rock 'n' roll,
     E                      A
'coz we're gonna sock it to you (Oh yeah!)
E7                      A
We can compete with the best,
B7                       E    E/D E/C#  E/B
As long as you give us a rest


Chorus:

    A                     E
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
    A                         E
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
    A                      E
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
A        D        E   A   E7
everyone tries to forget?

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


Bridge:

Bb
   It's so hard to be thirty, you're so easily hurt,
     F                         Bb
when teenagers shout "Push off Mum!" No!
Bb
But you'll never stop a ... inbetweeniebopper,
F                               Bb
'coz we know that our time will come
F7                             Bb
You're all getting older each day,
C7                            F    F/Eb F/D F/C
And soon we'll be hearing you say:


Chorus:

    Bb                     F
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
    Bb                        F
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
    Bb                     F
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
Bb       Eb       F   Bb    F7
everyone tries to forget?


Outro fade:

    Bb                     F
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
    Bb                        F
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
    Bb                     F
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
Bb       Eb       F   Bb    F7
everyone tries to forget?

    Bb                     F
Too old (Too old) to be a teenage idol,
    Bb                        F
Too young (Too young) to be a mother's pet
    Bb                     F
Are we (Are you?) just the inbetweenies
Bb       Eb       F   Bb    F7
everyone tries to forget?

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