The Only Boy Racer Left On The Island Chords

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) intro: B verse 1: C G When I was young I said this town will live in my dust C G My father said?“My boy that life's not for the likes of us” C Em But?the boys in the streets, in the fast cars, they kept turning heads C G And I said “Boy, they’re real men, one day I’ll be one of them” chorus: Em7 C G C The only boy racer left on the island Em C G C The only boy racer left on the island

verse 2: C G They say you could hear the engine from the mainland C G When I was 10, saw the high street hero speeding round the bend C Em C But those engines got sold when the speed freaks settled down in the sun C G I guess masculinity’s a pursuit left to the embers of you chorus: Em7 C G C The only boy racer left on the island Em C G C The only boy racer left on the island Em7 D The only joys of holding on Am C The vines and leaves all gathering on G D C The only boy racer left on the island bridge: G Em G D Am C Bm No man gets left behind Bm Em D C G No man gets left behind end: