Son Of An Only Child chords by Tom Odell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Intermediate

Intro:
C majorC  FF 2x

Verse 1:
C majorC        FF
Ripples in my soup's got me dreaming
C majorC         FF       E minorEm    DmDm
Ten pounds on the side, baby sitting nice
        G+G         C majorC   BdimBdim
She's twenty-five, she's quite a sight
      A minorAm       G+G     DmDm
She lets me stay up 'til we see headlights
      G+G          C majorC BdimBdim
And sugar drops go the extra mile
         A minorAm     G+G   DmDm
When you're the son of an only child
A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
Yea-ea-ea-eah

G+G    C majorC

Verse 2:
C majorC         C/FC/F
Saturday night and I'm drinking
C majorC         FF    E minorEm     DmDm
Some guy at the bar's got me thinking I'm cross
     G+G
Oh, I'm cross
     C majorC  BdimBdim
Hold me back
    A minorAm      G+G      DmDm
Hold me back like I'm about to attack
     G+G
Oh, I'm yours
        C majorC  BdimBdim
And I'm fucking wild
     A minorAm   G+G     DmDm
I'm the son of an only child
A minorAm  G+G  DmDm A minorAm  G+G  DmDm
Yea-ea-ea-eah, yea-ea-ea-eah

G+G    C majorC

Verse 3:
D MajorD                           A minorAm
And I feel like celebrating and they're already decorating
         Bb majorBb        D MajorD
Sticking on the other draft, no doubt
D MajorD
And the baby-boomer's crying
                A minorAm
'Cause his champagne flute is dying
         Bb majorBb         G+G   C majorC
Sticking on the other draft, out of shame

Verse 4:
C majorC        FF
Taking all the toys off the counter
C majorC           FF     E minorEm   DmDm
You've got something special about you
       G+G
So come on, smile
       C majorC   BdimBdim
You're such a mess
       A minorAm        G+G     DmDm
How can you be sad when you're simply the best?
     G+G
Let's run away
        C majorC  BdimBdim
In your daddy's car
      A minorAm       G+G     DmDm
I'm sick of singing 'bout my broken heart
       G+G
I'm a rocket man
       C majorC  BdimBdim
And I'm a juvenile
    A minorAm   G+G    DmDm
I'm the son of an only child

Oh, yeah
A minorAm  G+G  DmDm A minorAm  G+G  DmDm
Yea-ea-ea-eah, yea-ea-ea-eah

Outro:

FF  G+G  C majorC