Young Offender chords by Pet Shop Boys

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st

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

Key: C#C#

Difficulty: Intermediate


Chords:
     E-A-D-G-B-e
F/CF/C   x-3-x-2-1-1
Gsus4Gsus4  3-5-5-5-3-3
G5G5    3-x-0-0-3-x
F#m7-5  2-x-2-2-1-0
D5D5    x-x-0-2-3-x

Intro:
| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| A minorAm | Asus4Asus4 | E minorEm | G5G5 |
| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| A minorAm | Asus4Asus4 | E minorEm | G5G5 |
| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| A minorAm | Asus4Asus4 | E minorEm | G5G5 |

Verse:
F/CF/C           C majorC
You may be broke now and you may be bored
F/CF/C          C majorC
Call you delinquent or leave you ignored
    Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
You'll get what you want
F/CF/C           C majorC
Drive to distraction and crash on the way
F/CF/C           C majorC
Watch your reaction and wait 'til you say
    Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
You'll get what you want
  Dsus4Dsus4       D MajorD
It hurts if you can't


Chorus:
F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 What's your defence?
    A minorAm       Asus4Asus4
You're younger than me
E minorEm    G5G5
Obviously

F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 Why the pretence?

A minorAm       D5D5
You don't agree
E minorEm  G5G5
  I know, I know

Verse:
   F/CF/C           C majorC
I'll do what you want if you want me enough
   F/CF/C            C majorC
I'll put down my book and start falling in love
  Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
Or isn't that done?
  F/CF/C             C majorC
How graceful your movements, how bitter your scorn
   F/CF/C           C majorC
I've been a teenager since before you were born
    Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
And I'm younger than some
   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
I've only begun


Chorus:
F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 What's your defence?
    A minorAm       Asus4Asus4
You're younger than me
E minorEm    G5G5
Obviously


Middle 8:
    F/CF/C       C majorC
Will I get in your way
  F/CF/C      C majorC
Or open your eyes?
Dsus2/F#   D5/F#
Who will give whom
  G6G6       G5G5
The bigger surprise?


Verse:
    F/CF/C           C majorC
Is that fire in your eyes or the glow of machines?
F/CF/C             C majorC
Watch how your fingers burn over the keys
  Dsus4Dsus4      D MajorD
So sure what you do
 Dsus4Dsus4     D MajorD
I haven't a clue


Chorus:
F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 What's your defence?
    A minorAm       Asus4Asus4
You're younger than me
E minorEm    G5G5
Obviously

F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 How you resent
  A minorAm     Asus4Asus4
The lovers you need
  E minorEm       G5G5
It hurts when they bleed

F/CF/C    C majorC
 Young offender
F/CF/C       C majorC
 Why the pretence?
F#m7-5      D5D5
You don't agree
E minorEm  G5G5
  I know, I know


| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| A minorAm | Asus4Asus4 | E minorEm | G5G5 |

| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| F#m7-5 | D5D5 | E minorEm | G5G5 |

| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| A minorAm | Asus4Asus4 | E minorEm | G5G5 |

| F/CF/C | C majorC | F/CF/C | C majorC |
| F#m7-5 | D5D5 | E minorEm | G5G5 |

(repeat and fade)