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Young Offender by Pet Shop Boys

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Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: C#

Difficulty: Intermediate


Chords:
         E-A-D-G-B-e
F/C      x-3-x-2-1-1
Gsus4    3-5-5-5-3-3
G5       3-x-0-0-3-x
F#m7-5   2-x-2-2-1-0
D5       x-x-0-2-3-x

Intro:
| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| Am | Asus4 | Em | G5 |
| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| Am | Asus4 | Em | G5 |
| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| Am | Asus4 | Em | G5 |

Verse:
F/C                      C
You may be broke now and you may be bored
F/C                    C
Call you delinquent or leave you ignored
       Dsus4            D
You'll get what you want
F/C                      C
Drive to distraction and crash on the way
F/C                     C
Watch your reaction and wait 'til you say
       Dsus4            D
You'll get what you want
   Dsus4             D
It hurts if you can't


Chorus:
F/C       C
  Young offender
F/C             C
  What's your defence?
       Am              Asus4
You're younger than me
Em        G5
Obviously

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

Am              D5
You don't agree
Em   G5
   I know, I know


Verse:
     F/C                     C
I'll do what you want if you want me enough
     F/C                        C
I'll put down my book and start falling in love
   Dsus4           D
Or isn't that done?
    F/C                          C
How graceful your movements, how bitter your scorn
     F/C                     C
I've been a teenager since before you were born
        Dsus4            D
And I'm younger than some
     Dsus4     D
I've only begun


Chorus:
F/C       C
  Young offender
F/C             C
  What's your defence?
       Am              Asus4
You're younger than me
Em        G5
Obviously


Middle 8:
       F/C              C
Will I get in your way
   F/C            C
Or open your eyes?
Dsus2/F#      D5/F#
Who will give whom
    G6              G5
The bigger surprise?


Verse:
        F/C                      C
Is that fire in your eyes or the glow of machines?
F/C                         C
Watch how your fingers burn over the keys
   Dsus4            D
So sure what you do
  Dsus4          D
I haven't a clue


Chorus:
F/C       C
  Young offender
F/C             C
  What's your defence?
       Am              Asus4
You're younger than me
Em        G5
Obviously

F/C       C
  Young offender
F/C             C
  How you resent
    Am         Asus4
The lovers you need
   Em              G5
It hurts when they bleed

F/C       C
  Young offender
F/C             C
  Why the pretence?
F#m7-5           D5
You don't agree
Em   G5
   I know, I know


| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| Am | Asus4 | Em | G5 |

| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| F#m7-5 | D5 | Em | G5 |

| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| Am | Asus4 | Em | G5 |

| F/C | C | F/C | C |
| F#m7-5 | D5 | Em | G5 |

(repeat and fade)

Young Offender Chords Info

Last Updated: September 10, 2025

Capo: 1

Chords: E, A, D, G, B, C#, F/C, Gsus4, G5, F#m7, D5, C, Am, Asus4, Em, Dsus4, Dsus2/F#, D5/F#, G6