| From: William Vaughan |
| Big Boys (demo) |
| E |
| I am starting to function |
| In the usual way |
| Everything is so provocative |
| Very very, temporary |
| E |
| I shall walk (I shall walk) |
| Out of this place (out of this place) |
| I shall walk |
| A | |
| Out on | you |
| ’Cause you go silly |
| If she’s willing |
| B | A | E | |
| Trying | so | hard to be like the | big boys |
| G |
| So you take her to the pictures |
| Em |
| Trying to become a fixture |
| G |
| Inch by inch trying to reach her |
| Em |
| All the way through the second feature |
| C | D |
| Worrying about your | physical fitness |
| C | D | A | E |
| Tell me how you | got this sickness, | Oh ohhhh.. |
| E |
| I was caught in the suction |
| By a face like a truncheon |
| I was down upon one knee |
| Stroking her vanity |
| E |
| I was stuck on a hammerhead |
| I came alive and left for dead |
| As my face returned to red |
| Choking on my pride and pity |
| E |
| We can talk (we can talk) |
| Until your face is blue (’til your face is blue) |
| A | |
| We can talk but she’ll get to | you |
| After you’ve been loved and hated |
| By the ones you’ve watched and waited |
| Found that they were overrated |
| B | E | A |
| She’ll be the | one - when the party’s | over |
| B | E | A |
| She’ll be the | one - when the girls have | gone home |
| B | E | A |
| She’ll be the | one - that you’ll wish you’d | held onto |
| B | E | A |
| She’ll be the | one - but it’s too | late for you to |
| B | E | A |
| She’ll be the | one - who knows all your | history |
| B | E |
| She’ll be the | one - |
| A | |
| So you can cross her off your | list |
| B | A | |
| And you try | so | hard |
| B | A | |
| And you try | so | hard |
| B | A | |
| And you try | so | hard |
| E | |
| To be like the | big boys |
| Source: http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/e/elvis_costello/big_boys_crd.htm |