Jack The Lad Chords & Lyrics - Pet Shop Boys

Tuning: Standard

Pet Shop Boys
Jack the Lad (1986)
(Chris Lowe/Neil Tennant)

B-side of "Suburbia”
Now on: "Alternative"

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-0
F#m/A x-0-4-2-2-2
G/B x-2-0-0-0-3
Gmaj7/B x-2-0-0-0-2
Cmaj7 x-3-2-0-0-0
G/D x-x-0-0-0-3

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[INTRO]
| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] |
| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] |

| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] |
| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] |

[VERSE]
[Em7] Lawrence in the [F#m/A]desert
[Em7] How was he to [F#m/A]know?
[Em7] Under so much [F#m/A]pressure
[Em7] From the men back [F#m/A]home

[BRIDGE]
[G/B]Play with fire you [A]must be mad
[Em]Are you only [F#m/A]Jack the lad?
[G/B]Play with guns you [A]must be bad
Or [Em]hiding something, [F#m/A]Jack

[VERSE]
[Em7] Telling lies in [F#m/A]public
[Em7] Breaking codes at [F#m/A]home
[Em7] Underneath the [F#m/A]blankets
[Em7] For another [F#m/A]role

[BRIDGE]
[G/B]Tell these lies you [A]must be mad
[Em]Are you only [F#m/A]Jack the lad?
To [G/B]feast with panthers [A]every night
You [Em]must be careful, [F#m/A]Jack

[CHORUS]
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to restrain you
[A] This is your only religion
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to detain you
[A] You're not the only fool
[Em]We all [Em7]fall, [C]even Jack the lad
[Em] [Em7] [C] [A] [ [Cmaj7] | % |
We all fall, even Jack the lad will fall

[VERSE]
[Em7] Philby in the [F#m/A]desert
[Em7] Looking for [F#m/A]a phone
[Em7] Waiting on the [F#m/A]pavement
[Em7] For a call from [F#m/A]home

[BRIDGE]
[G/B]Play with fire you [A]must be mad
[Em]Are you only [F#m/A]Jack the lad?
[G/B]Turn your back on [A]friends you had
They [Em]must have hurt you, [F#m/A]Jack

[CHORUS]
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to restrain you
[A] This is your only religion
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to detain you
[A] You're not the only fool
[Em]We all [Em7]fall, [C]even Jack the lad
[Em] [Em7] [C] | [A] | % |
We all fall, even Jack the lad

[CHORUS]
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to restrain you
[A] This is your only religion
[Gmaj7/B] Don't let them try to detain you
[A] You're not the only fool
[Em]We all [Em7]fall, [C]even Jack the lad
[Em] [Em7] [C] [A] [ [Cmaj7] | % | [G/D]
We all fall, even Jack the lad will fall

[CODA]
| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] |
| [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7] | [F#m/A] | [Em7]