Bachelor Boy Cliff Richard [D] When I was young my [G] father said, [A] 'Son, I have something to [D] say.' And what he told me I'll [G] never forget un[A]til my dying [D] day. He [A7] said [D] 'Son, you are a [G] bachelor boy, and [A] that's the way to [D] stay. Son, you'll be a [G] bachelor boy [A] un[A]til your dying [D] day.' [D] When I was sixteen I [G] fell in love with a [A] girl as sweet as [D] can be. But I remembered [G] just in time, what [A] daddy said to [D] me. He said [D] 'Son, you are a [G] bachelor boy, and [A] that's the way to [D] stay. Son, you'll be a [G] bachelor boy [A] un[A]til your dying [D] day.' [D] As time goes by I [G] probably will meet a [A] girl and fall in [D] love. [D] Then I'll get married, have a [G] wife and a child, and [A] they'll be my turtle [D] doves. But [A7] until [D] then [D] 'Son, you are a [G] bachelor boy, and [A] that's the way to [D] stay. Son, you'll be a [G] bachelor boy [A] un[A]til your dying [D] day.' But until then I'll be a [G] bachelor boy, [A] that's the way I'll [D] stay Happy to be a [G] bachelor boy, un[A]til my dying [D] day, Yeah [D] I'll be a [G] bachelor boy, [A] that's the way I'll [D] stay. Happy to be a [G] bachelor boy, un[A]til my dying [D] day. [D] [G] [D] [G] [D] [C] [D]