Don't Treat Me Like A Child:Helen Shapiro.
#3 on UK Charts on COLUMBIA Records in
1961. (She was only 14 yrs. old when she did this.)
INTRO:
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
Yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh..
#1.
[Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
Well, just because I'm in my teens and I still go
[Ab]
to school.
[Ab] [Fm] [Ab]
Don't think that I dream childish dreams, I'm nobody's
[Eb]
fool.
[Db] [Ab] [Db] [Ab]
Don't mother me, that makes me wild, and please don't
[Eb] [Db] [Ab]
treat me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
[Db] [Ab] [Eb]
(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
#2.
[Ab] [Fm] [Db] [Eb]
It's often said that youngsters should be seen and not
[Ab]
be heard.
[Ab] [Fm] [Ab] [Eb] [Bbm]
But I want you to realize, that's quite absurd.
[Eb] [Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
Don't wanna be so meek and mild..so, please don't treat
[Db] [Ab]
me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
[Db] [Ab] [Eb]
(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
CHORUS:
[Db] [Ab]
Gonna be my own adviser, cause my mind's my own.
[Db] [Eb] [Bb]
Then I will be much the wiser..my own point of view has
[Eb]
got to be known.
#3.
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The best years of my life, I know, are those when I am young.
[Ab] [Fm] [Ab] [Eb]
And since I'm sure that this is so..gonna have my fun.
[Ab] [Db] [Ab] [Eb]
So, if I feel, like running wild..well, please don't treat
[Db] [Ab]
me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
[Db] [Ab] [Ab]
(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
CHORUS:
[Db] [Ab]
Gonna be my own adviser, cause my mind's my own.
[Db] [Eb] [Bb]
Then I will be much the wiser..my own point of view has
[Eb] [E]
got to be known..(aaahhhhhhhh.)
#4.
[A] [Gbm] [A] [D] [E] [A]
The best years of my life, I know, are those when I am young.
[A] [Gbm] [A] [E]
And since I'm sure that this is so..gonna have my fun.
[A] [D] [A] [E]
So, if I feel, like running wild..well, please don't treat
[D] [A]
me (nah-nah-nah-nah) like a child.
[D] [A] [A]
(yeh-yeh-yeh-yeh..yeh-yeh-yeh.)
OUTRO:
[Gbm] [A]
Don't ever treat me like a child..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
