Bright 4/4 teenybopper beat
Key: A (Capo at I to play along with the original record)


Intro: A///+A///+E///+E/// (4 X)

    ( A )                     ( E/G# ) 
The lawns grow plush in the hinterlands
    ( G )                            ( Bm/F# )
The perfect little setting for the one-night stands
    A/E                      ( E )
The drapes are drawn and the lights are out
         ( G/D )                               ( Bm )
It's the time to put in practice what you've dreamed about
      ( A )              ( E )          ( A )
Well, she can show you what you must do
      ( A )              ( E )         ( A ) ( E7 )
To be more like people better than you

CHORUS
( A )  
Amateur hour goes on and on, 
                       ( E )
When you turn pro, you know
             ( E7 )
She tells you so!

(Idem , see first verse)
Girls grow tops to go topless in
While we sit and count the hairs that blossom from our chins
Our voices change at a rapid pace:
I could start a song a tenor and then end as bass

So choose your partners every one
If you hesitate, the good ones are gone

CHORUS (repeat)

( A )///+E/G#////
Ooh------------
( G )///+Bm/F#///
Ooh------------
A/E///+( G )///
Ooh----------
( G/D )///+( Bm )///////
Ooh -------------------

( A )(N.C.)
Amateur hour goes on and on
When you turn pro you know
She'll let you know
(repeat instrumental intro)

[Modulate to B]

( B )                          (F#/A# )
Dance, laugh, wine, dine and talk and sing 
    ( A )                              (C#m/G# )
But those cannot replace what is the real thing
       ( B/F# )               ( F# )
It's a lot like playing the violin
       ( A/E )                      ( C#m )
You cannot start off and be Yehudi Menuhin
    ( B )
So, Amateur hour goes on and on,
                      ( F# )
When you turn pro you know

She tells you so!

(repeat intro as outro, with frantic hand-clapping)