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


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

    ( A5 )                     ( E5 ) 
The lawns grow plush in the hinterlands
    ( G5 )                            ( B5 )
The perfect little setting for the one-night stands
    A5                      ( E5 )
The drapes are drawn and the lights are out
         ( G5 )                               ( B5 )
It's the time to put in practice what you've dreamed about
      ( A5 )              ( E5 )          ( A5 )
Well, she can show you what you must do
      ( A5 )              ( E5 )         ( A5 ) ( E5 )
To be more like people better than you

CHORUS
( A5 )  
Amateur hour goes on and on, 
                       ( E5 )
When you turn pro, you know
             ( E5 )
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)

( A5 )///+E/
Ooh------------
( G5 )///+B/
Ooh------------
A/+( G5 )///
Ooh----------
( G5 )///+( B5 )///////
Ooh -------------------

( A5 )(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]

( B5 )                          (F# )
Dance, laugh, wine, dine and talk and sing 
    ( A5 )                              (C#5 )
But those cannot replace what is the real thing
       ( B5 )               ( F#5 )
It's a lot like playing the violin
       ( A5 )                      ( C#5 )
You cannot start off and be Yehudi Menuhin
    ( B5 )
So, Amateur hour goes on and on,
                      ( F#5 )
When you turn pro you know

She tells you so!

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