F#                                            C# 
I got home last night at ten past two 

My folks turned blue    
                       F# 
Their tempers flew  
                                                   C# 
I've got to be in bed by quarter to ten 
                                 F# 
There go those rules again 
 

F#                             C# 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
F# 
Too many rules 

I pray to stars above  
      B 
I haven't lost your love 
C#                                           F#     G 
'Cause there are too many rules 
 

G                                               D 
When you call me on the telephone 

It's not my own 
                              G 
They've made it known 
                                                    D 
So you must call me only now and then 
                                      G 
There go those rules again  
 

G                                  D 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
G 
Too many rules 
G 
I pray to stars above  
                             C 
I haven't lost your love 
D                                              G  G# 
'Cause there are too many rules 
 

G#                                                 D# 
My kid brother's always on my trail 
                                        G# 
I can't escape that tattle-tale 

I hope you understand  
                               D# 
What I'm goin' through 
                                  G# 
I don't know what to do 
 

G#                                  D# 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
G# 
Too many rules 
G# 
I pray to stars above  
                             C# 
I haven't lost your love 
D#                                           G#  C# 
'Cause there are too many rules 
D#                                           G#  C# G#   
'Cause there are too many rules