F#5                                            C#5 
I got home last night at ten past two 

My folks turned blue    
                       F#5 
Their tempers flew  
                                                   C#5 
I've got to be in bed by quarter to ten 
                                 F#5 
There go those rules again 
 

F#5                             C#5 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
F#5 
Too many rules 

I pray to stars above  
      B5 
I haven't lost your love 
C#5                                           F#5     G5 
'Cause there are too many rules 
 

G5                                               D5 
When you call me on the telephone 

It's not my own 
                              G5 
They've made it known 
                                                    D5 
So you must call me only now and then 
                                      G5 
There go those rules again  
 

G5                                  D5 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
G5 
Too many rules 
G5 
I pray to stars above  
                             C5 
I haven't lost your love 
D5                                              G5  G#5 
'Cause there are too many rules 
 

G#5                                                 D#5 
My kid brother's always on my trail 
                                        G#5 
I can't escape that tattle-tale 

I hope you understand  
                               D#5 
What I'm goin' through 
                                  G#5 
I don't know what to do 
 

G#5                                  D#5 
Too many rules, too many rules 

Folks are just fools makin' 
G#5 
Too many rules 
G#5 
I pray to stars above  
                             C#5 
I haven't lost your love 
D#5                                           G#5  C#5 
'Cause there are too many rules 
D#5                                           G#5  C#5 G#5   
'Cause there are too many rules