"Screw You Blues" Music: Elton John Lyrics: Bernie Taupin Album: B-side single from 1973 G C When I was a boy I had a lot of fun F C G I lived by the sea, I was a fisherman's son Am Dm My mother she was a fisherman's wife G G7 C She was scrubbing floors most of her life F C Dm7 C They said screw you F C Dm7 C I ain't got nothing to lose F I could paper a matchbox C G7 C Dm7 C With the money I use At the school I attended I got into fights I was beaten in an alley on a cold winter night The teachers cared less for the blood in our veins They got most of their thrills out of using a cane They said screw you Oh you bloody young fools I could get more sense Out of the back end of a mule C Am7 So you see there's man who get paid for being slaves F6 And men who get paid for being free G And there's men behind bars who pray for the light C And men in the suburbs who pray for the night Am7 And they're all trying to climb to the top of the mine F D7/F# And all of them say most of the way F C Dm7/C C F C Dm7/C C F C G7 C F C F C Screw you I worked in the mill from seven till nine Tears in my eyes nearly drove me half-blind Trying to make wages that weren't even there Taking hell from a foreman with the build of a bear He said screw you This is all you'll ever do It's the only existence for someone like you