Gmaj7        A7                F#m/A   Bm/A
Why should I care if I have to cut my hair?
            A11           A             D           
I've got to move with the fashion or be outcast.
Gmaj7           A7                F#m/A             Bm/A
I know I should fight, but my old man, he's really alright,
        A11             A                         D
And I'm still living at home even though it won't last.

(Chorus)
C    D           C     D                C    G  C    D
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
    C   D      C      D              C  G    C  A
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
G       A           G     A            G    D     G  A7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
G         F                C          Gmaj7  A7   F#m/A Bm/A   A11 A   D
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.

(Verse)
Gmaj7       A7                      F#m/A        Bm/A               
The kids at school have parents that    seem so cool, and though I
A11           A                      D
Don't want to hurt 'em, mine want me their way
Gmaj7                  A7            F#m/A                  Bm/A
I clean my room and my shoes, but my mother found a box of blues
          A11               A                   D
And there doesn't seem much hope they'll let me stay

(Chorus)
C    D           C     D                C    G  C    D
Zoot suit, white jacket with side vents five in-ches long
    C   D      C      D              C  G    C  A
I'm out on the street again, and I'm leaping a--long.
G       A           G     A            G    D     G  A7
Dressed right for a beach fight, but I just can't explain why that
G         F                C          Gmaj7  A7   F#m/A Bm/A   A11 A   D
Uncertain feeling is still here in my brain.

(Refrain)
D                   A
Why do I have to be different from them
        Am7                   G
Just to earn the respect of a dance hall friend?
A                    Asus4          A       A7
We have the same old row, again and again.
E                B
Why do I have to move with a crowd
   Bm7                     A
Of kids that hardly notice I'm around?
  B              E/B               B
I work myself to death just to fit in.

(Verse)
Gmaj7      A7                    F#m/A                  Bm/A
I'm coming down, got home on the very first train from town.
   A11               F#7             Bm
My dad just left for work, he wasn't talking.
Gmaj7      A7          F#m/A               Bm/A
It's all a game, and inside I'm just the same,
   A11                F#7                      Bm
My fried egg makes me sick first thing in the morning.