Standard (EADGBE)

 I have paid all my dues

 so I picked up my shoes

 I got up and walked away

 for I was just a boy

 I didn't know how to pay

I worked hard and failed

now all I can say is

I threw it all away

I was just a boy

giving it all away

ref:

  sail away, sail away

  Ohh, and I know better now

  I know better now, giving it all away

Ohh, and I know better now

I know better now, giving it all away

(just a boy, giving it all away)

When out in the world

to much for my nerves

only myself to blame

I was just a boy

nobody else to blame

I have done all I can

now it is out of my hands

stand on my head and say

I was just a boy

giving it all away

ref