Not Only Poofs
Elton John/Lee Hall
outtake from "Billy Elliot - The Musical"
2005

D-G/D-A/D-D   x2

D                   G
 Not only poofs do ballet Dad
F                  D
 Some of them are married
Gm                     F
 You should see their muscles Dad
Em                           A
 From all the girls they've carried

     D                  G
Look, normal blokes do normal things
    F              D
Like wrestling or tennis
Gm                   F
 What blokes around here do wrestling   
     Em             
I'm warning you lad
 A
Tennis?

Bb                          F/Bb
  You're banned from bloody ballet
Eb/Bb                        Bb
   You're banned from boxing too
                     Bb/F
You're looking after Nanna
Eb/Bb                     Bb
   Don't want a word from you
C                             G/C
 You're banned from all this hoovery
     F            C
And any of that stuff
C                  G/C          F               C
 I'll not have any son of mine going on like a poof

But I'm not a poof Dad
All I want to do is ballet

D                   G
 Not only poofs do ballet Dad
F                          D
Wayne Sleep, it's nearly sport
Gm                        F
Wayne Sleep? you must be joking son
      Em                   A
It's bent as the five bob note
   
D                     G
 Oh but Dad it takes stamina
      F               D
It's just like doing games
Gm                  F
 Don't talk like a lass son
        Em                 A
They'll call you bleeding names

Bb                           F/Bb
  You're banned from bloody ballet
Eb/Bb                          Bb
    You're banned from boxing too
                     F/Bb
You're looking after Nanna
     Eb/Bb             Bb
Not another word from you
C                          G/C
 You banned from all that hoovery
     F              C
And not a doubt in here
                  G/C                 F             C
I'll not have any son of mine going around like a queer

I don't care
You should care
I don't care
You will bloody care

D                      G
 I'll not have uphill gardening
      F                 D
I'll not have lifting shirts
   Gm           F
If any bum boy comes near you
     Em                A
I'll hit him where it hurts

D                   G
 Not only poofs do ballet Dad
      F         D
It's very democratic
Gm                      F
 You get to dance with girls as well
Em                     A
 You must think I'm palatic

Dm                    C
I just want to dance, I just want to be free
Bb                     A
I just want to express   being me     x2

You're banned!

Dm
And I'm just a kid
C
And I just want to be
Bb                           A          A7
I just want to be free to be   me, Dad, me

Bb                      F/Bb
 You banned from bloody ballet
Eb/Bb                     Bb
  You banned from boxing too
                     F/Bb
You're looking after Nanna
Eb/Bb                    Bb
  Don't want a word from you
C                          G/C
 You banned from all this hoovery
    F             C
And any of that stuff
C                 G/C          F               C
I'll not have any son of mine going on like a poof