BC Jean – If I Were A Boy
184 bpm 4/4 Picking [2008]
Verse 1
Em C G D
If I were a boy… even just for a day…
Em C G D
I'd roll out of
Em C G D
bed… in the morning and throw on what I wanted and go…
Em C G D
I’d drink beer with the guys…
Em C G D Em C G D
and chase after girls…
Em C G D
I'd make out with who I wanted… and never get busted for it…
Em C G D
'cause they stick up for me… If I were a boy…
Chorus 1
Em C G D Em C G D
I think I’d could understand…
Em C G D
how it feels to love a girl… I swear I'd be a better man…
Em C G D
I’d listen to her…
Em C G D Em C G D
‘cause I know how it hurts…
Em C
when you lose the one you wanted
G D
‘cause he's taken you for granted…
C C * C (C)
and everything you had got destroyed… If I were a boy…
Verse 2
Em C G D Em C G D
I could just turn off my phone…
Em C
and tell her it's broken so she
G D
thinks that I was sleeping alone……
Em C G D
I'd put myself first…
Em C G D Em C G D
and make the rules as I go…
Em C
‘cause I know that she'd be faithful…
G D
waiting for me-eee to come
Em C G D
home… If I were a boy…
Chorus 2
Em C G D Em C G D
I think I’d could understand…
Em C G D
how it feels to love a girl… I swear I'd be a better man…
Em C G D
I’d listen to her…
Em C G D Em C G D
‘cause I know how it hurts…
Em C
when you lose the one you wanted
G D
‘cause he's taken you for granted…
C C C C
and everything you had got destroyed…
Bridge
Am C Em D
It's a little too la-aaa-te for you-uuu to come
Am C
back… say it's just a
Em D
mista-aaa-ke… think I forgive you like that…
Am C Em D
if you thought I would wa-aaa-it for you…
* C (C) (C) (C) (C)
you thought wrong-ggg-ggg… but you're just a boys…
Chorus 3
Em C G D
You don't understand…
Em C G D
YEA… YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND…
Em C
how it feels to love a girl…
G D
Someday you'll wish you… were a better man…
Em C G D
You don't listen to her…
Em C G D Em C G D
You don't care how it hurts…
Em C
until you lose the one you wanted
G D
‘cause you've taken her for granted…
C C
and everything you had got destroyed…
* C (C)
but you're just a boy…
Outro
Em C G D * Em