Dear Boy

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"Dear Boy" (Capo: 5th. fret)
____Verse: 1
Em Em/D
I guess you never knew,
EmC F#m7B7
/ ---
Dear boy, what you had found,
Em Em/D
I guess you never knew,
Em/C F#m7 B7 C
Dear boy, that she was just the cutest thing around.
G D/F# Em7
I guess you never knew what you had found, dear boy.
____Verse: 2
Em Em/D
I guess you never saw,
EmC F#m7B7
/ ---
Dear boy, that love was there,
Em Em/D Em/C
And maybe when you look too hard,
F#m7 B7 C
Dear boy, you never do become aware.
G D/F# Em7
I guess you never did become aware, dear Boy.
____Bridge:
Am A/C# G/D D Em
When I stepped in, my____heart was down and out,
Em/D Em/C Am A/C# G/D D
But her love came through and___brought me 'round,
G/D D Em
got me up and about.
____Middle Eight:
Em
Da-da-fa-da (Da-da-fa-da___)
Em/D
Da-da-fa-da (Da-da-fa-da___)
Em/C
Da-da-fa-da (Da-da-fa-da___)
F#m7B7
-- *
Ahh---ahh---Ooo (Once more up to *)
C G D/F#Em
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Ooo___ooo___ooo___ooo___, dear Boy.
____Bridge:
Am A/C# G/D D Em
When I stepped in, my____heart was down and out,
Em/D Em/C Am A/C# G/D D
But her love came through and___brought me 'round,
G/D D Em
got me up and about.
____Verse: 3
Em Em/D
I hope you never know, dear boy,
EmC F#m7B7
/ ---
how much you missed,
Em Em/D Em/C
And even when you fall in love,
F#m7 B7 C
Dear boy, it won't be half as good as this
G D/F# Em
I hope you never know how much you missed
____Coda:
D C G/BAm G
F#m7b5
Dear boy, how much you missed,
B7 Em EmD EmC EmB Am B7 Em
---/---/---/---------
Dear boy____________________________________.

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Free chords for Dear Boy by Paul McCartney. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

"Dear Boy" (Capo: 5th. fret)
____Verse: 1
____Verse: 2
____Bridge:
____Middle Eight:
____Bridge:
____Verse: 3
____Coda:

Dear Boy Chords by Paul McCartney

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Dear Boy Chords · Paul McCartney