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[Verse 1]
When I DhadEm  
Once oBmr twiceA  
Thought DI leftEm  
My liBmfe (Aoh)
[Verse 2]
Oh, DI'll waEmke up in Bma thousanAd years
DWith every Emghost I'm loBmoking throughA  
[Chorus]
I was a Gcold, Acold Dboy (Hey!)
GMore when I Alie with Dyou
But Gman, I'm bored Aabout Dyou
...GWhy, A...Why?D  
[Verse 3]
When Dit's goneEm  
And yoBmu hopeA  
That Dyour mind'sEm  
Made BmupA  
[Verse 4]
Oh, DI'd wakEme up in Bm20,000 yeaArs
DWith every Emghost of whaBmt I knewA  
[Chorus]
I was a Gcold, Acold Dboy (Hey!)
GMore when I Adie with Dyou
But Gwhen I'm bored Aabout Dyou
...GWhy, A...Why?D  
I was a Gcold, Acold Dboy (Hey!) 
GMore when I Asaid to yDou
ThaGt I'm bored aboAut youD  
...GWhy, A...Why?D  
*The chords are close to where the vocals change, which is why it looks squished on the chorus
**The measure of the D in the chorus is as long as the G and A
***When you play the chorus with the song it may sound a bit wrong. At least to me it does.
  I suggest playing with changing the G major in the chorus to a B minor.
  To me the B minor chord sounds better than the G.
****The lyrics are from the liner notes of the album

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Boy

by Ra Ra Riot

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Verse 1]

D Em

When I had

Bm A

Once or twice

D Em

Thought I left

Bm A

My life (oh)

[Verse 2]

D Em Bm A

Oh, I'll wake up in a thousand years

D Em Bm A

With every ghost I'm looking through

[Chorus]

G A D

I was a cold, cold boy (Hey!)

G A D

More when I lie with you

G A D

But man, I'm bored about you

G A D

...Why, ...Why?

[Verse 3]

D Em

When it's gone

Bm A

And you hope

D Em

That your mind's

Bm A

Made up

[Verse 4]

D Em Bm A

Oh, I'd wake up in 20,000 years

D Em Bm A

With every ghost of what I knew

[Chorus]

G A D

I was a cold, cold boy (Hey!)

G A D

More when I die with you

G A D

But when I'm bored about you

G A D

...Why, ...Why?

G A D

I was a cold, cold boy (Hey!)

G A D

More when I said to you

G A D

That I'm bored about you

G A D

...Why, ...Why?

*The chords are close to where the vocals change, which is why it looks squished on the chorus

**The measure of the D in the chorus is as long as the G and A

***When you play the chorus with the song it may sound a bit wrong. At least to me it does.

I suggest playing with changing the G major in the chorus to a B minor.

To me the B minor chord sounds better than the G.

****The lyrics are from the liner notes of the album

About Boy Chords by Ra Ra Riot

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