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The Boy
By: The Smashing Pumpkins
Transcribed by: Aaron Gan
Chords:
e|-G2X---Cadd9--3------C0----Em9-2----Em7-3-----Am0-----Bm0-----G3----G/B-3----G/C-3---Dsus4--3-----D72-|
B|-0-----3------1-----0-----3-----1-----3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----1-|
G|-2-----0------0-----0-----0-----2-----4-----0-----0-----0-----2-----2-|
D|-0-----2------2-----2-----X-----2-----4-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-|
A|-2-----3------3-----2-----2-----0-----2-----X-----2-----3-----X-----X-|
E|-3-----X------X-----0-----X-----X-----X-----3-----X-----X-----X-----X-|
X - mute
[Intro]
G2 Cadd9 Em9 Cadd9
G2 Cadd9 Em9 Cadd9
G2I can't stop, I can't Cadd9breathe, I can't think
I'm in Em9love Cadd9again
G2I don't need, I don't Cadd9eat, I don't sleep
I'm in Em9love Cadd9againEm7  
AmOoh, and Bmevery time I heard you bEm9reathe
I Cadd9sighedEm7  
AmOoh, and Bmevery time I saw you bEm9leed
I Cadd9cried
D7Love is like a Em9song
And if you Cadd9sing
If you Amever need me
CI'll be there, in a while
G2Can't stop, can't Cadd9breathe, can't think
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gain
G2I don't need, I don't Cadd9eat, I don't sleep
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gainEm7  
AmOoh, aBmnd every time that I'm witEm9h you
Cadd9I'm aliveEm7  
AmOoh, and Bmevery time I think of Em9you
There's a Cadd9light
Em9 Cadd9
And I felt it, tooG  
And my heart is a G/Bspring
Is a well, if you G/Cneed
If you drink it for Dsus4you
Then I'm leavin'
Em9Every little part of Cadd9me is a part of you
G2I can't stop, I can't Cadd9breathe, I can't think
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gain
G2I don't need, I don't Cadd9eat, I don't sleep
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gain
G2I can't stop, I can't Cadd9breathe, I can't think
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gain
G2I don't need, I don't Cadd9eat, I don't sleep
I'm in Em9love aCadd9gain
G2   Cadd9   Em9   Cadd9(x4)
The boy, the boy's in love

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