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Hes Not A Boy

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Capo on the 4th fret.
Intro
The intro is strummed down, down, down up up. On the first up stroke, add the suspended
to the E chord. On the second up stroke, remove it. Play this three times, then a final
E chord on a down stroke to end the intro.
e|-0-0-0-0-|
b|-0-0-2-0-|
g|-1-1-1-1-|
d|-2-2-2-2-|
a|-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|
Chorus
The chorus is strummed the same way. When you move the E up to the sixth fret, mute the
string with the pinky you'll fret it with when you're not playing it.
e|-0-0-0-0-|
b|-0-0-2-0-|
g|-1-1-1-1-|
d|-2-2-2-2-|
a|-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|x8
e|-0--0--0--0---|
b|-X--X--11-X---|
g|-10-10-10-10--|
d|-11-11-11-11--|
a|-11-11-11-11--|
E|-0--0--0--0---|x4
e|-0-0-0-0-|
b|-0-0-2-0-|
g|-1-1-1-1-|
d|-2-2-2-2-|
a|-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|x4
e|-10-10--9--9-|
b|-10-10--9--9-|
g|-11-11--10-10|
d|-12-12--11-11|
a|-12-12--11-11|
E|-10-10--9--9-|
e|-0-0-0-0-|
b|-0-0-2-0-|
g|-1-1-1-1-|
d|-2-2-2-2-|
a|-2-2-2-2-|
E|-0-0-0-0-|x4
Verses
The names of these bar chords (without a capo) are written with the lyrics. Z plays them
bar chords off the E string, besides the B's. C#'s and F's next to which I wrote
With the capo, you'll finger them as G's, A's, and D's. The next verse is played the 
way.
C#We were up all nCight
Talking Btrash and wasting A#time
When he Bsays you're beautiA#ful
          B(open) F(open)
It's not a line
But in the C#morning you might Cfind
That he mBight have changed his A#mind
He got D#mlonely for a A#love
             B(open) F(open)  C#(open)
For just one night
Bridge
These chords are written in the same way. Each is strummed 8 times (besides the last).
C#You may say
Why Cdon't you realise
C#I could give you A#everything
C#But you see
He Ccan't be tied, contC#ained
or satisA#fied by all
 C#(open)
you could bring
You can probably take it from there. If you don't think I got all of the chords right,
can watch a great video of The Like performing an acoustic version of this song on the
Stone's youtube channel, which is where I got them from. I'm not positive I got them 
though, so you may have to play around with them.

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Hes Not A Boy

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Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

D#m

Capo on the 4th fret.

Intro

The intro is strummed down, down, down up up. On the first up stroke, add the suspended

to the E chord. On the second up stroke, remove it. Play this three times, then a final

E chord on a down stroke to end the intro.

e|-0-0-0-0-|

b|-0-0-2-0-|

g|-1-1-1-1-|

d|-2-2-2-2-|

a|-2-2-2-2-|

E|-0-0-0-0-|

Chorus

The chorus is strummed the same way. When you move the E up to the sixth fret, mute the

string with the pinky you'll fret it with when you're not playing it.

e|-0-0-0-0-|

b|-0-0-2-0-|

g|-1-1-1-1-|

d|-2-2-2-2-|

a|-2-2-2-2-|

E|-0-0-0-0-|x8

e|-0--0--0--0---|

b|-X--X--11-X---|

g|-10-10-10-10--|

d|-11-11-11-11--|

a|-11-11-11-11--|

E|-0--0--0--0---|x4

e|-0-0-0-0-|

b|-0-0-2-0-|

g|-1-1-1-1-|

d|-2-2-2-2-|

a|-2-2-2-2-|

E|-0-0-0-0-|x4

e|-10-10--9--9-|

b|-10-10--9--9-|

g|-11-11--10-10|

d|-12-12--11-11|

a|-12-12--11-11|

E|-10-10--9--9-|

e|-0-0-0-0-|

b|-0-0-2-0-|

g|-1-1-1-1-|

d|-2-2-2-2-|

a|-2-2-2-2-|

E|-0-0-0-0-|x4

Verses

The names of these bar chords (without a capo) are written with the lyrics. Z plays them

bar chords off the E string, besides the B's. C#'s and F's next to which I wrote

With the capo, you'll finger them as G's, A's, and D's. The next verse is played the

way.

C# C

We were up all night

B A#

Talking trash and wasting time

B A#

When he says you're beautiful

B F

(open) (open)

It's not a line

C# C

But in the morning you might find

B A#

That he might have changed his mind

D#m A#

He got lonely for a love

B F C#

(open) (open) (open)

For just one night

Bridge

These chords are written in the same way. Each is strummed 8 times (besides the last).

You may say

Why don't you realise

C# A#

I could give you everything

But you see

C C#

He can't be tied, contained

or satisfied by all

(open)

you could bring

You can probably take it from there. If you don't think I got all of the chords right,

can watch a great video of The Like performing an acoustic version of this song on the

Stone's youtube channel, which is where I got them from. I'm not positive I got them

though, so you may have to play around with them.

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