This Boy

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Song: This boy
Artist: The Beatles
Composers: Lennon & McCartney
Album: Past masters
Tabbed by: DJ 17th Feb 2015
TIME SIGNATURE: 12/8 time
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR TABLATURE OF RIFFS
FOR THE INTRO AND THE CODA
D/A = x04232 D7 = x5453x or xx0212
Dadd9/A = x02232 D9 = x54555 or xx0210
D = xx0232 G = 355433
Bm = x24432 F#7 = 242322
Em7 = 022030 E7 = 076750 or 020100
A = x02220 E9 = x76777 or 020102
Dmaj7 = xx0222 (A6) = x02222
A7sus4 = x02030 Em6 = 022020
A7 = x02020 A7sus2 = x02000
N.C. = No chords
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[Intro]
D/A Dadd9/A D/A
| / / / |
D Bm Em7 A
| /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ | /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ /_/_/ |
[Verse 1]
Dmaj7 Bm Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Bm
That boy----- ...took my love a - way--------,
Em7 A7sus4 A7 Dmaj7 Bm
Oh, he'll re - gret it some - day-------,
Em7 A D Bm Em7A
N.C. N.C.
But this boy...wants you back a - gain----!
[Verse 2]
Dmaj7 Bm Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Bm
That boy----- ...isn't good for you--------,
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Bm
Though he may want you too-------,
Em7 A D D7
N.C. N.C.
This boy ...wants you back a - gain
[Verse 3]
D9 G F#7 Bm
Oh, and this boy would be happy just to love you,
D7 D9
But, oh, my----------,
G E7 E9A A6
()
That boy won't be happy ...'til he's seen you cry
[Verse 4]
Dmaj7 Bm Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Bm
This boy----- ...wouldn't mind the pain--------,
Em7 A7sus4 Dmaj7 Bm
Would always feel the same--------,
Em7 A D Bm Em7A
N.C. N.C.
If this boy ...gets you back a - gain---!
[Coda -Repeats]
Dmaj7 Bm Em7 Em6 A7sus2 A
||: This boy-----! | / / / / :||
[Live ending]
Dmaj7
This boy-----!
===================================================
[Intro - Played as a 2nd fret barre,
alternating the note on the D string]
D/A Dadd9/A D/A
e|--2----2-------2--|
B|--3----3-------3--|
G|--2----2-------2--|
D|--4----2-------4--|
A|--0----0-------0--|
E|------------------|
[Coda overdubbed riff] / = Slide note up
Em7 Em6 A7sus2 A Dmaj7 Bm
e |--10----9----7-------9--|------------------|
B |---8----8----8-------8--|--7--/10----------|
G |------------------------|------------------|
D |------------------------|------------------|
A |------------------------|------------------|
E |------------------------|------------------|
George utilised a bottleneck slide for the 2nd bar

This Boy chords and lyrics

Free chords for This Boy by The Beatles. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Song: This boy
Artist: The Beatles
Composers: Lennon & McCartney
Album: Past masters
Tabbed by: DJ  17th Feb 2015
TIME SIGNATURE: 12/8 time
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
options for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE FOR TABLATURE OF RIFFS
FOR THE INTRO AND THE CODA
D/A     = x04232    D7     = x5453x or xx0212
Dadd9/A = x02232    D9     = x54555 or xx0210
D       = xx0232    G      = 355433
Bm      = x24432    F#7    = 242322
Em7     = 022030    E7     = 076750 or 020100
A       = x02220    E9     = x76777 or 020102
Dmaj7   = xx0222   (A6)    = x02222
A7sus4  = x02030    Em6    = 022020
A7      = x02020    A7sus2 = x02000
N.C. = No chords
Please take a second to swipe down to the bottom of
the page and select a star rating for my tab, thanks
=====================================================
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Live ending]

This Boy Chords by The Beatles

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