Is It Boy

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Capo 4
I'll just write the chord names/notes as they'd look without a capo (a couple of the names are probably wrong
so focus on the shapes themselves):
G6
(3-2-0-0-0-0) and/or (3-5-0-0-0-0) - this way you can slide from (3-5-0-0-0-0) to (1-3-0-0-0-0)
G13/F
(1-3-0-0-0-0) and/or (1-5-0-0-0-0)
Em
(0-2-2-0-0-0)
D7
(x-x-0-2-1-2)
Cmaj
(x-3-2-0-1-0)
Cmaj9/B
(x-2-0-0-1-0)
Am7
(x-0-2-0-1-0)
G
(3-2-0-0-0-3)
* = hit the 3rd fret on the high E string with the usual chord
(One more note: Mac's tape recording process and pitch shifting sometimes does funny things to the tuning, so
your guitar isn't going to sound exactly the same unless you use varispeed or tune up/down slightly or
something.)
[Intro]
G6 G13/F Em D7
G6G13/FEmD7
* *
[Verse 1]
G6 G13/F
Exercise to stay alive
Em D7
Another year has gone and passed you by
G6 G13/F Em D7
G6 G13/F
Waking up to coffee cup
Em D7
Stretch it off, rip it up
G6 G13/F Em D7
[Verse 2]
G6 G13/F
When the old man gets to see it
Em
He'll be whistling
D7
All his worries away
G6 G13/FEmD7
*
G6 G13/F
And I know just how you see them
Em
Keep believin'
D7
That you'll find your foot someday
G6 G13/FEmD7
*
[Chorus 1]
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
But you won't, will you boy
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
But no you won't will you boy
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
It's not what you want, is it boy
It's not what you want
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
[Verse 3]
G6 G13/F
Exercise another way
Em D7
To live your life, some other day ahead
G6 G13/F Em D7
G6 G13/F
Sleepin' in the day begins
Em D7
You decide to rise up from your bed
G6 G13/F Em D7
[Verse 4]
G6 G13/F
When the old man gets to see it
Em D7
Understand that all his dreamin' days are gone
G6 G13/FEmD7
*
G6 G13/F
And I hope now that you'll feel it
Em D7
Your belief in all this nonsense is done
G6 G13/F Em D7
[Chorus 2]
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
But it's not, is it boy
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
No it's not, is it boy
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
So take what you've got, can't you boy
Take what you've got
[Outro]
G6 Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7 D7
G

Is It Boy chords and lyrics

Free chords for Is It Boy by Mac DeMarco. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

Capo 4
I'll just write the chord names/notes as they'd look without a capo (a couple of the names are probably wrong 
so focus on the shapes themselves):
G6      (3-2-0-0-0-0) and/or (3-5-0-0-0-0) - this way you can slide from (3-5-0-0-0-0) to (1-3-0-0-0-0)
G13/F   (1-3-0-0-0-0) and/or (1-5-0-0-0-0)
Em      (0-2-2-0-0-0)
D7      (x-x-0-2-1-2)
Cmaj    (x-3-2-0-1-0)
Cmaj9/B (x-2-0-0-1-0)
Am7     (x-0-2-0-1-0)
G       (3-2-0-0-0-3)
* = hit the 3rd fret on the high E string with the usual chord
(One more note: Mac's tape recording process and pitch shifting sometimes does funny things to the tuning, so 
your guitar isn't going to sound exactly the same unless you use varispeed or tune up/down slightly or 
something.)
[Intro]
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
G6* G13/F* Em  D7
[Verse 1]
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
[Verse 2]
G6*  G13/F  Em  D7
G6*  G13/F  Em  D7
[Chorus 1]
It's not what you want
G6   Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7   D7
 [Verse 3]
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
[Verse 4]
G6*  G13/F  Em  D7
G6  G13/F  Em  D7
[Chorus 2]
Take what you've got
[Outro]
G6   Cmaj Cmaj9/B Am7   D7
G

Is It Boy Chords by Mac DeMarco

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