Great song off BNL's 1996 record, "Born On A Pirate Ship".
Standard tuning
No capo
The chords are played as follows:
Em: 022000
D: xx0232
Cadd9: x32033
Am: x02210
Em7: 022033
Em911: 024030
Gm7: 353333
D2: xx0230
Gm6/Bb: x10030
[ch]Cadd2[/ch]: x30030
Gm: 310033
Dadd9/F#: 200230
Gm6: 310030
G/B: x20033
Gm/Bb: x10033
A7sus: x02030
A7: x02020
[Verse 1]
Em D
Look at my mouth, a thin painted line
Cadd9 D
Look at my limbs, bent up and bundled in twine
Em D Am D
Forever, ever mine
Em D
Form of a tree, shape of a child
Cadd9 D
I wish I could cry, stuck in a permanent smile
Em D Am D
Forever, ever mine
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/barenaked_ladies/just_a_toy_crd.html ]
[Chorus]
Cadd9 D G
I know you must have loved me sometime
Em7 Cadd9
But now I'm just a toy
D Em911
I know you must have loved me sometime
[Verse 2]
First there was me, nothing but time
Till he came along, you told me you'd always be mine
Forever, ever mine
Look at his face, somewhat like mine
But look at his nose, you can always be sure that he's lying
Forever, ever mine
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
Gm7 D2 Gm6/Bb [ch]Cadd2[/ch] Gm
But now I'm just a toy who needs you
Dadd9/F# Gm6 Cadd9 G/B
A boy to be who
Cadd9 G/B Gm/Bb
Needs to be
[Verse 3]
Better than him, worthy of you
Given the chance that he had, I know what I'd do
Forever, ever mine
I call him liar, you call him son
If I could move, I'd set him on fire and I'd run
Forever
[Chorus]
I know you must have loved me sometime
But now I'm just a toy
I know you must have loved me sometime
Gm7 A7sus A7
But now I'm just a toy
