If I Were A Boy Chords & Tabs
Em C9 G
If I were a boy
D Em C9 G D
Even just for a day
Em C9
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
G D Em C9 G
And throw on what I wanted and go
D Em C9 G
Drink beer with the guys
D Em C9 G D
And chase after girls
Em C9
I’d kick it with who I wanted
G D
And I’d never get confronted for it
Em C9 G
Because they’d stick up for me
Chorus:
D Em C9 G
If I were a boy
D Em C9 G D
I think I could understand
Em C9
How it feels to love a girl
G D Em C9 G
I swear I’d be a better man
D Em C9 G
I’d listen to her
D Em C9 G D
Cause I know how it hurts
Em C9
When you lose the one you wanted
G D
Cause he’s taken you for granted
C
And everything you had got destroyed
Verse -same as first Verse-:
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone its broken
So they think
that I was sleeping alone
I’d put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she’d be faithful
Waiting for me to come home
Chorus:
D Em C9 G
If I were a boy
D Em C9 G D
I think I could understand
Em C9
How it feels to love a girl
G D Em C9 G
I swear I’d be a better man
D Em C9 G
I’d listen to her
D Em C9 G D
Cause I know how it hurts
Em C9
When you lose the one you wanted
G D
Cause he’s taken you for granted
C9 Em7 Am
And everything you had got destroyed
Bridge:
C G D Am
It’s a little too late for you to come back
C Em
Say its just a mistake
D Am
Think I forgive you like that
C Em D
If you thought I would wait for you
C
You thought wrong
Chorus -same as previous Chorus-:
But you're just a boy
You don’t understand -yea you don’t understand-
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you’ll wish you were a better man
You don’t listen to her
You don’t care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
C
And everything you had got destroyed
Outro:
Em C9 G D
But you're just a boy
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