I'm A Boy (second version)
By The Who, 1966
>Appears on Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, 1971
Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp.
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transcribed by
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A x02220
Esus4 022200
E 022100
Eno3 022400
E5 02xxxx
D xx0232
[intro]
|A |Esus4 E |A |Esus4 |
Ooh...
|A |Eno3
One girl's called Jean Marie
|A |Eno3
One little girl's called Felicity
|A |Eno3
Another little girl was Sally Joy
|A |Eno3 |
The other was me and I'm a boy
[2/4] [4/4]
|A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5 |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|
My name is Bill and I'm a head case (They pra..)
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|2--------2----|x-9---x-9-x--9--x-9-|x--9--x-9-x-9-x-9-|
|2--------2----|--------------------|------------------|
|0--------0----|--------------------|------------------|
|--------------|--------------------|------------------|
[palm mute; x: left hand mute]
[2/4] [4/4]
(E5) |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab
They practice making up on my face
[2/4] [4/4]
E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab
I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
[2/4] [4/4]
E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|
Spend days just taking hair pins from my hair
|(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A) A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my mother won't admit it
A |(D) D (E) E |Esus4 |A |A |Eno3 |Esus4 |
I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it
|A |Eno3
Get your frock on Jean Marie
|A |Eno3
Plait your hair Felicity
|A |Eno3
Paint your nails little Sally Joy
|A |Eno3 | | | |
Put this wig on little boy
|(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A)
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it
A |(D) D (E) E |E |A |A |
I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/w/who/im_a_boy_tab.html ]
[break; bass pedal E]
|E |E |E |E |E6sus4 |E |
|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|
|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0----10/10|10-----0/0|0----10/10|
|4------4/4|4------4/4|4------4/4|4----11/11|11-----9/9|9----11/11|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------9/9|9------9/9|9------9/9|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2---------|-------7/7|7---------|
|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|
|E6sus4 |E |
|0------0/0|0------|
|10-----0/0|0------|
|11-----9/9|9------|
|9------9/9|9------|
|-------7/7|7------|
|0-0-0-0---|0------|
[E implied by bass]
|F/E |E |F/E |E |Dm/E |G/E |C/E |Dm/E |
|5-----|0-----|5-----|0-----|10----|7-----|8-----|5-----|
|6-----|0-----|6-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|
|5-----|4-----|5-----|4-----|10----|7-----|9-----|5-----|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|Bb/E |E |Dm/E |Dm/E |E |E |
|6-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----0/0/|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----0/0/|
|7-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------7/7/|
|------|------|------|------|------|----------|
[horn]
|E |E |E |E |E | | | |
|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|----|----|
|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-%--|-%--|-%--|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----|----|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|----------------|----|----|----|
Help me wash up Jean Marie
You can dry Felicity
Stack them dishes Sally Joy
Behind those scrubbed floors, I'm a boy
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it
I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it
|A |Eno3 |
I wanna play cricket on the green
|A |Eno3 |
Ride my bike across the stream
|A |Eno3
Cut myself and see my blood
|A |Eno3 | | | |
I wanna come home all covered in mud
|(D) D (E) E |(A)A (A)
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it
A |(D) D (E) E |A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
A |(D) D (E) E |(A) A A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
|D |E |Esus4 E|A A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
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