If I Were A Boy Chords
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Complete and playable version / intermediate with split chords and suggestions for voicings of special chords / 2 versions: with and without capo.Was this info helpful?
| Difficulty: | intermediate |
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| Tuning: | E A D G B E |
| Capo: | 6th fret |
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If I Were a Boy – Beyonce
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Written by: BC Jean/Toby Gad
From: "I Am... Sasha Fierce" (2008)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
Two versions:
1 capo 6th fret: original key
2 no capo: more bottom end
– for original key tune the guitar one half step down
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[Verse 1]
capo: 6th fret
play: Am
key: Ebm
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-x
Fadd9 (t)1-3-3-0-1-x
C x-3-2-0-1-x
G 3-x-0-0-0-x
G/B x-2-0-0-0-x
Fadd+11 (t)1-3-3-0-0-x actually Fsus2add#11
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[Verse]
| Am7 Fadd9 |
If I were a boy
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
Even just for a day
Am7 Fadd9
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
And throw on what I wanted and go (Drink beer ...)
[Verse]
| Am7 Fadd9 |
Drink beer with the guys
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
And chase after girls
Am7 Fadd9
I’d kick it with who I wanted
C G
And I’d never get confronted for it
Am7 Fadd9 C
Because they’d stick up for me
[Chorus]
G | Am7 Fadd9 |
If I were a boy
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
I think I could understand
Am7 Fadd9
How it feels to love a girl
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
I swear I’d be a better man (I’d listen ...)
G/B | Am7 Fadd9 |
I’d listen to her
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
‘Cause I know how it hurts
Am7 Fadd9
When you lose the one you wanted
C G
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted
Fadd9 Fadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[Verse]
| Am7 Fadd9 |
If I were a boy
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
I would turn off my phone
Am7 Fadd9
Tell everyone it’s broken
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
So they think that I was sleeping alone (I’d put ...)
G | Am7 Fadd9 |
I’d put myself first
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
And make the rules as I go
Am7 Fadd9
‘Cause I know that she’d be faithful
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
Waiting for me to come home ( to come home)
[Chorus]
G | Am7 Fadd9 |
If I were a boy
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
I think I could understand
Am7 Fadd9
How it feels to love a girl
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
I swear I’d be a better man (I’d listen ...)
G/B | Am7 Fadd9 |
I’d listen to her
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
‘Cause I know how it hurts
Am7 Fadd9
When you lose the one you wanted
C G
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted
Fadd9 Fadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[MIDDLE 8]
Dm7 F Am G Dm7
It’s a little too late for you to come back
F Am
Say "It’s just a mistake."
G Dm7
Think I forgive you like that
F Am
If you thought I would wait for you
G | Fadd9 | Fadd+11 |
You thought wrong
[Chorus]
| Am7 Fadd9 |
But you’re just a boy
C G Am7 Fadd9 | C G/B |
You don’t understand (and you don’t understand)
Am7 Fadd9
How it feels to love a girl, someday you’ll
C G | Am7 Fadd9 |
Wish you were a better man
C G | Am7 Fadd9 |
You don’t listen to her
C G | Am7 Fadd9 | C G |
You don’t care how it hurts
Am7 Fadd9
Until you lose the one you wanted
C G
Cause you taken her for granted
Fadd9 Fadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[Outro]
| Am7 Fadd9 | C G
But you’re just a boy…
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[Verse 2]
No capo – one semi-tone up compared to Beyonce’s recording. In order to
match with the original, tune down the guitar one-semi tone to
Eb-A-Db-G-Bb-Eb.
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
Em7 0-2-2-0-3-x
Cadd9 x-3-2-0-3-x
G 3-x-0-0-3-x
D x-x-0-2-3-x
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-x
Em9/C x-3-2-0-3-2 actually Cadd9/#11
Am7 x-0-2-0-1-0
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[Verse]
| Em7 Cadd9 |
If I were a boy
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
Even just for a day
Em7 Cadd9
I’d roll out of bed in the morning
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
And throw on what I wanted and go (Drink beer ...)
[Verse]
| Em7 Cadd9 |
Drink beer with the guys
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
And chase after girls
Em7 Cadd9
I’d kick it with who I wanted
G D
And I’d never get confronted for it
Em7 Cadd9 G
Because they’d stick up for me
[Chorus]
D | Em7 Cadd9 |
If I were a boy
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
I think I could understand
Em7 Cadd9
How it feels to love a girl
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
I swear I’d be a better man (I’d listen ...)
D/F# | Em7 Cadd9 |
I’d listen to her
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
‘Cause I know how it hurts
Em7 Cadd9
When you lose the one you wanted
G D
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted
Cadd9 Cadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[Verse]
| Em7 Cadd9 |
If I were a boy
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
I would turn off my phone
Em7 Cadd9
Tell everyone it’s broken
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
So they think that I was sleeping alone (I’d put ...)
D | Em7 Cadd9 |
I’d put myself first
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
And make the rules as I go
Em7 Cadd9
‘Cause I know that she’d be faithful
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
Waiting for me to come home ( to come home)
[Chorus]
D | Em7 Cadd9 |
If I were a boy
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
I think I could understand
Em7 Cadd9
How it feels to love a girl
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
I swear I’d be a better man (I’d listen ...)
D/F# | Em7 Cadd9 |
I’d listen to her
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
‘Cause I know how it hurts
Em7 Cadd9
When you lose the one you wanted
G D
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted
Cadd9 Cadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[MIDDLE 8]
Am7 C Em D Am7
It’s a little too late for you to come back
C Em
Say "It’s just a mistake."
D Am7
Think I forgive you like that
C Em
If you thought I would wait for you
D | Cadd9 | Em9/C |
You thought wrong
[Chorus]
| Em7 Cadd9 |
But you’re just a boy
G D Em7 Cadd9 | G D/F# |
You don’t understand (and you don’t understand)
Em7 Cadd9
How it feels to love a girl, someday you’ll
G D | Em7 Cadd9 |
Wish you were a better man
G D | Em7 Cadd9 |
You don’t listen to her
G D | Em7 Cadd9 | G D |
You don’t care how it hurts
Em7 Cadd9
Until you lose the one you wanted
G D
Cause you taken her for granted
Cadd9 Cadd9
And everything you had got destroyed
[Outro]
| Em7 Cadd9 | G D
But you’re just a boy ...
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If I Were A Boy – Beyoncé
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3 comments
great version I transposed +4 and put capo on 2nd
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love it and specially version 1:)
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