Boy Chords

Bayside
Boy
Shudder
2008 Victory Records
Submitted by: jeremyunderground41@yahoo.com
 
Key: Eb
 
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
 
Chords used:
Eb -  x68886
Bb -  x13331
Cm -  x46654
G# -  466544
G -   320033
Gm -  355333
G/B - x2x003
B -   x24442
G#m - 466444
 
 
Intro: Cm G Cm G G# G x2
 
 
Verse 1:
Cm         G
  He can't make sense
   Cm   Cm
of this He's just
    G#    G/B
too normal   This
G
place is too scary
Cm         G
  He's so scared that
      Cm      G
he'll miss It keeps
       G#    G/B
him in hiding   And
G
restless and wanting
 
 
Interlude:
Cm G Cm G G# G
 
 
Verse 2:
Cm            G     Cm
  What if for one minute
     G       G#    G/B
He's given a chance
       G
And he does something
         Cm
brilliant  But he'd
G          Cm
rather not know
      G        G#
Cause walls protect
   G/B    G
him   His bedroom
           G# G
is a prison
 
 
Chorus 1:
Eb    Gm      G#
  Now is your chance
    Eb     Eb
boy just ignore
    Gm       G#
The dreadful things
     Eb     Cm
they say Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
   G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
 
 
Post Chorus:
Cm G Cm G G# G x2
 
 
Verse 3:
Cm
If he took his
G          Cm
time to prepare
        G
Stepped out of his
G#   G/B G
shell    Blows an
          Cm
addiction   Such
  G          Cm
a comforting place
  G         G#  G/B
A common mistake
  G               G# G
A dry wishing well
 
 
Chorus 2:
Eb    Gm      G#
  Now is your chance
    Eb     Eb
boy just ignore
    Gm       G#
The dreadful things
     Eb     Cm
they say Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
   G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
      G#
So Go on give
Cm        Bb    Eb
up you'll never win
 
 
Bridge:
G#             B
  Oh what a mistake
      Gm
He is charcoal within
         Cm
He could never direct
   G#
by them He stands on
     B           Eb
the stage With a grin
G#
  But he drops on his
B            Gm
knees And is waiting
    Bb       Cm
for anything he can
believe in He's
G#
lost he just wants
      G#m
to be ordinary
 
 
Chorus 3:
Eb    Gm      G#
  Now is your chance
    Eb     Eb
boy just ignore
    Gm       G#
The dreadful things
     Eb     Cm
they say Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
   G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
      Cm
So Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
  G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
      Cm
So Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
  G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
      Cm
So Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
  G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
    Cm         G#
His blood will boil
    Bb        Cm
the kids will sing
G#       Cm
Learn to drown before
    Bb       Eb
you learn to swim
      Cm
So Go on give
G#        Bb    Cm
up you'll never win
  G#     Cm
No crying now
        Bb       Eb
they're watching him
      G#
So Go on give
Cm        Bb    Eb(hold)
up you'll never win
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