Boys chords by Ryan Adams

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

This song uses chords B-E-A-C#m
Transpose-4 gives you G-C-F-Am
Transpose+4 gives you D-G-C-Em


🎸 Chords:
B:  224442
C#m: 446654


🎸 Intro:
  B         E
e|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
B|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

  A         E
e|-1---0-------0---|-----------------|
B|-------3-------3-|-1---------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|
D|-----------------|-----------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|



🎸 Verse 1:
B          E
- I'm as lonely as boys
         A
I'm as lonely as boys
         E           B
I'm as lonely as monkeys taught to destroy
  C#m          E
Anything they learn to enjoy
B        E
- So pardon me, angel
      A
Pardon me, angel
        E          B
Pardon me, my love, for you is a stranger
     C#m          E
That you met some place but ignored


🎸 Chorus:
C#m         A
-- So break and go home
       B  E B E
Break and go home
C#m        A
-- Why don't you leave me?
      B  E A     E
Leave me alooo-ooo-o-o-o-o-o-oone


🎸 Verse 2:
B          E
- I'm as lonely as boys
          A
Who are lonely for girls
          E          B
Who are lonely as monkeys taught to enjoy
   C#m           E
Everything they learn to destroy
B        E
- So pardon me, angel
      A
Pardon me, angel
        E          B
Pardon me, my love, for you is in danger
  C#m          E
In danger of becoming a bore


🎸 Chorus:
C#m         A
-- So break and go home
       B  E B E
Break and go home
C#m        A
-- Why don't you leave me?
      B  E B E
Leave me alone
C#m       A          B  E B E
-- Break and go home - Break and go home
C#m       D         E
-- Break and go home - Break and go - home

🎸 Interlude:
| E | E | E | C D | E
        Go home
| E | E | E | C D |
| E | E | E | C D |


🎸 Verse 3:
B          E
- I'm the loneliest boy
          A
With the loneliest plan
           E       B
But I'm ready and I want to understand
         C#m       E
But that ain't a woman, that's a girl
B        E
- So pardon me, angel
     A
Pardon my anger
        E          B
Pardon me, my faith in girls is in danger
         C#m       E
She leaves you addicted, wanting more


🎸 Chorus:
C#m         A
-- So break and go home
       B  E B E
Break and go home
C#m        A
-- Why don't you leave me?
      B  E  B E
Leave me aloo-oone


🎸 Outro:
C#m       A
-- Break and go home
        B  E A     E
Break and go hooo-ooo-o-o-o-o-o-oome
   B  E A     E
Go hooo-ooo-o-o-o-o-o-oome
   B  E A     E
Go hooo-ooo-o-o-o-o-o-oome