If I Were A Boy chords by Beyoncé

Chords with lyrics

If I Were A augmentedA Boy by Beyonce Knowles

Below, you’ll find the strumming patterns that you need to use to play the chords of
song and the chords themselves.

Difficulty: Beginner
Tuning: Standard - no capo needed

Strumming Patterns: Verses & Chorus
            down-down-down
            up-down-up-down
            down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up (chorus’ end)
          Bridge
            down-down
Chords: Em-C9-G-Dsus (Verse 1 & 2 and Chorus 1, 2 & 3)
    C majorC (at the end of the Chorus 1 & 3)
    C9-Em7 (at the end of the Chorus 2)
    Am-C-G-Dsus-Em (Bridge)
Note: All along the way, until to the end of the song, (except on the
   Bridge) put your ring finger on the 2nd string (BB string) & the pinky
   on the 1st string (high E MajorE string)

Verse 1:

        E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
If I were a boy

   DsusDsus     E minorEm  C9C9  G+G  DsusDsus
Even just for a day

     E minorEm     C9C9
I’d roll out of bed in the morning

  G+G        DsusDsus    E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
And throw on what I wanted and go

DsusDsus          E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
Drink beer with the guys

  DsusDsus       E minorEm  C9C9  G+G  DsusDsus
And chase after girls

     E minorEm      C9C9
I’d kick it with who I wanted

  G+G       DsusDsus
And I’d never get confronted for it

E minorEm       C9C9      G+G
Because they’d stick up for me

Chorus:

DsusDsus      E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
If I were a boy

    DsusDsus       E minorEm  C9C9  G+G  DsusDsus
I think I could understand

    E minorEm      C9C9
How it feels to love a girl

 G+G       DsusDsus    E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
I swear I’d be a better man

DsusDsus       E minorEm  C9C9  G+G
I’d listen to her

    DsusDsus      E minorEm  C9C9  G+G  DsusDsus
Cause I know how it hurts

     E minorEm      C9C9
When you lose the one you wanted

      G+G       DsusDsus
Cause he’s taken you for granted

  C majorC
And everything you had got destroyed

Verse 2:

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

If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I’d be a better man
I’d listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he’s taken you for granted (granted)

  C9C9              E minor 7Em7 A minorAm
And everything you had got destroyed

Bridge:

    C majorC     G+G    DsusDsus    A minorAm
It’s a little too late for you to come back

    C majorC     E minorEm
Say its just a mistake

      DsusDsus     A minorAm
Think I forgive you like that

    C majorC     E minorEm        DsusDsus
If you thought I would wait for you

  C majorC
You thought wrong


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 majorC
And everything you had got destroyed

           E minorEm C9C9 G+G DsusDsus
But you’re just a boy

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