Boys Will Be Bugs chords by Cavetown

• Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
• Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Tune down not quite a 1/2 step to match the recording.


Intro:
D  A  F#  G  x2


Verse 1:
D               A
I’m a dumb teen boy
      F#                   G
I eat sticks and rocks and mud
        D              A
I don’t care about the government
      F#            G
And I really need a hug
       D
I feel stupid (stupid)
A

Ugly (ugly)
    F#             G
Pretend it doesn’t bother me
    D        A
I’m not very strong but
     F#                            G
I’ll fuck you up if you’re mean to bugs


D  A  F#  G  x4


Verse 2:
D            A              F#             G
It’s getting cold down here underneath the weather
          D            A
I skipped class to sit with you
         F#               G
I really like your spotty sweater
   D            A
If ladybugs are girls
       F#            G
How do you make kids together?
          D                A
What’s it like in a female world
           F#           G
I bet it’s just so much better


Pre-Chorus:
E7
I just turned fourteen
G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean


Chorus:
D     F#                    G                   A
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
D F#                   G                   A
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
D     F#                 G                    A
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
D                  F#                       G
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
     A
Boys will be bugs right?


D  A  F#  G

D  A  F#    G
      Boys will be bugs right?


Verse 3:
D
I’m a dumb teen boy
      F#          G
All I wanna do is quit
       D                  A
My mum told me that she’s worried
      F#              G
And I couldn’t give a shit
       D                A
I have friends who understand me
      F#                G
Their names are spider, beetle, bee
     D         A
They don’t say much but
F#               G
They have always listened to me


D  A  F#  G


Verse 4:
    D             A
The other boys at school
           F#                G
Think it’s cool to hate your parents
            D             A
But they’re lying all the time
         F#                    G
The bugs advised that I should let ’em
    D            A
And if you wanna cry
          F#              G
Make sure that they never see it
   D           A
Or even better yet
         F#            G
Block it out and never feel it


Pre-Chorus:
E7
I just turned fourteen
      G
And I think I know everything

Chorus:
D     F#                    G                   A
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
D F#                   G                   A
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
D     F#                 G                    A
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
D                  F#                       G
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
     A
Boys will be bugs right?

D  A  F#    G
      Boys will be bugs right?


Bridge:
E7
Just turned fourteen
      G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean
E7                          G
(Just turned fourteen and I think I know everything)
E7
Just turned fourteen
      G
And I think I know everything
 E7                         G                               A
(Just turned fourteen and I think the world revolves around me)


E  G#  A  B  x2


Chorus:
E     G#                    A                   B
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
E G#                   A                   B
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
E     G#                 A                    B
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
E                  G#                       A
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
     B
Boys will be bugs right?


E  G#  A  B
(repeat last chorus)