Boys Will Be Bugs chords by Cavetown

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

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


Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA F#F# G+G x2


Verse 1:
D MajorD        A augmentedA
I’m a dumb teen boy
   F#F#          G+G
I eat sticks and rocks and mud
    D MajorD       A augmentedA
I don’t care about the government
   F#F#      G+G
And I really need a hug
    D MajorD
I feel stupid (stupid)
A augmentedA
Ugly (ugly)
  F#F#       G+G
Pretend it doesn’t bother me
  D MajorD    A augmentedA
I’m not very strong but
   F#F#              G+G
I’ll fuck you up if you’re mean to bugs

D MajorD A augmentedA F#F# G+G x4


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

Pre-Chorus:
E7E7
I just turned fourteen
G+G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean


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


D MajorD A augmentedA F#F# G+G

D MajorD A augmentedA F#F#  G+G
   Boys will be bugs right?


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


D MajorD A augmentedA F#F# G+G


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


Pre-Chorus:
E7E7
I just turned fourteen
   G+G
And I think I know everything

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

D MajorD A augmentedA F#F#  G+G
   Boys will be bugs right?


Bridge:
E7E7
Just turned fourteen
   G+G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean
E7E7             G+G
(Just turned fourteen and I think I know everything)
E7E7
Just turned fourteen
   G+G
And I think I know everything
 E7E7             G+G                A augmentedA
(Just turned fourteen and I think the world revolves around me)


E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA BB x2


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


E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA BB
(repeat last chorus)

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