Chords with lyrics
Shy Boy:Lou Christie.
#119 on BB Hot 100 (Bubbling Under) on
ROULETTE Records in 1963.
(One of his first.)
INTRO:
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb
Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi, boy.
Eb MajorEb C minorCm AbAb Bb majorBb
Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi, boy.
Eb MajorEb F minorFm Bb majorBb BB Eb MajorEb C minorCm
Shy boy, oh, nooooooooo..shy boy,
F minorFm Bb majorBb
oh, noooooooooo..
#1.
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
Too looooooonnnnnng, I wanted to walk like a man,
AbAb Bb majorBb
ask for your hand.
Eb MajorEb F minorFm G minorGm Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb
And, oh, nooooooooow that I careeeee, I stand and stare..
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
(cause I'm a, shy boy, oh, nooooo, ohhhh, oooooo..
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
shy boy, whoah, no..oooo.
#2.
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb
And nooooooooooooooow, and now that love is here, words
F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
disappear....
Eb MajorEb F minorFm AbAb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
To looooooooove, I laughed at other lovers.
Eb MajorEb F minorFm Bb majorBb
But I wanna change, I've gotta change.
C minorCm Eb MajorEb F minorFm AbAb Bb majorBb
(Cause I'm a shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi boy.)
Eb MajorEb C minorCm F minorFm Bb majorBb
(Shy, shy, shy-yi-yi-yi boy.)
BRIDGE:
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm Bb majorBb
Now, that love is beginning..(ya-da-da, shy boy.)
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
Please be the first to take my hand..(ya-da-da, shy boy.)
AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb FF
I'm so afraid you'll walk away..you'll turn me down, you're
Bb majorBb BB E MajorE DbDb DbmDbm
gonna make me a clown..(Without a chanceeeeee)..to prove I'm not
F# minorF#m BB DbmDbm E MajorE F#F# BB
a shy boy, shy boy, oh, no.
OUTRO:
E MajorE DbmDbm F# minorF#m BB
I'm only (a shy-yi-yi-boy) a shy-yi-yi boy....(oh, don't wanna
E MajorE DbmDbm A augmentedA BB
be) a shy boy (shy boy)..(Fade.)