Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Verse 1:
Bb majorBb
I work at the mall food court
DmDm
And when I get home
FF Eb MajorEb
I fix something to eat, settle into my seat
Bb majorBb FF
And turn on the country radio
FF Bb majorBb
I know every word to every song
FF
And they make these lonely nights a little less long
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
'Cause then I'm under the stars, regular at the bar
G minorGm FF
Got a perfect girl, I got a worn in truck
Eb MajorEb FF
We go down to the river, and the moonlight is silver
Eb MajorEb FF
But most of all I get to be in love
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I wanna be that boy, I wanna be that girl
FF
I wanna know what it's like to fall in love
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Like most of the rest of the world
G minorGm DmDm
But as far as these songs will take me is as far as I'll go
BbmBbm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
I'm just a gay kid in a small town
FF Bb majorBb
Who loves country radio
Verse 2:
Bb majorBb
I feel it in old time,
DmDm
I feel it brand new
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
The lonesome refrain, the secrets and pain
Bb majorBb FF
Like only a song can know you
Bb majorBb FF
But then I close my eyes, it's like I clicked my heels
C minorCm Eb MajorEb
That's me in the story and the story is real
G minorGm FF
It works like a charm, I've got him on my arm
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
We're taking a chance on a dance while the band
G minorGm FF
Plays our favorite song, we're singing along
Eb MajorEb FF
And tonight, he's gonna ask my hand
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
I wanna be that boy, I wanna be that girl
FF
I wanna know what it's like to fall in love
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Like most of the rest of the world
G minorGm DmDm
But as far as these songs will take me is as far as I'll go
BbmBbm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
I'm just a gay kid in a small town
FF G minorGm
Who loves country radio
Break:
DmDm AbAb C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm C majorC C7C7 FF
Bridge:
FF G minorGm
And as I'm driving from work
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
The sign at your church says, repent now
FF D7D7
You can't go back to the ways of your past
G minorGm Eb MajorEb
So I go twice as fast to turn you on
FF
So I can live like that
Chorus:
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Boy, I wanna be that girl
FF
I wanna know what it's like to fall in love
Eb MajorEb Bb majorBb
Like most of the rest of the world
G minorGm DmDm
But as far as these songs will take me is as far as I'll go
BbmBbm Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm
I'm just a gay kid in a small town
FF G minorGm
Who loves country radio