Sometimes I Wish I Were A Boy chords by Lesley Gore

Chords with lyrics

Sometimes I Wish I Were A augmentedA Boy:Lesley Gore.
#86 on BB Hot 100 on MERCURY Records
in 1964.

INTRO: DbDb AbAb

AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

#1.
G+G     F minorFm       C majorC       AbAb
I've been standing by the jukebox hoping he'd
  Eb MajorEb  AbAb
ask me to dance.
   C minorCm      G+G       Eb MajorEb   C minorCm
How I wish I could run to him and hug him but a
FF      Bb majorBb    Eb MajorEb  DbDb
girl mustn't make an advance.

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb   AbAb         C minorCm      DbDb
Ohhhh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful, it fills my
      E MajorE
heart with joy.
  AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
But sometimes, yes, sometimees, I wish I were a boy.

#2.
     F minorFm       C minorCm       Eb MajorEb
Oh, he's dancing with another and he's holding her
  AbAb
so tight.
    C minorCm              Eb MajorEb
Wish I had nerve to cut right in and stop it..but
 F minorFm     Bb majorBb  Eb MajorEb DbDb
a girl has to be polite.

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb     Gm7Gm7    AbAb         C minorCm
Ohhhh-ohhh-oooh-oooh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful,
  DbDb         E MajorE
it fills my heart with joy.
  AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
But sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

#3.
     F minorFm      C minorCm     AbAb
Now, the record hop is over and I think he caught

my eye.
    C minorCm      G+G       Eb MajorEb
Here he comes heading straight in my direction..
C minorCm    FF     Bb majorBb     Eb MajorEb DbDb
there he goes, he's passing me by.

CHORUS:
Eb MajorEb     Gm7Gm7    AbAb         C minorCm
Ohhhh-ohhh-oooh-oooh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful,
  DbDb         E MajorE
it fills my heart with joy.
  AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
But sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

OUTRO:
AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.
AbAb       F minorFm      DbDb   Eb MajorEb   AbAb
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.