Sometimes I Wish I Were A Boy chords by Lesley Gore

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

INTRO: Db Ab

Ab              Fm           Db     Eb     Ab
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

#1.
G         Fm              C              Ab
I've been standing by the jukebox hoping he'd
    Eb    Ab
ask me to dance.
      Cm           G              Eb      Cm
How I wish I could run to him and hug him but a
F            Bb        Eb    Db
girl mustn't make an advance.

CHORUS:
Eb     Ab                  Cm            Db
Ohhhh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful, it fills my
           E
heart with joy.
    Ab              Fm            Db     Eb     Ab
But sometimes, yes, sometimees, I wish I were a boy.

#2.
         Fm             Cm             Eb
Oh, he's dancing with another and he's holding her
   Ab
so tight.
       Cm                            Eb
Wish I had nerve to cut right in and stop it..but
  Fm          Bb    Eb  Db
a girl has to be polite.

CHORUS:
Eb         Gm7        Ab                  Cm
Ohhhh-ohhh-oooh-oooh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful,
   Db                  E
it fills my heart with joy.
    Ab              Fm           Db     Eb     Ab
But sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

#3.
         Fm            Cm         Ab
Now, the record hop is over and I think he caught

my eye.
        Cm            G              Eb
Here he comes heading straight in my direction..
Cm       F          Bb         Eb  Db
there he goes, he's passing me by.

CHORUS:
Eb         Gm7        Ab                  Cm
Ohhhh-ohhh-oooh-oooh, I'm a girl and it's wonderful,
   Db                  E
it fills my heart with joy.
    Ab              Fm           Db     Eb     Ab
But sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.

OUTRO:
Ab              Fm           Db     Eb     Ab
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.
Ab              Fm           Db     Eb     Ab
Sometimes, yes, sometimes, I wish I were a boy.



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