Boy chords by Maisie Peters

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

C#m



🎸 Verse 1:
 C#m          A
I heard you had a lot of therapy
 E
When you were seventeen
  B
For your anger issues
 C#m       A
If I had a pound for every hole
 E
I saw punched in a wall
  B
I'd be a rich girl yeah
  C#m        A
In love is something that you'll never be
  E          B
It got progressively harder to miss you
  C#m    A   E   B
And you should take this personally

🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 C#m
You're a serial cheater
  A
'You up?' text repeater
 E              B
When I told you you were funny I lied
 C#m                   A
You're a 'love 'em and leave 'еm' with a terrible reason
 E             B
Shh, now is not thе time to reply


🎸 Chorus:
 C#m        A        E         B
Boy you think I'm dumb, tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
 C#m       A         E         B
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it

But you're a
C#m  A
Boy
 E     B             C#m
And I can tell that you've never been hugged
 A
Boy
 E          B
And I can do better than this

Oh, better than this


Post-🎸 Chorus:
C#m      A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
E
I can do better than
 B
I can do better than this
 C#m      A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
 E
I can do better than
 B
I can do better than this


🎸 Verse 2:
 C#m              A
You said I'd meet your friends eventually
  E
When you're ready to be
   B
A little more exclusive
 C#m          A
If I was the last girl on earth
        E
You'd still be weighing up your options, mm
 C#m          A
You said you got a lot of enemies
 E            B
And you claim your dreams are always lucid
 C#m      A     E     B
But you're just high and can't tell the difference


🎸 Pre-Chorus:
 C#m
She tries to get closer
 A
So you go and ghost her
  E     B
Like it's perpetual Halloween
 C#m
You're obsessed with your father
 A           E
Red flag and a half, yeah
   B
Babe, we could unpack it for weeks


🎸 Chorus:
 C#m        A         E          B
Boy you think I'm dumb, tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
 C#m        A        E         B
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it

But you're a
 C#m A
Boy
 E     B              C#m
And I can tell that you've never been hugged
 A
Boy
 E       B
And I can do better than this
 B
Oh, better than this


Post-🎸 Chorus:
C#m       A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
E
I can do better than
B
I can do better than this
C#m      A     E     B
La la la la la la la la la la la la la


🎸 Bridge:
C#m
You're kinda sociopathic
 A
I nearly buried the hatchet
 E                B
Then I remembered how you messed with my head
C#m
I could be a grown-up
A
But, baby, you know what
E             B
Maybe I release this song instead


🎸 Chorus:
 C#m        A
Boy you think I'm dumb
      E           B
Tryna pull one on me like I've never been kissed
 C#m       A       E                B
You had a couple of exes and I know that they let you get away with it

But you're a
 C#m  A
Boy (laugh)
 E     B              C#m
And I can tell that you've never been hugged
 A
Boy
 E     B
And I can do better than this
   C#m
Oh, better than this


Post-🎸 Chorus:
 C#m      A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
E
I can do better than
B
I can do better than this
C#m       A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
 E
I can do better than
 B
I can do better than this
C#m       A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
 E
Better than you
 B
Better than you
 C#m
Better than this
 A
La la la la la la la la la la la la la
 E
Better than you
 B
Better than you
 C#m
Better than this
 C#m
Boy