If I Were A Boy chords by Ruth Brown

Chords with lyrics

Verse one
       G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7       G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7
If I were a boy      Even just for a day
      G/BG/B        C majorC             G/BG/B   Am7Am7        G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B
I roll out of bed in the morning and throw on what I wanted and go
Am7Am7         G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B
Drink beer with the guys    and chase after girls
   G/BG/B      C majorC                G/BG/B   Am7Am7         G/BG/B
I kick it with who I wanted and I never get confronted for it
  C majorC              G/BG/B  Am7Am7
Because they stick up for me

      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B   Am7Am7    G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
If I were a boy  I think that I understand
     G/BG/B     C majorC          G/BG/B         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
How it feels to love a girl I swear I be a better man
       G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
I listen to her      cause I know how it hurts
      G/BG/B     C majorC                    G/BG/B      Am7Am7
When you lose the one you wanted cause he taken you for granted
   G/BG/B    C majorC           G/BG/B  Am7Am7
And everything you had got destroyed!

Verse Two
       G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7       G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
If I were a boy      I would turn off my phone
      G/BG/B        C majorC         G/BG/B     Am7Am7        G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B
Tell everyone that its broken so they think that I was sleeping alone
Am7Am7    G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7         G/BG/B     C majorC  G/BG/B
I put myself first    and make the rules as I go
   G/BG/B      C majorC                    G/BG/B   Am7Am7       G/BG/B C majorC     G/BG/B  Am7Am7
Cause I know that she be faithful waiting for me to come home,  to come home

      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B       Am7Am7    G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
If I were a boy  I think that I could understand
         G/BG/B      C majorC    G/BG/B         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
How it feels to love a girl I swear I be a better man
      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
I listen to her    cause I know how it hurts
      G/BG/B     C majorC                    G/BG/B      Am7Am7
when you loose the one you wanted cause he taken you for granted
   G/BG/B    C majorC           G/BG/B  Am7Am7
And everything you had got destroyed!

Verse three
       G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7       G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
It a little too late    for you to come back
      G/BG/B       C majorC   G/BG/B     Am7Am7     G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B
Say its just a mistake think I forgive you like that
       G/BG/B C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7   G/BG/B    C majorC G/BG/B  C majorC     G/BG/B  Am7Am7
If you thought      I would wait for you    you thought wrong

      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B       Am7Am7    G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
But your just a boy You don understand (and you don understand)
         G/BG/B      C majorC    G/BG/B         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
How it feels to love a girl someday you wish you were a better man
      G/BG/B  C majorC G/BG/B Am7Am7         G/BG/B  C majorC  G/BG/B  Am7Am7
You don listen to her you don care how it hurts
      G/BG/B     C majorC                    G/BG/B      Am7Am7
Until you lose the one you wanted cause you taken her for granted
   G/BG/B               C majorC           G/BG/B         Am7Am7
And everything that you had got destroyed but your just a boy