If I We're A Boy chords by Ruth Brown

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

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

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

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

Verse three
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It a little too late       for you to come back
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Say its just a mistake think I forgive you like that
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If you thought            I would wait for you        you thought wrong

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