Boy Chords
by Charlie Puth
Boy by Charlie Puth is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Ebm. It uses the chords Ebm, Db, Gb, Ab, Bbm and Fm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
e|--------|---------|--------|----------|
B|--------|---------|--------|----------|
G|--------|---------|--------|-/10------|
D|------4-|---------|--------|-------/4-|
A|--6-4---|---------|----4---|-----8----|
E|--------|-2--4--6-|--6---4-|----------|
verse 1
|Ebm Db Gb
I got these girls tryna lock me down
|Gb Ab Bbm
And I always up and leave
|Bbm Db Ab
But for the first time in a while
|Bbm Fm Gb
I wanna throw away the key
|Ebm Db Gb
And I know you've been in
|Gb Ab Bbm
A couple more relationships than me
|Bbm Db Ab
'Cause you talk a different talk
|Bbm Fm Gb
And you kiss me differently
Pre-Chorus
|Ebm Db Gb
Now I don't know where to go
|Gb Ab Bbm
After you left me this way
|Bbm Db Ab
After you love me so good
|Bbm Fm Gb
How are you gonna tell me you don't wanna stay?
|Ebm Db Gb
You tell me I'm too young, but
|Gb Ab Bbm
I gave you what you wanted
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm
Like a boy
Db Gb
You won't wake up beside me
|Gb Ab Bbm
'Cause I was born in the '90s
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm Db Gb
Like a boy (don't treat me like)
|Gb Ab Bbm
Boy (don't treat me like)
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Boy
verse 2
|Ebm Db Gb
You told me you needed a perfect guy
|Gb Ab Bbm
That'll make your parents proud
|Bbm Db Ab
Guess you still ain't found him yet (why?)
|Bbm Fm Gb
'Cause we're still messin' around (oh)
|Ebm Db Gb
And now you watch me put in all this work
|Gb Ab Bbm
Just to say it won't work out (work out)
|Bbm Db Ab
You never took me seriously (took me seriously)
|Bbm Fm Gb
Now what the hell is that about?
Pre-Chorus
|Ebm Db Gb
Now I don't know where to go
|Gb Ab Bbm
After you left me this way
|Bbm Db Ab
After you love me so good
|Bbm Fm Gb
How are you gonna tell me you don't wanna stay?
|Ebm Db Gb
You tell me I'm too young, but
|Gb Ab Bbm
I gave you what you wanted
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm
Like a boy
|Db Gb
You won't wake up beside me
|Gb Ab Bbm
'Cause I was born in the '90s
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm Db Gb
Like a boy (don't treat me like)
|Gb Ab Bbm
Boy (don't treat me like)
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Boy
|Ebm Db Gb
Baby don't you treat me like a boy (don't treat me like)
|Gb Ab Bbm
Boy (don't treat me like)
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Boy
Main riff x2
e|--------|---------|--------|----------|
B|--------|---------|--------|----------|
G|--------|---------|--------|-/10------|
D|------4-|---------|--------|-------/4-|
A|--6-4---|---------|----4---|-----8----|
E|--------|-2--4--6-|--6---4-|----------|
|Ebm Db Gb
You tell me I'm too young, but
|Gb Ab Bbm
I gave you what you wanted
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm
Like a boy
|Db Gb
You won't wake up beside me
|Gb Ab Bbm
'Cause I was born in the '90s
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Baby, how dare you treat me just like
|Ebm Db Gb
Like a boy (don't treat me like)
|Gb Ab Bbm
Boy (don't treat me like)
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Boy
|Ebm Db Gb
Baby don't you treat me like a boy (don't treat me like)
|Gb Ab Bbm
Boy (don't treat me like)
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb
Boy
Outro
|Ebm Db Gb |Gb Ab Bbm |Bbm Db Ab
|Bbm Fm Gb
Just like, like a boy
|Ebm Db Gb |Gb Ab Bbm |Bbm Db Ab
|Bbm Fm Gb
Just like, like a boy
|Ebm Db Gb |Gb Ab Bbm
|Bbm Db Ab |Bbm Fm Gb