Boy Boy Chords

Key- CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays710

Boy Boy by Colin Hay is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			From the Peaks and Valleys album. Tis a song about a dog. 

  Boy   was   a  dog   he   was   my   friend 
e|-0-----2----4---5----4-----2----0------2---------------------------------------------| 
B|---------------------------------------3---------------------------------------------| 
G|---------------------------------------4---------------------------------------------| 
D|---------------------------------------4---------------------------------------------| 
A|---------------------------------------2---------------------------------------------| 
E|---------------------------------------x---------------------------------------------| 

    And  in the end I lost him 
e|---0----2--4---5--4---2---7---(7----------------------)----------| 
B|------------------------------(9----------------------)----------| 
G|------------------------------(9--after the first time)----------| 
D|------------------------------(9----------------------)----------| 
A|------------------------------(7----------------------)----------| 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------| 

   Sail   on       Sail  on  then     my   boy   friend 
e|--9-----7----------9----2----7------2--------0--------------------------------------| 
B|--9-----9----------9----2----9------2--------0--------------------------------------| 
G|--7-----9----------7----2----9------2--------1--------------------------------------| 
D|--8-----9----------8----4----9------4--------2--------------------------------------| 
A|--8-----7----------8----4----7------4--------2--------------------------------------| 
E|--9----------------9----2-----------2--------0--------------------------------------| 


The rest of the song goes the same way. Comment if you have one. 

    	

Chord diagrams

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