This boy Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays410

This boy by James Morrison is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, G, D, Am, B7, Cm and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
G
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16
Speed
  			 (All chords are relative to the capo) 
 
 
Intro:  Em  C  G  D 
        Em  C  G  D 
 
 
Verse: 
Em                 C 
This boy wants to play 
                       G 
There's no time left today 
                        D 
It's a shame 'cause he has to go home 
Em                 C 
This boy's got to work 
                     G                        D 
Got to sweat just to pay what he gets to get left all alone 
 
 
Bridge: 
Am                  C 
Well let's step outside 
                G 
Let's go for a ride 
              D 
Just for a while 
Am                C 
No we won't get caught 
                     G                D 
Well that's what I thought, until we cry 
G 
I'm still here 
         B7 
But it hasn't been easy 
Em            Cm 
I'm sure that you had your reasons 
G          B7 
I'm scared for this emotion 
     C                          A 
For years I've been holding it down 
      Cm 
For years I've been holding it down 
Verse 2: 
Em                   C 
This girl tries her best everyday 
          G                               D   
But it's all gone to waste 'cause there's no one around 
Em                 C 
This girl she can draw she can paint 
          G 
Likes to dance she can skate 
         D 
Now she don't make a sound 
 
 
Bridge: 
Am                 C 
We'll play in the park 
                 G             D 
'Till it's too dark for us to see 
Am                       C 
Well we'll make our way home 
                  G 
With mud on our clothes 
               D 
She won't be pleased 
G 
I'm still here 
         B7 
But it hasn't been easy 
Em            Cm 
I'm sure that you had your reasons 
G          B7 
I'm scared for this emotion 
      C                        A 
For years I've been holding it down 
        G        B7 
And I, love to forgive and forget 
      Em         Cm 
So I, try to put all this behind us 
       G            B7 
Just, know that my arms are wide open 
C                    A             Cm 
The older I get, the more that I know 
Cm 
Well it's time to let this go 
 
D 
I got to let it go (x4) 
 
 
{Play Chorus} 
 
 
        G        B7 
And I, love to forgive and forget 
      Em         Cm 
So I, try to put all this behind us 
       G            B7 
Just, know that my arms are wide open 
C                    A              Cm 
The older I get, the more that I know 
 
Cm                            G 
Well it's time to let this go 
 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante