Idiot Boyfriend Chords
by Jimmy Fallon
Idiot Boyfriend by Jimmy Fallon is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of B. It uses the chords B, E and F#. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Well I crack up whenever I see the video or hear the song and by listening to it for so long
and at times playing my guitar trying to figure it out (especially for my girlfriend)
I came up with all this. No matter where I've looked I haven't found a tab. It's my first real
tab, but it seems every tab you look at is someone's first tab. Anways here it is!
Symbols: R Slight Rest
S Sliiide
Main Riff(Verse) for Guitar/Bass (Octaves Optional)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|----4------6-s------8------R-9---9----11--11---------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------4-s------6--------R-7----7-----9---9---------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
Pre Verse/Chorus Thing (Baby I know Im a man whos made mistakes,
I still got some learnin to do...etc)
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9--9---8--8---6--6---S8--8--6--6--4--4-------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7--7---6--6---4--4---S6--6--4--4--2--2-------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
1st Time 2nd Time(Fool around with it)
________ _____________
E|----------------------|------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------|------------|-------------------------|
G|--S9--9--8--8--6--6---|-R--4-------|---11----11--11----------|
D|----------------------|------------|-------------------------|
A|--S7--7--6--6--4--4---|-R--2-------|---9--9------9-----------|
E|----------------------|------------|-------------------------|
Around the time of "I hope you like this norelco big trimmer...with my name on it and Im your
boyfriend" part, a keyboard comes in, the chords it plays and the chords a guitar would play
throughout the song are:
B, E, F#, and E
They sound best played high up on the neck
B E F#
E|-----7------7----9-------------------------------------------|
B|-----7------9----11------------------------------------------|
G|-----8------9----11------------------------------------------|
D|-----9------9----11------------------------------------------|
A|-----9------7----9-------------------------------------------|
E|-----7-------------------------------------------------------|
"Hey baby, you like fine cookin? Cause you know what? I got a Swanson's Dinner in the freezer
with your name on it (wah-wah)."