Is It Boy Chords

KeyB Capo4st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays524

Is It Boy by Mac Demarco is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of B with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords G6, G/F, Em, D7, G13/F, C7M, C7M(9), Am7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
B
Text
16
Speed
  			 

Intro: G6  G/F  Em  D7 
        G6  G/F  Em  D7 
  
Verso 1:
G6          G/F 
Exercise to stay alive 
Em               D7 
Another year has gone and passed you by 
  
G6  G13/F  Em  D7 
  
G6          G/F 
Waking up to coffee cup 
Em              D7 
Stretch it off, rip it up 
  
( G6  G/F  Em  D7 ) 
  
Verso 2:
G6               G/F 
When the old man gets to see it 
Em 
He'll be whistling 
D7 
All his worries away 
  
G6*  G13/F  Em  D7 
  
G6              G/F 
And I know just how you see them 
Em 
Keep believin' 
D7 
That you'll find your foot someday 
  
( G6  G/F  Em  D7 ) 
  

G6             C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
But you won't, will  you      boy 
G6               C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
But no you won't will  you      boy 
G6                      C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
It's not what you want, is    it       boy 
  
It's not what you want 
  
( G6   C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 ) 
  
Verso 3:
G6       G/F 
Exercise another way 
Em                 D7 
To live your life, some other day ahead 
  
G6  G/F  Em  D7 
  
G6          G/F 
Sleepin' in the day begins 
Em            D7 
You decide to rise up from your bed 
  
( G6  G/F  Em  D7 ) 
  
Verso 4:
G6               G/F 
When the old man gets to see it 
Em                      D7 
Understand that all his dreamin' days are gone 
  
( G6  G/F  Em  D7 ) 
  
G6                  G/F 
And I hope now that you'll feel it 
Em                      D7 
Your belief in all this nonsense is done 
  
( G6  G/F  Em  D7 ) 
  

G6            C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
But it's not, is    it       boy 
G6           C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
No it's not, is    it       boy 
G6                       C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
So take what you've got, can't you      boy 
  
Take what you've got 
  
Outro: G6   C7M  C7M(9)  Am7   D7 
        G 
    	

Chord diagrams

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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