Nature Boy Chords
Nature Boy by Nat King Cole is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E7, Am, Dm, Dm7, E, Am7+, Am7, Am6, Bm7-5, F, Gdim and E7+5. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E7 Am Dm E7 Am Dm7
There was a boy, a very strange enchanted boy.
E E7 Am Am7+ Am7 Am6
They say he wandered very far, very far,
Dm7 Am E7
Over land and sea;
Dm7 E7 Bm7-5 Am F Dm7 E7
A little shy and sad of eye, but very wise was he.
Am Dm E7 Am Dm7
And then one day, a magic day he passed my way;
E E7 Am Am7+ Am7 Am6
And while we spoke of many things, fools and kings,
Dm7 Am E7
This he said to me,
Gdim Dm7 Bm7-5 Am Am7+
"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7 E7+5 Am E7
Is just to love and be loved in re - turn."
(Instrumental Interlude - 1st 3 lines of second verse)
Gdim Dm7 Bm7-5 Am Am7+
"The greatest thing you'll ev - er learn
Bm7-5 E7 Bm7-5 E7 E7+5 Am
Is just to love and be loved in re - turn."