Be A Boy Chords

KeyDm Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Be A Boy by Robbie Williams is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Dm with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Dm, F, Am and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Intro: Dm F Am C (4x) 

Dm                F 
When you're young you hope to be 
Am       C 
Menacing in vanity 
Dm           F 
6 feet tall, maybe more 
Am         C 
Bigger now than before 

     Dm          F 
They said it was leaving me 
    Am        C 
The magic was leaving me 
        Dm       F 
I don't think so 
        Am       C 
I don't think so 

     Dm              F 
They said it was leaving 
     Am           C 
They said it went on 
            Dm                F 
Now I could make this last forever 
         Am            C 
And be a boy, and be a boy 

Dm                F 
When you're young you hope to see 
Am                  C 
And carve your name into the street 
Dm              F 
Bout your words of satellites 
Am                   C 
That keep the wasted up tonight 

     Dm          F 
They said it was leaving me 
    Am        C 
The magic was leaving me 
        Dm       F 
I don't think so 
        Am       C 
I don't think so 

     Dm              F 
They said it was leaving 
     Am           C 
They said it went on 
            Dm                F 
Now I could make this last forever 
         Am            C 
And be a boy, and be a boy 

        Dm            F 
There's safety in the jungle 
       Am              C 
If you treat it like a toy 
     Dm               F 
Make sure you talk to strangers 
         Am            C 
And be a boy, and be a boy 

Be a boy 

Dm F Am C (2x) 

     Dm          F 
They said it was leaving me 
    Am        C 
The magic was leaving me 
        Dm       F 
I don't think so 
        Am       C 
I don't think so 

Dm F Am C (2x) 

           Dm                    F 
All of the boys are gonna be someone 
             Am                C 
The time you caught but it was gone 
             Dm                F 
The time you caught but it was gone 
               Am            C 
It takes a big man to be someone 

           Dm                    F 
All of the boys are gonna be someone 
             Am                C 
The time you caught but it was gone 
             Dm                F 
The time you caught but it was gone 
               Am            C 
It takes a big man to be someone 

              Dm                       F 
I'm half your age and lived twice your life 
    Am                   C 
And hide on streets, you walk tonight 
    Dm                  F 
The time you caught but it's not mine 
   Am                 C 
It takes a big man to be someone 

              Dm                       F 
I'm half your age and lived twice your life 
    Am             C 
And I don't sleep alone tonight 
    Dm                  F 
The time you caught but it's not mine 
   Am                 C 
It takes a big man to be someone 

 
    	

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