Go Away, Little Boy Chords

KeyA CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays409

Go Away, Little Boy by Shirley Horn is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords A, F#m, D6, D9, A6, D7M, Em7, Edim, D, Bm, F#m7, Em, B7/13-, Em6, G6, G6/F#, G/B, Fdim, D7, G, G/F#, Gdim, A7, B7, B7/F#, Em7/9, A4/7 and A7/13-. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
A
Text
16
Speed
  			 

A F#m   D6          D9   A6  D7M          D9 
Go    away, little boy, go  away, little girl 
    Em7   A    Em7    A   Edim  D  D7M D6 
I'm not supposed to be alone with you. 
  Bm             F#m7      Bm 
I know that your lips are sweet, 
    Em            B7/13-   Em7   Em6 
But our lips must never meet. 
     G6      G6/F#   G/B    Fdim        A 
I belong to someone else, and I must be true 
A   F#m    D6       D9  A6  D7M          D9 
Oh, go away, little boy, go away, lit le girl 
     Em7       A     Em7    A       D    D7M   D7 
It's hurtin' me more each minute that you delay 
  F#m     G        G/F#   Em7 
When you are near me like this 
   G        Gdim A7     D  F#m   B7 
You're much too hard to resist 
  B7/F#    G       Em7 
So, go away, little boy  
  Em7/9 G/B A4/7   A7/13- D 
Before I beg   you to stay 
    	

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.

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante