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From: [email protected]
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 1997 00:36:06 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: CRD: Im_A_Boy by: Who

I'm A Boy
The Who
First version, 1966
Written by Pete Townshend

[break chords]
Am       x07555
Dm/A     x07765
Am7      x07988
Am6      x07978
F/A      x07565
F/A II   x03211
D/A      x04232

E5/Ab    42xxxx
E5       02xxxx


A     Esus4  E       A     Esus4  E

A                   Esus4       E
One girl was called Jean Marie
A                                Esus4    E
Another little girl was called Felicity
A                              Esus4        E
Another little girl was called Sally Joy
     A               E
The other was me and I'm a boy
           A              E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5...
My name is Bill and I'm a head case

              A            E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5...
They practice making up on my face
             A              E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5  E5/Ab E5...
Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear
               A                E            Esus4 E   
Spend evenings taking hair pins from my hair
      D          E           A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my Ma won't admit it
      D          E        Esus4 E    A        A    E     Esus4  E
I'm a boy, I'm a boy if I say I am I get it

A                 Esus4  E
Put your frock on Jean Marie
A                 Esus4 E
Plait your hair Felicity
A                       Esus4 E
Paint your nails little Sally Joy
A               E7         E
Put this wig on little boy

      D          E           A          A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it
      D          E        Esus4 E7   A             A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy if I say I am I get it

[break]
E       E         E         E      [E pedal]

[A pedal]
Am    Dm/A    Am7    Am6      

F/A   F/A   D/A   

E     E     E     E    

  A                  Esus4  E
I wanna play cricket on the green
A             Esus4     E
Ride my bike across the stream
A              Esus4  E
Cut myself and see my blood
  A                   E7               E
I wanna come home all covered with mud

      D          E           A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it
      D          E          A       A A/G# A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
      D          E          A          A
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy
      D          E7   Esus4 E7 A          
I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm   a  boy