If I Were a Boy

If I were a (C)boy,

(G)even (D)just for a (C)day,

(D)I'd roll outta (Em7)bed in the (C)morning and (G)throw on what I (D)wanted,

then go (C)(G)drink (D)beer with the guys

(D)and make and chase after girls.

(D)I'd kick (Em7)it with who I (C)wanted and I'd (G)never get (D)confronted for it,

'cause they'd (C)stick up for me.

(D)If I were a boy,

(G)I think I (D)could understand

(D)how it (Em7)feels to love a (C)girl.

I (G)swear I'd be a (D)better man.

(G)I'd (D)listen to her

(G)'cause I (D)know how it hurts

(D)when you (Em7)lose the one you (C)wanted 'cause he's (G)taken you for (D)granted and (C)ev'rything you had got destroyed.

If I were a boy,

(G)I (D)would turn off my phone,

(D)tell (Em7)ev'ryone it's (C)broken so they'd (G)think that I (D)was sleepin' alone.

(D)I'd put myself first

(C)to come home.

If (D)I were a boy,

(G)I think I (D)could understand

(D)how it (Em7)feels to love a (C)girl.

I (G)swear I'd be a (D)better man.

(G)I'd (D)listen to her

(G)'cause I (D)know how it hurts

(D)when you (Em7)lose the one you (C)wanted 'cause he's (G)taken you for (D)granted and (C)ev'rything you had got destroyed.

(Am)It's a (C)little too late for you to come (Am)back,

say it's (C)just a mistake, think I'd (D)forgive you like that.

If you (C)thought I would wait for you,

(D)you thought (C)wrong.

But you're just a boy.

(D)You don't understand (C)(Yeah, you don't understand,

(D)oh.) how it (Em7)feels to love a (C)girl someday.

You (G)wish you were (D)a better man.

(G)You don't (D)listen to her.

(G)You don't (D)care how it (Em7)hurts

(D)until you (Em7)lose the one you (C)wanted 'cause you've (G)taken her for (D)granted and (C)ev'rything you have got destroyed.

But you're just a boy.