• Song:

    Just A Toy

  • Artist:

    Barenaked Ladies

  • Album:

    Born on a Pirate Ship

Great song off BNL's 1996 record, "Born On A Pirate Ship".

Standard tuning

No capo

The chords are played as follows:
Em:       022000
D:        xx0232
Cadd9:    x32033
Am:       x02210
Em7:      022033
Em911:    024030
Gm7:      353333
D2:       xx0230
Gm6/Bb:   x10030
Cadd2:    x30030
Gm:       310033
Dadd9/F#: 200230
Gm6:      310030
G/B:      x20033
Gm/Bb:    x10033
A7sus4:    x02030
A7:       x02020

[Verse 1]
Em (022000@1)                DLook (xx0232@1)at my mouth, a thin painted line
Cadd9 (x32030@1)            DLook (xx0232@1)at my limbs, bent up and bundled in twine
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)  Am (x02210@1)  DForever, (xx0232@1)ever mine
Em (022000@1)             DForm (xx0232@1)of a tree, shape of a child
  Cadd9 (x32030@1)            DI (xx0232@1)wish I could cry, stuck in a permanent smile
Em (022000@1)D (xx0232@1)  Am (x02210@1)  DForever, (xx0232@1)ever mine

[Chorus]
Cadd9 (x32030@1)    D (xx0232@1)                GI (320003@1)know you must have loved me sometime
    Em7            Cadd9But (x32030@1)now I'm just a toy
            D (xx0232@1)               Em911
I know you must have loved me sometime

[Verse 2]
First there was me, nothing but time
Till he came along, you told me you'd always be mine
Forever, ever mine
Look at his face, somewhat like mine
But look at his nose, you can always be sure that he's lying
Forever, ever mine

[Chorus]

[Bridge]
    Gm7            D2 (x43141@2)Gm6/Bb  Cadd2  GmBut (355333@1)now I'm just a toy who     needs  you
  Dadd9/F#  Gm6  Cadd9  G/B
Aboy (x02220@1)      to   be     who
Cadd9  G/B  Gm/Bb
Needs  to   be

[Verse 3]
Better than him, worthy of you
Given the chance that he had, I know what I'd do
Forever, ever mine
I call him liar, you call him son
If I could move, I'd set him on fire and I'd run
Forever

[Chorus]
I know you must have loved me sometime
But now I'm just a toy
I know you must have loved me sometime
    Gm7            A7sus4 (002033@1)A7But (x02020@1)now I'm just a toy

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