Hello, guys! These are some infos about how to play "If I Were a Boy" by Beyonce Knowles.
Below, you'll find the strumming patterns that you need to use to play the chords of
song and the chords themselves. These things are according on how I play it on my own w/
little help of a friend. This is also a simple song that even a beginner can play it.
I hope, you enjoy it!
If I Were A Boy
by Beyonce Knowles
Tuning: Standard - no capo needed
Strumming Patterns: Verses & Chorus
down-down-down
up-down-up-down
down-up-down-up-down-up-down-up (chorus' end)
Bridge
down-down
Chords: Em-C9-G-Dsus (Verse 1 & 2 and Chorus 1, 2 & 3)
C(at (x32010@1)the end of the Chorus 1 & 3)
C9-Em7 (at the end of the Chorus 2)
Am-C-G-Dsus-Em (Bridge)
Note: All along the way, until to the end of the song, (except on the
Bridge) put your ring finger on the 2nd string (B string) & the pinky
on the 1st string (high E string)
Verse 1:
Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GIf (320003@1)I were a boy
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) G (320003@1) DsusEven (xx0233@1)just for a day
Em (022000@1) C9I'd (x3233x@1)roll out of bed in the morning
G (320003@1) Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GAnd (320003@1)throw on what I wanted and go
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GDrink (320003@1)beer with the guys
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) G (320003@1) DsusAnd (xx0233@1)chase after girls
Em (022000@1) C9I'd (x3233x@1)kick it with who I wanted
G (320003@1) DsusAnd (xx0233@1)I'd never get confronted for it
Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GBecause (320003@1)they'd stick up for me
Chorus:
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GIf (320003@1)I were a boy
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) G (320003@1) DsusI (xx0233@1)think I could understand
Em (022000@1) C9How (x3233x@1)it feels to love a girl
G (320003@1) Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GI (320003@1)swear I'd be a better man
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) GI'd (320003@1)listen to her
Dsus (xx0233@1) Em (022000@1) C9 (x3233x@1) G (320003@1) DsusCause (xx0233@1)I know how it hurts
Em (022000@1) C9When (x3233x@1)you lose the one you wanted
G (320003@1) DsusCause (xx0233@1)he's taken you for granted
CAnd (x32010@1)everything you had got destroyed
Verse 2:
If I were a boy
I would turn off my phone
Tell everyone its broken
So they think
that I was sleeping alone
I'd put myself first
And make the rules as I go
Cause I know that she'd be faithful
Waiting for me to come home
If I were a boy
I think I could understand
How it feels to love a girl
I swear I'd be a better man
I'd listen to her
Cause I know how it hurts
When you lose the one you wanted (wanted)
Cause he's taken you for granted (granted)
C9 (x3233x@1) Em7 AmAnd (x02210@1)everything you had got destroyed
Bridge:
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Dsus (xx0233@1) AmIt's (x02210@1)a little too late for you to come back
C (x32010@1) EmSay (022000@1)its just a mistake
Dsus (xx0233@1) AmThink (x02210@1)I forgive you like that
C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1) DsusIf (xx0233@1)you thought I would wait for you
CYou (x32010@1)thought wrong
But you're just a boy
You don't understand (yea you don't understand)
How it feels to love a girl
Someday you'll wish you were a better man
You don't listen to her
You don't care how it hurts
Until you lose the one you wanted
Cause you've taken her for granted
CAnd (x32010@1)everything you had got destroyed
Em (022000@1)name="chord_x3233x@1">C9 G (320003@1)name="chord_xx0233@1">Dsus
But you're just a boy
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