If I Were A Boy
by Beyonce

I want to give credit to dreamystar08_jb for giving me the general outline of what goes into this song.
From that version, I moved chord symbols directly over which words they should be strummed by, and changed
the ending of the chorus that leads into the bridge to sound better to my ear.

A possible strumming pattern that works through most of the song is: down  down-up, for each chord listed

Capo 2nd Fret

Verse 1:

               Em   C    G
If I were a boy

     D             Em    C    G 
Even just for a day

D               Em         C
I'd roll out of bed in the morning

    G               D           Em   C    G
And throw on what I wanted and go

      D               Em   C    G
Drink beer with the guys

    D                Em   C    G   D
And chase after girls

         Em            C
I'd kick it with who I wanted

        G             D
And I'd never get confronted for it

Em              C              G
  'Cause they'd stick up for me

Chorus:

   D          Em   C    G
If I were a boy

          D             Em   C    G   D
I think I could understand

       Em              C
How it feels to love a girl

  G              D          Em   C    G
I swear I'd be a better man

    D           Em   C    G
I?d listen to her

        D              Em   C    G   D
Cause I know how it hurts

         Em               C
When you lose the one you wanted

           G             D
Cause he's taken you for granted

    C
And everything you had got destroyed



Verse 2:
               Em   C    G
If I were a boy

        D              Em    C    G    D
I would turn off my phone

     Em            C
Tell everyone it's broken

        G                D           Em   C    G
So they think that I was sleeping alone

    D             Em    C    G 
I'd put myself first

             D          Em   C    G    D
And make the rules as I go

        Em              C                 
Cause I know that she'd be faithful

G            D          Em   C    G    
Waiting for me to come home


Chorus:
   D          Em   C    G
If I were a boy

          D            Em   C    G   D
I think I could understand

       Em              C
How it feels to love a girl

  G              D          Em   C    G
I swear I'd be a better man

    D           Em   C    G
I'd listen to her

        D              Em   C    G   D
Cause I know how it hurts

         Em               C
When you lose the one you wanted

           G             D
Cause he's taken you for granted

    C                           Am7
And everything you had got destroyed



Bridge:

 Am7       C            G        D         Am
    It's a little too late for you to come back

         C         Em
Say it's just a mistake

           D             Am
Think I forgive you like that

          C              Em         D
If you thought I would wait for you

            C
You thought wrong

Verse 3:
                  Em   C    G
But you're just a boy

          D       Em          C          G     D
You don't understand (yea you don't understand)

         Em              C
How it feels to love a girl, someday you'll

G              D                 Em   C   G
Wish you were a.. better man

            D        Em   C   G
You don't listen to her

          D             Em   C   G
You don't care how it hurts

D           Em             C
  Until you lose the one you wanted

                G                 D
Cause you've taken her for granted

    C
And everything you had got destroyed

                     Em  C   G   D
But you're just a boy