What's a Boy to Do 
by Mat Kearney

Chords:
                         
   Asus2 (x02200@1)    (577600)
        alt:  (x02200)   
   C#m7 (x4242x@1)     (x46600)    
   Bsus4 (x24452@1)    (x24400)    
   Aadd9 (x02420@1)    (x77600)



A fantastic and simple song...the tempo starts slow and picks up as it goes.  This 
is how I like to play it.  To make for easier playing you can use the alternate 
version of Asus2 throughout (I believe Mat himself does this live sometimes). I 
think the fuller one sounds better, but both give the same effect.  Happy playing :)

VERSE:

Asus2 (x02200@1)      C#m7 (x4242x@1)          Bsus4I'm (x24452@1)sure that I'm moving to St Louis
    
    Asus2 (x02200@1)            C#m7 (x4242x@1)             Bsus4Three (x24452@1)long years wondering here in New York City

Asus2 (x02200@1)                 C#m7 (x4242x@1)          Bsus4I (x24452@1)guess I'm looking for the right way to do this

Asus2 (x02200@1)                 C#m7 (x4242x@1)               Bsus4I (x24452@1)guess I'm looking for the right things to call pretty



PRE-CHORUS:  
    Asus2 (x02200@1)                 C#m7 (x4242x@1)                    Bsus4Young (x24452@1)boys playing in the park turning their backs to take a shot

Asus2 (x02200@1)                         C#m7 (x4242x@1)                       Bsus4You (x24452@1)know I'll stay sharp around here 'cause they're stoning and leaving type

Asus2 (x02200@1)                     C#m7 (x4242x@1)                    Bsus4It's (x24452@1)the kind of love that comes and goes when there's company coming around

CHORUS:

Asus2 (x02200@1)        C#m7 (x4242x@1)                 Bsus4What's (x24452@1)a boy to do who knows no man now?

Asus2 (x02200@1)        C#m7 (x4242x@1)                 Bsus4What's (x24452@1)a boy to do who knows no man now?

VERSE:
Daddy's been looking down his nose at all of them
And I've been looking round for someone to tell me who I am
He kept saying I was to young to finish a fight
I'd die each time they came I never got to draw my knife

PRE-CHORUS:
Well it was just a pair of shoes in a middle school room with the world watching in
And angel is crying I'm dying just a little inside as they ran away
Funny which words stick around 20 years down when you're driving alone

CHORUS:
What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?
What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?

BRIDGE 1:         
          Asus2(alt)     C#m7 (x4242x@1)   Bsus4Well (x24452@1)I'll stack all my books in perfect rows

Asus2(alt)    C#m7  Bsus4
From the biggest down to the smallest ones

Asus2(alt)  C#m7   Bsus4
And I buy all the perfect clothes

Asus2(alt)              C#m7 (x4242x@1)       Bsus4Bullet (x24452@1)proof and black, where I look like a son...

PRE-CHORUS:
Well it was just a rain night at his house
A bottle spinning around the room
And everybody's singing and slipping down the bottom halfway rush of blood
And I was grabbing Missy but I was trying to find the light switch in the dark

CHORUS:
What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?
What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?

BRIDGE 2:

Asus2(alt)
It's all quiet for the first time

Bsus4 
With no voices left to fall I saw

C#m7
a boy at the bottom of the bridge

Aadd9
His car was left there on the top

Asus2(alt)
It's four o'clock in the morning

Bsus4 
Didn't need to be like this

C#m7
There's a white sheet left to cover up

Aadd9
What should have been a holy kiss

Asus2
It's not like those days

C#m7 (x4242x@1)                 Bsus4It's (x24452@1)not like I'm scared of you

CHORUS:
            Asus2 (x02200@1)        C#m7 (x4242x@1)     Bsus4What's (x24452@1)the son of man and a boy to do?

Asus2 (x02200@1)        C#m7 (x4242x@1)     Bsus4What's (x24452@1)the son of man and a boy to you?
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