I’m A Boy (first version) – guitar tab
I'm A Boy (first version) | guitar tab By The Who, 1966 >Appears on Who's Missing and 30 Years of Max R&B box set (no horn mix) Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# ============== transcribed by Whotabs litgo@aol.com rev 1999-05-19 www.thewho.net/whotabs ============== A x02220 [break chords] Esus4 022200 Am x07555 E 022100 Dm/A x07765 Eno3 022400 Am7 x07988 E5/Ab 42xxxx Am6 x07978 E5 02xxxx F/A x07565 A/G# 4x22xx F/A II x03211 E7 020100 D/A x04232 [intro] |A |Esus4 E |A |Esus4 E | Ooh... |A |Esus4 E One girl was called Jean Marie |A |Esus4 E Another little girl was called Felicity |A |Esus4 E Another little girl was Sally Joy |A |Eno3 | The other was me and I'm a boy [2/4] [4/4] |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5 |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5| My name is Bill and I'm a head case (They pra..) |--------------|--------------------|------------------| |--------------|--------------------|------------------| |2--------2----|--------------------|------------------| |2--------2----|--------------------|------------------| |0--------0----|2-x---2-x-2--x--2-x-|2--x--2-x-2-x-2-x-| |--------------|4-x---0-x-4--x--0-x-|4--x--0-x-4-x-0-x-| [palm mute; x: left hand mute] [2/4] [4/4] (E5) |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 They practice making up on my face [2/4] [4/4] E5/Ab E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab Yeah, I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear [2/4] [4/4] E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|Eno3 | Spend days just taking hair pins from my hair |D D E E |A A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it A |D D E E |Esus4 E |A |A |Eno3 |Esus4 E | I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it |A |Esus4 E Put your frock on Jean Marie |A |Esus4 E Plait your hair Felicity |A |Esus4 E Paint your nails little Sally Joy |A |E5 | | | | Put this wig on little boy |D E |A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it |D E |Esus4 E |A |A I'm a boy, I'm a boy if I say I am I get it [break] (A) |Eno3 | | | | ---0/0|0-------0/0|0-------0/0|0-------0/0|0-------| ---0/0|0-------0/0|0-------0/0|0-------0/0|0-------| ---4/4|4-------4/4|4-------4/4|4-------4/4|4-------| ---2/2|2-------2/2|2-------2/2|2-------2/2|2-------| ---2/2|2-------2/2|2-------2/2|2-------2/2|2-------| ------|0-0-0-0----|0-000000---|0-0-0-0----|0-000000| [A pedal] |Am |Dm/A |Am7 |Am6 |F/A |F/A(ii) |D/A | Oooh... Ahh... |5-------|5-------|8-------|8-------|5-------|1-------|2-------| |5-------|6-------|8-------|7-------|6-------|1-------|3-------| |5-------|7-------|9-------|9-------|5-------|2-------|2-------| |7-------|7-------|7-------|7-------|7-------|3-------|4-------| |--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-|--0-0-0-| |--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------|--------| |E |E |E |E | Ahh... (I) |0-------0/0|0-------|---------------|---------------| |0-------0/0|0-------|---------------|---------------| |1-------1/1|1-------|---------------|---------------| |2-------2/2|2-------|---------------|---------------| |2-------2/2|2-------|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2| |0-0-0-0-0/0|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0| |A |Esus4 E | I wanna play cricket on the green |A |Esus4 E | Ride my bike across the stream |A |Esus4 E Cut myself and see my blood |A |E5 | |Eno3 | | I wanna come home all covered in mud |D E |A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it |D E |A A (A/G# A) I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy |D E |A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy |D |E |Esus4 E7|A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy ============= litgo@aol.com #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------#
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