Chords for Acoustic Motel - What's a Boy To Do
Tempo:
73.875 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Gm
D
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
What's up acoustic motel?
somehow, which is never a good thing.
[A] week for the CMA Awards, [D] which was fun, [G] it was cool.
which was [N] nice.
But while I was there, I did the smartest thing I've ever done as far as that week goes.
Instead of just sitting around getting drunk all the time, talking to business people,
most of my days [Dm] writing songs.
[Fm] talking about meters, [N]
somehow, which is never a good thing.
[A] week for the CMA Awards, [D] which was fun, [G] it was cool.
which was [N] nice.
But while I was there, I did the smartest thing I've ever done as far as that week goes.
Instead of just sitting around getting drunk all the time, talking to business people,
most of my days [Dm] writing songs.
[Fm] talking about meters, [N]
100% ➙ 74BPM
C
F
Gm
D
Bb
C
F
Gm
What's up acoustic motel?
Sorry, I must sound [E] muted somehow, which is never a good thing.
Got a new song this week.
Went to Nashville last [A] week for the CMA Awards, [D] which was fun, [G] it was cool.
[Em] Got to sit next to Captain Michael, _ which was [N] nice. _ _ _
But while I was there, I did the smartest thing I've ever done as far as that week goes. _
Instead of just sitting around getting drunk all the time, talking to business people,
_ I spent most of my days [Dm] writing songs.
[E] _ [F] You know, I've told you before, _
_ _ [Fm] _ talking about meters, _ _ [N]
whatever, it had _ [Dm] to be for me.
This [Eb] is a song I'm not even sure it's finished, [E] it's called What's a Boy to Do.
I [N] wrote it with Mondo Science, who is a buddy of mine from good. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The song, so this is going to sound rough, but_
_ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] [Am] Don't pick [F] up what you can't put [C] down Don't walk away [F] just to [C] turn [Dm] around
[Em] Don't [F] ask if you don't [C] want to know Don't [D] _ [C] [F] shine what you can't wear [C] out
Don't think what [F] you can't [C] say out [D] loud Don't [F] wonder why you're all alone
_ _ [C] _ [F] I didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess I wasn't thinking
[Am] But no words don't [Gm] come out [C] right
What's [F] a boy to do?
If we work it [C] out [Gm] somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm sorry It's never good [C] at all to [Gm] talk [C] in
What's [F] a boy to do? _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] [F] Don't sell what you put in [C] back
Don't pretend to [F] know Just [C] to wonder why
[D] Don't shoot it down Just [C] to hope it flies again
All [Dm] _ [Em] [F] I know is you never [C] know Sometimes [F] love [C] is letting [D] go
[Dm] Sometimes it's just the [Am] beginning [C]
of all of it
I [Bb] _ _ _ [C] [F] didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess [F] I wasn't [C] thinking
[F] But no words don't [Gm] come out [C] right
What's [F] a boy to do?
If we work it [Gm] out somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm [C] sorry [F] It's never good at [Bb] all to talk [C] in
What's [F] a boy to do? _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] What's [F] a boy to [Bb] do?
_ _ _ _ [F] I didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess I wasn't thinking
[F] But no words don't [Gm] come out right
[C] What's a [F] boy to do?
If we work it [Gm] out somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm sorry It's never good at [Gm] all to talk [C] in
What's [Bb] a boy to do? _ _ _
_ _ What's a boy to do?
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [N] _
Sorry, I must sound [E] muted somehow, which is never a good thing.
Got a new song this week.
Went to Nashville last [A] week for the CMA Awards, [D] which was fun, [G] it was cool.
[Em] Got to sit next to Captain Michael, _ which was [N] nice. _ _ _
But while I was there, I did the smartest thing I've ever done as far as that week goes. _
Instead of just sitting around getting drunk all the time, talking to business people,
_ I spent most of my days [Dm] writing songs.
[E] _ [F] You know, I've told you before, _
_ _ [Fm] _ talking about meters, _ _ [N]
whatever, it had _ [Dm] to be for me.
This [Eb] is a song I'm not even sure it's finished, [E] it's called What's a Boy to Do.
I [N] wrote it with Mondo Science, who is a buddy of mine from good. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The song, so this is going to sound rough, but_
_ [Dm] _
_ _ [C] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [F] _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [D] [Am] Don't pick [F] up what you can't put [C] down Don't walk away [F] just to [C] turn [Dm] around
[Em] Don't [F] ask if you don't [C] want to know Don't [D] _ [C] [F] shine what you can't wear [C] out
Don't think what [F] you can't [C] say out [D] loud Don't [F] wonder why you're all alone
_ _ [C] _ [F] I didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess I wasn't thinking
[Am] But no words don't [Gm] come out [C] right
What's [F] a boy to do?
If we work it [C] out [Gm] somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm sorry It's never good [C] at all to [Gm] talk [C] in
What's [F] a boy to do? _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ [D] [F] Don't sell what you put in [C] back
Don't pretend to [F] know Just [C] to wonder why
[D] Don't shoot it down Just [C] to hope it flies again
All [Dm] _ [Em] [F] I know is you never [C] know Sometimes [F] love [C] is letting [D] go
[Dm] Sometimes it's just the [Am] beginning [C]
of all of it
I [Bb] _ _ _ [C] [F] didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess [F] I wasn't [C] thinking
[F] But no words don't [Gm] come out [C] right
What's [F] a boy to do?
If we work it [Gm] out somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm [C] sorry [F] It's never good at [Bb] all to talk [C] in
What's [F] a boy to do? _
[Bb] _ [F] _ _ [Bb] What's [F] a boy to [Bb] do?
_ _ _ _ [F] I didn't mean to [Gm] make you cry [C] Guess I wasn't thinking
[F] But no words don't [Gm] come out right
[C] What's a [F] boy to do?
If we work it [Gm] out somehow
[C] I'd [F] say I'm sorry It's never good at [Gm] all to talk [C] in
What's [Bb] a boy to do? _ _ _
_ _ What's a boy to do?
[F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [N] _
