Chords for Barenaked Ladies Good Boy Live in New York
Tempo:
84.15 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
D
A
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [C] What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong [D] boy.
[G] When [D] you were born, they looked at you [C] and said,
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] Got these [D] chains hanging around [C] our necks,
People wanna strangle [G] us with them before they take our butts [G] back.
Afraid of [D] change, afraid to stay in the [C] same one.
Temptation drives the greatest of boys.
[G] His [D] name is the hair shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is [A] woven from your brown hair.
[G] This [D] song is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with me [G] tonight, [C]
know that it isn't right.
[C]
Be with me [G] tonight, I go to [D] school.
Write [G] exams, simplify, simplify, I don't know.
Does anyone care about them?
[D] If they do, they'll soon [G] forget.
Cause it won't take much to [C] restore my life, ain't over [G] yet.
I wake [D] up scared, I wake [C] up strange.
I wake up wondering if anything in [D] my life has ever [G] changed.
I wake up [D] scared, I wake up [Em] strange.
[G] It's [D] the hair shirt I wear,
[C] And this hair shirt is woven from your [G] brown hair.
This song [D] is the cross that I bear,
[C] Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with [G] me tonight, [Bm] [C]
know that [G] it isn't right.
[C]
[G] [C]
Be with [G] me tonight, I couldn't [D] tell you I [C] was wrong.
You'd like to depend on me, sat down and wrote [G] this song.
[D] I couldn't tell you that you [C] were right.
Someone's staring [G] at me in the mirror,
Watching me with the wink of an eye.
Rip up these [D] chains and hang around [C] all night.
People want to strangle us forever,
Before we take our [G] first step.
I'm fed up of change,
I'm fed up staying [C] the same when temptation calls.
The hair [G] [A]
shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is woven from [G] your brown hair.
This song [A] is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
[G] Be with me tonight, when I was born,
You could hear [C] me sing,
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G] And [D] when you were born,
They looked at you [Em] and said,
What a good girl, [C] what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] [D]
[C] [A]
What a pretty girl.
[G] [D] [C]
[D]
[G]
[D] [C] What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong [D] boy.
[G] When [D] you were born, they looked at you [C] and said,
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] Got these [D] chains hanging around [C] our necks,
People wanna strangle [G] us with them before they take our butts [G] back.
Afraid of [D] change, afraid to stay in the [C] same one.
Temptation drives the greatest of boys.
[G] His [D] name is the hair shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is [A] woven from your brown hair.
[G] This [D] song is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with me [G] tonight, [C]
know that it isn't right.
[C]
Be with me [G] tonight, I go to [D] school.
Write [G] exams, simplify, simplify, I don't know.
Does anyone care about them?
[D] If they do, they'll soon [G] forget.
Cause it won't take much to [C] restore my life, ain't over [G] yet.
I wake [D] up scared, I wake [C] up strange.
I wake up wondering if anything in [D] my life has ever [G] changed.
I wake up [D] scared, I wake up [Em] strange.
[G] It's [D] the hair shirt I wear,
[C] And this hair shirt is woven from your [G] brown hair.
This song [D] is the cross that I bear,
[C] Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with [G] me tonight, [Bm] [C]
know that [G] it isn't right.
[C]
[G] [C]
Be with [G] me tonight, I couldn't [D] tell you I [C] was wrong.
You'd like to depend on me, sat down and wrote [G] this song.
[D] I couldn't tell you that you [C] were right.
Someone's staring [G] at me in the mirror,
Watching me with the wink of an eye.
Rip up these [D] chains and hang around [C] all night.
People want to strangle us forever,
Before we take our [G] first step.
I'm fed up of change,
I'm fed up staying [C] the same when temptation calls.
The hair [G] [A]
shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is woven from [G] your brown hair.
This song [A] is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
[G] Be with me tonight, when I was born,
You could hear [C] me sing,
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G] And [D] when you were born,
They looked at you [Em] and said,
What a good girl, [C] what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] [D]
[C] [A]
What a pretty girl.
[G] [D] [C]
[D]
[G]
Key:
G
C
D
A
Em
G
C
D
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong [D] boy.
_ [G] When [D] you were born, they looked at you [C] and said,
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] _ Got these [D] chains hanging around [C] our necks,
People wanna strangle [G] us with them before they take our butts [G] back.
Afraid of [D] change, afraid to stay in the [C] same one.
Temptation drives the greatest of boys.
_ [G] _ His [D] name is the hair shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is [A] woven from your brown hair.
_ [G] _ This [D] song is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with me [G] tonight, _ _ [C] _ _
_ know that it isn't right.
_ _ [C] _ _
Be with me [G] tonight, I go to [D] school.
_ Write [G] exams, simplify, simplify, I don't know.
Does anyone care about them?
[D] If they do, they'll soon [G] forget.
Cause it won't take much to [C] restore my life, ain't over [G] yet.
_ I wake [D] up scared, I wake [C] up strange.
I wake up wondering if anything in [D] my life has ever [G] changed.
I wake up [D] scared, I wake up [Em] _ strange. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ It's [D] the hair shirt I wear,
[C] And this hair shirt is woven from _ your [G] brown hair.
This song [D] is the cross that I bear,
[C] Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with [G] me tonight, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ know that [G] it isn't right.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Be with [G] me tonight, I couldn't [D] tell you I [C] was wrong.
You'd like to depend on me, sat down and wrote [G] this song.
[D] I couldn't tell you that you [C] were right.
Someone's staring [G] at me in the mirror,
Watching me with the wink of an eye.
Rip up these [D] chains and hang around [C] all night.
People want to strangle us forever,
Before we take our [G] first step.
I'm fed up of change,
I'm fed up staying [C] the same when temptation calls.
The hair [G] _ _ _ [A] _
shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is woven from _ _ [G] your brown hair.
This song [A] is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
[G] Be with me tonight, when I was born,
You could hear [C] me sing,
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G] _ And [D] when you were born,
They looked at you [Em] and said,
What a good girl, [C] what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
What a pretty girl.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [C] _ What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong [D] boy.
_ [G] When [D] you were born, they looked at you [C] and said,
What a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] _ Got these [D] chains hanging around [C] our necks,
People wanna strangle [G] us with them before they take our butts [G] back.
Afraid of [D] change, afraid to stay in the [C] same one.
Temptation drives the greatest of boys.
_ [G] _ His [D] name is the hair shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is [A] woven from your brown hair.
_ [G] _ This [D] song is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with me [G] tonight, _ _ [C] _ _
_ know that it isn't right.
_ _ [C] _ _
Be with me [G] tonight, I go to [D] school.
_ Write [G] exams, simplify, simplify, I don't know.
Does anyone care about them?
[D] If they do, they'll soon [G] forget.
Cause it won't take much to [C] restore my life, ain't over [G] yet.
_ I wake [D] up scared, I wake [C] up strange.
I wake up wondering if anything in [D] my life has ever [G] changed.
I wake up [D] scared, I wake up [Em] _ strange. _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ It's [D] the hair shirt I wear,
[C] And this hair shirt is woven from _ your [G] brown hair.
This song [D] is the cross that I bear,
[C] Bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with [G] me tonight, _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _
_ know that [G] it isn't right.
_ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
_ Be with [G] me tonight, I couldn't [D] tell you I [C] was wrong.
You'd like to depend on me, sat down and wrote [G] this song.
[D] I couldn't tell you that you [C] were right.
Someone's staring [G] at me in the mirror,
Watching me with the wink of an eye.
Rip up these [D] chains and hang around [C] all night.
People want to strangle us forever,
Before we take our [G] first step.
I'm fed up of change,
I'm fed up staying [C] the same when temptation calls.
The hair [G] _ _ _ [A] _
shirt I wear,
And [C] this hair shirt is woven from _ _ [G] your brown hair.
This song [A] is the cross that I bear,
Bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with me.
[G] Be with me tonight, when I was born,
You could hear [C] me sing,
What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G] _ And [D] when you were born,
They looked at you [Em] and said,
What a good girl, [C] what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
What a pretty girl.
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _