Chords for Beyonce - If I Were A Boy / You Oughta Know live
Tempo:
89.95 bpm
Chords used:
B
F#
C#
D#m
F#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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Compromise.
Sadness.
Laughter.
Humor.
Intimacy.
[B]
Selflessness.
Togetherness.
Sex.
Commitment.
Bad [D#m] boy.
[B]
[F#] [C#] Evil just [D#m] for one day.
[B]
[F#] [C#] I don't wanna [D#m] lie in bed [B] in the morning.
[F#] I don't want [C#] what I wanted [D#m] to [B] know.
[F#] [C#] I won't play with the [D#m] guys.
[B]
[F#] [C#] And chase after [D#m] [B] girls.
[F#] [C#] [D#m] I keep doing what I'm [B] doing.
[F#] And I never get [C#] paid for it.
[F#] Cause they stick up for me.
[C#] Take this [D#m] power.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] I would cancel [B] all [F#] my [C#] friends.
[D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#] I listen [D#m] too hard.
[B]
[F#] [C#] Cause I know [F#] I'm hurting.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] You're the [B] only opponent.
[F#] Cause I've taken [C#] perfect revenge.
[B] And everything you had got destroyed.
If I were a boy.
[F#] I [C#] would turn off [F#] my phone.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [F#] Tell everyone [B] it's [F#] broken.
So they think that [C#] I was sleeping [F#] [B] alone.
Yeah, that's [F#] right.
[C#] I put [D#m] myself [B] first.
[F#] And make [C#] the rules [D#m] as I [B] told.
[F#] [C#] Cause [B] I know that [F#] she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to [B] come home.
To come [F#] home.
To come home.
To come [B] home.
It's a little [F#] too late [C#m] for you to [G#m] come back.
So [B] it's just a [D#m] mistake.
They [C#] gotta give you [G#m] like that.
If [D#m] you thought I would wait [C#] for you.
You [B] thought.
[C#] I [B]
[N]
want you to [F#m] know.
That I'm [F#] [B] happy [F#m] for you.
And I want [G#m] nothing [F#m] but the best [D#m] for you [F#m] both.
Another version [B] of me.
Mr.
Duplicity.
I hate to plug you in the middle of dinner.
It [F#m] was a [A] slap in the face.
Happily I was replaced.
[C#m] Baby, what [B] you thinking of me when you.
[F#m] Cause I know that she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to come home.
[B] Why?
No.
[E] And [F#m] every time you sleep her name.
Cause you know I won't be home.
[B] Till you die.
Till you die.
Will you feel alive?
[F#]
[E] So tonight.
I [A] commend you.
That [B] what you did away.
It's [F#] time.
[E] To deny.
Of [A] the promise.
I got [B] today to make.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[N] [F#m]
[D#m] [F]
[E] [D#] [C#] A slap in the [B] face.
[F#] [C#] Baby, you know.
[D#m]
[B] [C#] I need to [D#m] know.
Where you're [B] going.
Cause [F#] I'm taking [C#] her for granted.
[B] And [C#] everything.
[B] You're lying.
Destroy.
[G] [N]
[Gm]
[N]
[A]
[D#] [D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#]
[C#m] [N]
Sadness.
Laughter.
Humor.
Intimacy.
[B]
Selflessness.
Togetherness.
Sex.
Commitment.
Bad [D#m] boy.
[B]
[F#] [C#] Evil just [D#m] for one day.
[B]
[F#] [C#] I don't wanna [D#m] lie in bed [B] in the morning.
[F#] I don't want [C#] what I wanted [D#m] to [B] know.
[F#] [C#] I won't play with the [D#m] guys.
[B]
[F#] [C#] And chase after [D#m] [B] girls.
[F#] [C#] [D#m] I keep doing what I'm [B] doing.
[F#] And I never get [C#] paid for it.
[F#] Cause they stick up for me.
[C#] Take this [D#m] power.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] I would cancel [B] all [F#] my [C#] friends.
[D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#] I listen [D#m] too hard.
[B]
[F#] [C#] Cause I know [F#] I'm hurting.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [D#m] You're the [B] only opponent.
[F#] Cause I've taken [C#] perfect revenge.
[B] And everything you had got destroyed.
If I were a boy.
[F#] I [C#] would turn off [F#] my phone.
[B]
[F#] [C#] [F#] Tell everyone [B] it's [F#] broken.
So they think that [C#] I was sleeping [F#] [B] alone.
Yeah, that's [F#] right.
[C#] I put [D#m] myself [B] first.
[F#] And make [C#] the rules [D#m] as I [B] told.
[F#] [C#] Cause [B] I know that [F#] she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to [B] come home.
To come [F#] home.
To come home.
To come [B] home.
It's a little [F#] too late [C#m] for you to [G#m] come back.
So [B] it's just a [D#m] mistake.
They [C#] gotta give you [G#m] like that.
If [D#m] you thought I would wait [C#] for you.
You [B] thought.
[C#] I [B]
[N]
want you to [F#m] know.
That I'm [F#] [B] happy [F#m] for you.
And I want [G#m] nothing [F#m] but the best [D#m] for you [F#m] both.
Another version [B] of me.
Mr.
Duplicity.
I hate to plug you in the middle of dinner.
It [F#m] was a [A] slap in the face.
Happily I was replaced.
[C#m] Baby, what [B] you thinking of me when you.
[F#m] Cause I know that she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to come home.
[B] Why?
No.
[E] And [F#m] every time you sleep her name.
Cause you know I won't be home.
[B] Till you die.
Till you die.
Will you feel alive?
[F#]
[E] So tonight.
I [A] commend you.
That [B] what you did away.
It's [F#] time.
[E] To deny.
Of [A] the promise.
I got [B] today to make.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[N] [F#m]
[D#m] [F]
[E] [D#] [C#] A slap in the [B] face.
[F#] [C#] Baby, you know.
[D#m]
[B] [C#] I need to [D#m] know.
Where you're [B] going.
Cause [F#] I'm taking [C#] her for granted.
[B] And [C#] everything.
[B] You're lying.
Destroy.
[G] [N]
[Gm]
[N]
[A]
[D#] [D#m] [B]
[F#] [C#]
[C#m] [N]
Key:
B
F#
C#
D#m
F#m
B
F#
C#
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Compromise. _ _
_ _ Sadness.
Laughter. _
Humor.
_ _ Intimacy.
_ [B] _
Selflessness.
_ _ Togetherness. _ _
Sex.
_ Commitment. _ _ _ _
_ _ Bad [D#m] boy.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] Evil just [D#m] for one day.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] I don't wanna [D#m] lie in bed [B] in the morning.
[F#] I don't want [C#] what I wanted [D#m] to [B] know. _
[F#] _ [C#] I won't play with the [D#m] guys.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] And chase after [D#m] _ [B] girls. _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] I keep doing what I'm [B] doing.
[F#] And I never get [C#] paid for it.
[F#] Cause they stick up for me.
[C#] Take this [D#m] power.
_ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] I would cancel [B] all [F#] my [C#] friends.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] I listen [D#m] too hard.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] Cause I know _ [F#] I'm hurting.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] You're the [B] only opponent.
[F#] Cause I've taken [C#] perfect revenge.
[B] And everything you had got destroyed.
If I were a boy. _ _
[F#] I [C#] would turn off [F#] my phone.
[B] _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] Tell everyone [B] it's [F#] broken.
So they think that [C#] I was sleeping [F#] [B] alone.
Yeah, that's [F#] right.
[C#] I put [D#m] myself [B] first. _
[F#] And make [C#] the rules [D#m] as I [B] told. _
[F#] _ _ [C#] Cause [B] I know that [F#] she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to [B] come home.
To come [F#] home.
To come home.
To come [B] home.
It's a little [F#] too late [C#m] for you to [G#m] come back.
So [B] it's just a [D#m] mistake.
They [C#] gotta give you [G#m] like that.
If [D#m] you thought I would wait [C#] for you.
You [B] thought.
[C#] I [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ want you to [F#m] know.
That I'm [F#] [B] happy [F#m] for you.
And I want [G#m] nothing [F#m] but the best [D#m] for you [F#m] both.
Another version [B] of me.
Mr.
Duplicity.
I hate to plug you in the middle of dinner.
It [F#m] was a [A] slap in the face.
Happily I was replaced.
[C#m] Baby, what [B] you thinking of me when you. _
[F#m] Cause I know that she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to come home.
_ [B] Why?
_ No.
[E] And [F#m] every time you sleep her name.
Cause you know I won't be home.
[B] Till you die.
Till you die.
Will you feel alive?
[F#] _ _
[E] So tonight.
I [A] commend you.
That [B] what you did away.
It's [F#] time.
_ [E] To deny.
Of [A] the promise.
I got [B] today to make.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[N] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _
[E] _ [D#] _ [C#] _ A slap in the [B] face.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] Baby, you know.
[D#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] I need to [D#m] know.
Where you're [B] going.
Cause [F#] I'm taking [C#] her for granted.
[B] And [C#] everything.
[B] You're lying.
_ Destroy. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Compromise. _ _
_ _ Sadness.
Laughter. _
Humor.
_ _ Intimacy.
_ [B] _
Selflessness.
_ _ Togetherness. _ _
Sex.
_ Commitment. _ _ _ _
_ _ Bad [D#m] boy.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] Evil just [D#m] for one day.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] I don't wanna [D#m] lie in bed [B] in the morning.
[F#] I don't want [C#] what I wanted [D#m] to [B] know. _
[F#] _ [C#] I won't play with the [D#m] guys.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] And chase after [D#m] _ [B] girls. _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] I keep doing what I'm [B] doing.
[F#] And I never get [C#] paid for it.
[F#] Cause they stick up for me.
[C#] Take this [D#m] power.
_ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] I would cancel [B] all [F#] my [C#] friends.
_ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] I listen [D#m] too hard.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] Cause I know _ [F#] I'm hurting.
[B] _ _
[F#] _ [C#] _ _ [D#m] You're the [B] only opponent.
[F#] Cause I've taken [C#] perfect revenge.
[B] And everything you had got destroyed.
If I were a boy. _ _
[F#] I [C#] would turn off [F#] my phone.
[B] _
[F#] _ _ [C#] _ [F#] Tell everyone [B] it's [F#] broken.
So they think that [C#] I was sleeping [F#] [B] alone.
Yeah, that's [F#] right.
[C#] I put [D#m] myself [B] first. _
[F#] And make [C#] the rules [D#m] as I [B] told. _
[F#] _ _ [C#] Cause [B] I know that [F#] she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to [B] come home.
To come [F#] home.
To come home.
To come [B] home.
It's a little [F#] too late [C#m] for you to [G#m] come back.
So [B] it's just a [D#m] mistake.
They [C#] gotta give you [G#m] like that.
If [D#m] you thought I would wait [C#] for you.
You [B] thought.
[C#] I [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ _ _ want you to [F#m] know.
That I'm [F#] [B] happy [F#m] for you.
And I want [G#m] nothing [F#m] but the best [D#m] for you [F#m] both.
Another version [B] of me.
Mr.
Duplicity.
I hate to plug you in the middle of dinner.
It [F#m] was a [A] slap in the face.
Happily I was replaced.
[C#m] Baby, what [B] you thinking of me when you. _
[F#m] Cause I know that she'd be faithful.
Waiting for me to come home.
_ [B] Why?
_ No.
[E] And [F#m] every time you sleep her name.
Cause you know I won't be home.
[B] Till you die.
Till you die.
Will you feel alive?
[F#] _ _
[E] So tonight.
I [A] commend you.
That [B] what you did away.
It's [F#] time.
_ [E] To deny.
Of [A] the promise.
I got [B] today to make.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[N] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D#m] _ [F] _
[E] _ [D#] _ [C#] _ A slap in the [B] face.
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] Baby, you know.
[D#m] _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [C#] I need to [D#m] know.
Where you're [B] going.
Cause [F#] I'm taking [C#] her for granted.
[B] And [C#] everything.
[B] You're lying.
_ Destroy. _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [D#] _ _ _ [D#m] _ _ [B] _
_ _ [F#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [N] _ _ _