Hey Boys Chords by The Dillards

Tempo:
94.45 bpm
Chords used:

A

D

G

Bm

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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The Dillards - Hey Boys chords
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[A]
[D] When I was a young [G] man lived [Bm] along the Merrimack, watched in the river when the water ran clean.
Waited for the day I could buy me a cattle, I can see a lot of [A] things that I [D] never have seen.
Went to the [G] city and I got a little older and I got a [D] little smarter [Em] and I learned [D] good sense.
Went [G] back home and I married me a woman, got [A] a corn land bottom and a [D] barbed wire fence.
Hey boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold, [E] don't care.
[A] Down around the farm, handing out a little drink won't do us any harm.
[D] [A]
[D] Hard times made a little moonshine, never done [Em] that in my [F#m] life [D] before.
Kept [G] up with the news in the wintertime, sitting [A] on a barrel [D] in the country store.
Hey boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets [E] cold, don't care.
[A] Down around the farm, handing out a little drink won't do us any harm.
[D] [A]
[D]
[A] [D]
Straight [G] back, talk about your politics, [Bm] fight about religion and [A] worry about [D] war.
All city sitting in the [Em] fireplace and pour a little cider [A] when your throat [D] gets sore.
Hey [Bm] boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold, [E] don't care.
[A] Down around the farm, handing out a little taste won't do us any harm.
[D]
[A] [B] [A]
[Bm] Hey boys,
[A]
[D] I think I'm getting old.
[B] [E] [A]
Key:  
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
Bm
13421112
E
2311
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
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To start learning The Dillards - Hey Boys chords, build your understanding on these basic chords - Bm, A, D, G, A, E and A in sequence. I suggest starting at a calm pace of 47 BPM, and as you gain confidence, approach the song's BPM of 94. With an eye on the song's key D# Major, set the capo that best suits your vocal range.

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[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ When I was a young [G] man lived [Bm] along the Merrimack, watched in the river when the water ran clean.
Waited for the day I could buy me a cattle, I can see a lot of [A] things that I [D] never have seen.
_ Went to the [G] city and I got a little older and I got a [D] little smarter [Em] and I learned [D] good sense.
Went [G] back home and I married me a woman, got [A] a corn land bottom and a [D] barbed wire fence.
Hey boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold, [E] don't care.
[A] Down around the farm, _ handing out a little drink won't do us any harm.
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] Hard times made a little moonshine, never done [Em] that in my [F#m] life [D] before.
Kept [G] up with the news in the wintertime, sitting [A] on a barrel [D] in the country store.
Hey boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets [E] cold, don't care.
[A] Down around the farm, handing out a little drink won't do us any harm.
_ _ [D] _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Straight [G] back, talk about your politics, [Bm] fight about religion and [A] worry about [D] war.
All city sitting in the [Em] fireplace and pour a little cider [A] when your throat [D] gets sore.
Hey [Bm] boys, you think I'm getting old, sitting by the fire when the weather gets cold, [E] don't care.
[A] Down around the _ _ farm, handing out a little taste won't do us any harm.
[D] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Bm] Hey boys, _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I think I'm getting old.
_ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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