What A Good Boy
Barenaked Ladies (Page/Robertson, 1992)
4/4 | D - - D - - D - | or 4/4 | D - d U - u D - |
1 2 & 4 1 2 & & 4
Chord Progression Occasional Variation
d - d u - u d u
| G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | | G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 D |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl. |
| [G] .. We've got these | [D] chains that hang around our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] . before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
| [Cadd9] same, when temptation calls, | [Cadd9] . we just look away. |
Chorus
| [G] ...This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from | [Cadd9] your brown [D] hair. |
| [G] ...This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear it | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. but be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I go to | [D] school, I write e- | [Cadd9] xams,
if I pass, if I fail, if I drop | [Cadd9] out, does anyone give a damn? |
| [G] .. And if they | [D] do, they'll soon for- | [Cadd9] get
'cause it won't take much for me to | [Cadd9] show my life ain't over yet. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up | [Cadd9] strange.
I wake up wondering if any- | [Cadd9] thing in my life is ever [D] going to change. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up |
| [Em7] .. strange and | [Cadd9] everything around me stays the |
Chorus
| [G] .. same. It's the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, your brown |
| [G] hair .. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me.. [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .... |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that I was |
| [Cadd9] wrong, chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, | [Cadd9] sat down and I wrote this song. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that you were |
| [Cadd9] right, so instead I looked in the mirror, | [Cadd9] watched TV, laid awake all night. |
| [G] ...We've got these | [D] chains, hangin' 'round our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
[Cadd9] same when temptation calls | [Cadd9] .. yeah hey |
Chorus
| [G] .. This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, is woven from |
| [G] hair. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me, [D] be with me tonight |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey | [G↓] yeah
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#Last Updated 04/03/24 JJ
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Barenaked Ladies (Page/Robertson, 1992)
4/4 | D - - D - - D - | or 4/4 | D - d U - u D - |
1 2 & 4 1 2 & & 4
Chord Progression Occasional Variation
d - d u - u d u
| G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | | G | D | Cadd9 | Cadd9 D |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl. |
| [G] .. We've got these | [D] chains that hang around our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] . before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
| [Cadd9] same, when temptation calls, | [Cadd9] . we just look away. |
Chorus
| [G] ...This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from | [Cadd9] your brown [D] hair. |
| [G] ...This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear it | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. but be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I go to | [D] school, I write e- | [Cadd9] xams,
if I pass, if I fail, if I drop | [Cadd9] out, does anyone give a damn? |
| [G] .. And if they | [D] do, they'll soon for- | [Cadd9] get
'cause it won't take much for me to | [Cadd9] show my life ain't over yet. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up | [Cadd9] strange.
I wake up wondering if any- | [Cadd9] thing in my life is ever [D] going to change. |
| [G] .. I wake up | [D] scared, I wake up |
| [Em7] .. strange and | [Cadd9] everything around me stays the |
Chorus
| [G] .. same. It's the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, your brown |
| [G] hair .. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me.. [D] be with me tonight |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. I know that it isn't right |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .... |
| [G↓] [Gmaj7↓] [Em7↓] [Em7↓][C↑] | .. be with me tonight. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that I was |
| [Cadd9] wrong, chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, | [Cadd9] sat down and I wrote this song. |
| [G] .. I couldn't | [D] tell you that you were |
| [Cadd9] right, so instead I looked in the mirror, | [Cadd9] watched TV, laid awake all night. |
| [G] ...We've got these | [D] chains, hangin' 'round our |
| [Cadd9] necks, people want to strangle us with them | [Cadd9] before we take our first breath. |
| [G] .. Afraid of | [D] change, afraid of staying the |
[Cadd9] same when temptation calls | [Cadd9] .. yeah hey |
Chorus
| [G] .. This name is the | [D] hairshirt I wear,
and this | [Cadd9] hairshirt is woven from, is | [Cadd9] woven from, is woven from |
| [G] hair. This song is the | [D] cross that I bear,
bear | [Cadd9] with me, bear with me, bear | [Cadd9] with me, [D] be with me tonight |
| [G] .. When I was | [D] born, they looked at me and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good boy, what a | [Cadd9] smart boy, what a strong boy. |
| [G] .. And when you were | [D] born, they looked at you and |
| [Cadd9] said, what a good girl, what a | [Cadd9] smart girl, what a pretty girl, hey | [G↓] yeah
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with the Janzen Boys
#Last Updated 04/03/24 JJ
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