{t:What A Good Boy}
{st:Barenaked Ladies (Page/Robertson, 1992)}
{sot}
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          |
{eot}


[/] [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. [/]


{soc}
[/] [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. [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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 [/]


{soc}
[/] [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. [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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 [/]


{soc}
[/] [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 [/]
{eoc}


[/] [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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