Beyoncé – If I Were A Boy (Ukulele)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- If I Were a Boy – Beyonce --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: BC Jean/Toby Gad From: "I Am... Sasha Fierce" (2008) Tabbed by: maguri One semi-tone up compared to Beyonce’s recording. In order to match with the original: - either transpose this tab down one semi-tone - or transpose it down two steps and then use one of those cute ukulele capos on the 1st fret to bring it back to the key of the original recording. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CHORDS g-C-E-A Cadd9 0-2-0-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Verse]
           | Em C |
If I were a boy

G     D         | Em C | G D |
 Even just for a day

                Em         C    
I’d roll out of bed in the morning 

    G               D        | Em C | G        D    |
And throw on what I wanted and go       (Drink beer ...)
[Verse]
      D            | Em C |
Drink beer with the guys 

G     D          | Em C | G D    |
  And chase after girls 

    Em                 C    
I’d kick it with who I wanted 

        G            D
And I’d never get confronted for it 

Em              C            G
 Because they’d stick up for me 
[Chorus]
   D       | Em C |
If I were a boy 

G          D         | Em C | G D |
 I think I could understand 

       Em              C    
How it feels to love a girl 

  G              D         | Em C | G      D    |
I swear I’d be a better man           (I’d listen ...)

    D       | Em C |
I’d listen to her 

G         D         | Em C | G D |
 ‘Cause I know how it hurts 

         Em               C    
When you lose the one you wanted 

            G             D 
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted

    C                         C    
And everything you had got destroyed
[Verse]
          | Em C |
If I were a boy 

G        D            | Em C | G D |
 I would turn off my phone 

     Em            C    
Tell everyone it’s broken 

        G                D       | Em C | G      D |
So they think that I was sleeping alone     (I’d put ...)

    D         | Em C |
I’d put myself first 

G             D         | Em C | G D    |
 And make the rules as I go 

         Em                 C    
‘Cause I know that she’d be faithful 

G           D         |  Em   C       |  G   D |
Waiting for me to come  home  ( to come home) 
[Chorus]
   D       | Em C |
If I were a boy 

G          D         | Em C | G D |
 I think I could understand 

       Em              C    
How it feels to love a girl 

  G              D         | Em C | G      D    |
I swear I’d be a better man           (I’d listen ...)

    D         | Em C |
I’d listen to her 

G         D          | Em C | G D |
 ‘Cause I know how it hurts 

         Em               C    
When you lose the one you wanted 

            G             D 
‘Cause he’s taken you for granted

    C                         C    
And everything you had got destroyed
[Middle 8]
Am7     C          Em       D           Am7
 It’s a little too late for you to come back 

         C         Em
Say it’s just a mistake 

           D             Am7
Think I forgive you like that 

       C               Em
If you thought I would wait for you 

D           | Cadd9  | Cadd9 |
 You thought wrong 
[Chorus]
                | Em C |
But you’re just a boy 

G     D          Em             C         | G   D  |
  You don’t understand (and you don’t understand) 

       Em              C    
How it feels to love a girl, someday you’ll 

G                D       | Em C | 
 Wish you were a better man 

G          D        | Em C |
 You don’t listen to her 

G          D          | Em C | G D |
 You don’t care how it hurts 

          Em               C    
Until you lose the one you wanted 

          G             D
Cause you taken her for granted 

    C                         C    
And everything you had got destroyed 
[Coda]
                | Em C | G D 
But you’re just a boy ...