cavetown – Boys Will Be Bugs (Guitar)

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Play bottom two strings of each chord then strum downwards. Tune down not quite a 1/2 step to match the recording. [Intro] D A F# G x2 [Verse 1]
D                 A
  I'm a dumb teen boy

      F#                   G
I eat sticks and rocks and mud

        D              A
I don't care about the government

      F#             G
And I really need a hug

       D
I feel stupid (stupid)

A
Ugly (ugly)

   F#              G
Pretend it doesn't bother me

    D        A
I'm not very strong but

     F#                    G         D
I'll fuck you up if you're mean to bugs
[Interlude] (D) A F# G D A F# G x3 [Verse 2]
D              A              F#             G
  It's getting cold down here underneath the weather

          D                  A
I skipped class to sit with you

         F#               G
I really like your spotty sweater

   D            A
If ladybugs are girls

       F#              G
How do you make kids together?

          D                A
What's it like in a female world

      F#                G
I bet it's just so much better
[Pre-Chorus]
E7
  I just turned fourteen

      G7                           D
And I think this year I'm gonna be mean
[Chorus]
      F#                  G                   A
Don't mess with me, I'm a big boy now and I'm very scary

D   F#                   G                   A
  I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate

D       F#                 G                    A
  Don't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry

D                    F#                       G
 Ain't that how it's s'posed to be? Though it isn't me

     A
Boys will be bugs right?
[Interlude] D A F# G
D   A   F#      G
           Boys will be bugs right?
[Verse 3]
D                 A
  I'm a dumb teen boy

      F#          G
All I wanna do is quit

       D                  A
My mum told me that she's worried

      F#                G
And I couldn't give a shit

       D                A
I have friends who understand me

      F#                G
Their names are spider, beetle, bee

     D         A
They don't say much but

F#               G
They have always listened to me
[Interlude] D A F# G [Verse 4]
    D             A
The other boys at school

           F#                G
Think it's cool to hate your parents

            D             A
But they're lying all the time

           F#                  G
The bugs advised that I should let 'em

    D             A
And if you wanna cry

          F#              G
Make sure that they never see it

   D            A
Or even better yet

         F#            G
Block it out and never feel it
[Pre-Chorus]
E7
  I just turned fourteen

      G7                D
And I think I know everything
[Chorus]
      F#                  G                   A
Don't mess with me, I'm a big boy now and I'm very scary

D   F#                   G                   A
  I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate

D       F#                 G                    A
  Don't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry

D                    F#                       G
 Ain't that how it's s'posed to be? Though it isn't me

     A
Boys will be bugs right?
[Interlude]
D   A   F#      G
           Boys will be bugs right?
D A F# G [Bridge]
E7
  Just turned fourteen

      G7                           E7
And I think this year I'm gonna be mean

                            G7                E7
(Just turned fourteen and I think I know everything)
Just turned fourteen
      G7                           E7
And I think this year I'm gonna be mean

                            G7                              A
(Just turned fourteen and I think the world revolves around me)
[Interlude] E G# A B x2 [Chorus]
E       G#                  A                   B
  Don't mess with me, I'm a big boy now and I'm very scary

E   G#                   A                   B
  I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate

E       G#                 A                    B
  Don't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry

E                    G#                       A
 Ain't that how it's s'posed to be? Though it isn't me

     B
Boys will be bugs right?
[Outro]
E   G#   A   B   x2
(repeat last chorus)