Jewel – Boy Needs A Bike (Guitar)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# ---------------------------- Artist: Jewel Kilcher Taken from: Jewel Unplugged on MTV Transcribed by: Rok Osojnik ([email protected]) Song is played in standard tuning
Chords used:
   G   C9   D   C  Cadd9  Cmaj7  F   Am  Em
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0--
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0--
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0--
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2--
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2--
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--
G C9
G       
   Pop works in the shop til eight

    C9
   Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate

G               D                     C   Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   Sally's doing sommersaults on the lawn

G
   Pop slams open the front screen door

    C9
   Just to scare mom
She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
G               D           C             Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   He washes his dirty hands in the sink

G
   And things around the table are kind of rough

   C9
   Mom says it's pa
Pa says, "Times are just tough"
G                          D                   C   Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   Me and Sally don't say much of nothing at all

G
   The garage door light brightens up the night

      C9
   Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight

G                                      D
   As though he could figure out that woman by working on that

        C   Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   old car

G
   He said a car can cure any problem at all

          C9
   Cause seeing all those parts makes a fight look so small

G                              D
   But I wish he'd put me and Sally in the backseat and

     C            Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   drive us away

                   G
   That's when he sits me down he said he's gonna teach me about life

                C9
   He said, "A man needs a car and a boy needs a bike"

             G                      D
   I got my first taste of freedom

                             C     Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   beneath the light of the moon

F                  G
   But if it were me

F                G
   I'd have the guts

F              G            C    Cmaj7       Am
   I'd put to test   those bolts        and nuts

           Em  Am
   And I'd Ride

     C  D              G
   Away   so fast, so far

G
   Put away our tools
We go back inside
    C9
   Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry

G                       D                C      Cadd9  C  Cmaj7
   I wonder if all girls are crazy this way

G
   I wish pops would just get a spine

              C9       
   I said I know it's little but you can borrow mine

G                          D                 C     Cmaj7   Cadd9  C
   He just smiles and says, "Your mom means well, son"

G
   Most times are good it's just some that are lame

        C9
   But love makes up for those times in beteween

             G                     D            C    Cadd9
   He got a tear in his eye as he took mamma's hand

C            Cmaj7         G
   said one day I'd understand

F                  G
   But if it were me

F                G
   I'd have the guts

F              G               C    Cmaj7      Am
   I'd put to test      those bolts       and nuts

           Em   Am
   And I'd Ride

     C  D              Em
   Away   so fast, so far

     Am    C  D             Em
   Ride  Away   so fast so far

     Am    C  D
   Ride  Away
(end on Em with upward strum) If you have any corrections, comments, opinions or problems, then feel free to email me at [email protected]