The Who – Im A Boy (Guitar Tab)

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I'm A Boy (second version) By The Who, 1966 >Appears on Meaty Beaty Big and Bouncy, 1971 Written by Pete Townshend ©1966 TRO-Hampshire House Publishing Corp. ============== transcribed by [email protected] ============== A x02220 Esus4 022200 E 022100 Eno3 022400 E5 02xxxx D xx0232 [intro] |A |Esus4 E |A |Esus4 | Ooh... |A |Eno3 One girl's called Jean Marie |A |Eno3 One little girl's called Felicity |A |Eno3 Another little girl was Sally Joy |A |Eno3 | The other was me and I'm a boy [2/4] [4/4] |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5 |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5| My name is Bill and I'm a head case (They pra..)

          |--------------|x-7---x-7-x--7--x-7-|x--7--x-7-x-7-x-7-|
          |--------------|x-9---x-9-x--9--x-9-|x--9--x-9-x-9-x-9-|
          |2--------2----|x-9---x-9-x--9--x-9-|x--9--x-9-x-9-x-9-|
          |2--------2----|--------------------|------------------|
          |0--------0----|--------------------|------------------|
          |--------------|--------------------|------------------|
                         [palm mute; x: left hand mute]

[2/4] [4/4] (E5) |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab They practice making up on my face [2/4] [4/4] E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear [2/4] [4/4] E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5| Spend days just taking hair pins from my hair |(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A) A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my mother won't admit it A |(D) D (E) E |Esus4 |A |A |Eno3 |Esus4 | I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it |A |Eno3 Get your frock on Jean Marie |A |Eno3 Plait your hair Felicity |A |Eno3 Paint your nails little Sally Joy |A |Eno3 | | | | Put this wig on little boy |(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A) I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it A |(D) D (E) E |E |A |A | I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it

[break; bass pedal E]
|E         |E         |E         |E         |E6sus4    |E         |
|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|
|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0----10/10|10-----0/0|0----10/10|
|4------4/4|4------4/4|4------4/4|4----11/11|11-----9/9|9----11/11|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------9/9|9------9/9|9------9/9|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2---------|-------7/7|7---------|
|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|

|E6sus4    |E      |
|0------0/0|0------|
|10-----0/0|0------|
|11-----9/9|9------|
|9------9/9|9------|
|-------7/7|7------|
|0-0-0-0---|0------|

[E implied by bass]
|F/E   |E     |F/E   |E     |Dm/E  |G/E   |C/E   |Dm/E  |
|5-----|0-----|5-----|0-----|10----|7-----|8-----|5-----|
|6-----|0-----|6-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|
|5-----|4-----|5-----|4-----|10----|7-----|9-----|5-----|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

|Bb/E  |E     |Dm/E  |Dm/E  |E     |E         |
|6-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----0/0/|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----0/0/|
|7-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------7/7/|
|------|------|------|------|------|----------|

                                                     [horn]
|E        |E        |E        |E    |E               |    |    |    |
|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|----|----|
|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-%--|-%--|-%--|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----|----|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|----------------|----|----|----|

Help me wash up Jean Marie You can dry Felicity Stack them dishes Sally Joy Behind those scrubbed floors, I'm a boy I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it |A |Eno3 | I wanna play cricket on the green |A |Eno3 | Ride my bike across the stream |A |Eno3 Cut myself and see my blood |A |Eno3 | | | | I wanna come home all covered in mud |(D) D (E) E |(A)A (A) I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it A |(D) D (E) E |A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy A |(D) D (E) E |(A) A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy |D |E |Esus4 E|A A I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy ============= [email protected]