Lousy Boy Acordes

Capo 2
 
 
C
When I was four I thought I was a girl
C
I had a doll and my hair would curl
Dm
My sister let me play with her
G
Her silly little toy brother
 
C
She and Leslie put me in a dress
C
We all laughed, I was a pretty mess
Dm
I learned later that this was wrong
G
Boys don't dress up if they're gonna belong
 
 
C
And fair, Is fair
Dm
Take a shot if you dare
C                   D
No guy shies from a fight
Dm                          G
On a Thornhill summer night
 
C
And a man, Is a man
Dm
When he's got a gun in his hand
C                       D
Well I never wanted to destroy
Dm                       C
I always made a lousy boy.
 
C
Sometimes you gotta live within your skin
C
Sometimes you gotta take a shot on the chin
Dm
Thirteen years old and I didn't wanna get caught
G
They set the tussle for Mac's parking lot
 
C
Me and some kid I was supposed to hate
C
Two gladiators comin' out of Grade Eight
Dm
And every instinct tellin' me that I should hide
G
I swallowed hard and I swallowed my pride
 
C
And fair, Is fair
Dm
Take a shot if you dare
C                    D
No guy shies from a fight
Dm                        G
On a Thornhill summer night
 
C
And a man, Is a man
Dm
When he's got a gun in his hand
C                          D
Well I never wanted to destroy
Dm                       C
I always made a lousy boy.
 
 
C Dm G
La la la la la la la....
 
C
I sing these words and I remember that night
C
I'll grow some wrinkles but I think I'm alright
Dm
Sometimes I'm vulnerable, sometimes I cry
G
I won't join any tribe living a lie
 
C
And I know guys who are just like me
C
They like hockey and poetry
Dm
I think in retrospect that we have won
G
I'm a full-grown man and I don't own a gun
 
C
And fair, Is fair
Dm
Take a shot if you care
C                          D
Some guy shies from a fight
Dm                        G
On a Thornhill summer night
 
C
If a man, Is a man
Dm
When he's got a gun in his hand
C                           D
Well I never wanted to destroy
Dm                       C
I always made a lousy boy
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