Verse 1
[Em] [C] [G]
If I were a boy
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
Even just for a day
[D] [Em] [C]
I'd roll out of bed in the morning
[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]
And throw on what I wanted and go
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
Drink beer with the guys
[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]
'Cause they'd stick up for me
Chorus
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
If I were a boy
[D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
I think I could understand
[Em] [C]
How it feels to love a girl
[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]
I swear I'd be a better man
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
I'd listen to her
[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]
And everything you had got destroyed
Verse 2
[Em] [C] [G]
If I were a boy
[D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
I would turn off my phone
[Em] [C]
Tell everyone it's broken
[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]
So they think that I was sleeping alone
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
I'd put myself first
[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]
Waiting for me to come home
Chorus
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
If I were a boy
[D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
I think I could understand
[Em] [C]
How it feels to love a girl
[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]
I swear I'd be a better man
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
I'd listen to her
[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] [Am7]
And everything you had got destroyed
Bridge
[Am7] [C] [G] [D] [Am]
It's a little too late for you to come back
[C] [Em]
Say it's just a mistake
[D] [Am]
Think I forgive you like that
[C] [Em] [D]
If you thought I would wait for you
[C]
You thought wrong
Verse 3
[Em] [C] [G]
But you're just a boy
[D] [Em] [C] [G] [D]
You don't understand (yea you don't understand)
[Em] [C]
How it feels to love a girl, someday you'll
[G] [D] [Em] [C] [G]
Wish you were a.. better man
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
You don't listen to her
[D] [Em] [C] [G]
You don't care how it hurts
[D] [Em] [C]
Until you lose the one you wanted
[G] [D]
Cause you've taken her for granted
[C]
And everything you had got destroyed
[Em] [C] [G] [D]
But you're just a boy