A Boy Needs A Bike (tabs)
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| A Boy Needs A Bike
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| Tabbed by | BreAnn S |
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| Tuning | Standard |
| Capo | None |
Tabbed by BreAnn S. off of MTV Unplugged
Standard Tuning, no capo, 6/8 time, Dotted Quarter note = ~56
(metronomeonline.com)
Chords: G = 320033 C9 = X32033 C = X32010 Cadd9 = X32030
CMaj9 = X20010 Am = 002210 F = 133211 Em = 022000
CMaj7 = X32000
Notes: -There are a lot of C chords in this song, but they're
really easier to distinguish than they appear...
the Cadd9 is just adding your pinkie for a hammer-on
with the regular old C chord, the CMaj9 is just a bass
walkdown from regular old C, & CMaj7 is just regular
old C without your first finger.... no sweat
Intro: G C9
Verse 1:
G
Pop works in the shop till late
C9
Mom's on the phone and she's kind of irate
G D C Cadd9 C CMaj7
Sally's doing summersaults on the lawn
G
Pop slams open the front screen door
C9
Just to scare mom she says,"What the hell'd you do that for?"
G D C Cadd9 C CMaj7 C
He washes his dirty hands in the sink
Verse 2:
G
Things around the table are kinda rough
C9
Ma says it's pa, pa says times are just tough
G
And me and Sally
D C Cadd9 C CMaj7
Don't see much of nothing at all
G
And the garage door light brightens up the night
C9
Pa always works on cars when he gets in a fight
G D
As if he could figure out that woman
C Cadd9 C CMaj7
By working on that old car
Verse 3:
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
C Cadd9 C CMaj7
And drive us away
G
That's when he sits me down
(G)
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
CHORUS:
F G F G
But if it were me, I'd have the guts,
F G C CMaj9 Am
I'd put to test those bolts and nuts
Em C Am D G
And I'd riiiiiiiide awaaaaaaaay so fast, so far
Verse 4:
G
We put away our tools and go back inside
C9
Mom feels left out and now she's starting to cry
G D
I wonder if all girls
C Cadd9 C CMaj7
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
He just smiles and says
C Cadd9 C CMaj7
"Your mom means well, son"
G
Most times are good; it's just some that are lean
C9
But love makes up for those times in between
G D C Cadd9
He got a tear in his eye as he took mama's hand
C CMaj7 G
Said one day I'd understand
LAST CHORUS:
F G F G
But if it were me, I'd have the guts,
F G C CMaj9 Am
I'd put to test those bolts and nuts
Em C Am D Em
And I'd riiiiiiiide awaaaaaaaay so fast, so far
Em C Am D Em
Riiiiiiiiiide awaaaaaaaaay so fast, so far
Em C Am D Em
Riiiiiiiiiide awaaaaaaaaay