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