If I Were a Boy

CAPO: 4th Fret AmC If I were a boy G Am C Even just for a day Am F I'd roll out of bed in the morning C G AmC And throw on what I wanted and go G Am C I'd drink beer with the guys G Am C And chase after girls Am F I'd kick it with who I wanted C G Am And I'd never get confronted for it F C 'Cause they'd stick up for me CHORUS: G Am C If I were a boy G Am G I think I could understand Am F How it feels to love a girl C G Am C I swear I'd be a, a better man G Am C If I were a boy G Am G I would turn off my phone Am F Tell everyone it's broken C G Cm So they'd think that I was sleeping alone G Am C I'd put myself first G Am F C And make the rules as I go, oh oh G Am F Oh, 'cause I know that she'd be faithful C G Am Waiting for me to come home F C Oh, to come home CHORUS: G Am C And if I were a boy G Am F G I think I would understand Am F How it feels to love a girl C G Am C I swear I'd be a, oh, a better man G Am C And I'd listen to her G Am F G 'Cause I know how it hurts Am F When you lose the one you wanted C G 'Cause he's taking you for granted F C Dm And everything you had got destroyed BRIDGE: F Am G Dm It's a little too late for you to come back F Am G Dm Say it's just a mistake, think I'd forgive you like that F Am G F If you thought I would wait for you, you thought wrong CHORUS: N.C. Am F C But you're just a boy G Am G You don't understand Am F How it feels to love a girl someday C G Am C You wish you were a, oh, a better man G Am C Oh, you don't listen to her G Am F G And you don't care how it hurts Am F Until you lose the one you wanted C G 'Cause you're taking her for granted Dm7 F And everything you had got destroyed OUTRO: N.C. Am F C G But you're just a boy