What a Good Boy Barenaked Ladies
Most of the tabs on the web for this track are decent but forget the Em builds in
a couple verses as well as the correct descending chord pattern in the chorus.
Steven Page played the song minus the capo which are the chords presented here
while Ed Robertson played it with a capo on the fifth fret (D, A, G, Bm)
Barenaked Ladies - What a Good Boy
[G]When I was born, t[D]hey looked at me and said[Cadd9]
what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G]And when you were born, they lo[D]oked at you and said,[Cadd9]
what a good girl, what a smart girl, what a pretty girl.
[G]We've got these chains t[D]hat hang around our necks,[Cadd9]
people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.
[G]Afraid of chan[D]ge, afraid of staying the same,[Cadd9]
when temptation calls, we just look away.
[Cborus]
[G]This name is the hairshirt I wea[D]r,
and this hairshirt i[Cadd9]s woven from your brown hair.
[G]This song is the cross th[D]at I bear,
bear it with [Cadd9]me, bear with me, bear with me,
G [cb]F#/G[/cb] Em C
be with me tonight,
G [cb]F#/G[/cb] Em C
I know that it isn't right,
but be with me tonight.
[G]I go to school, I w[D]rite exams,
[Cadd9]if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out, does anyone give a damn?
[G]And if they do, they'l[D]l soon forget
[Cadd9]'cause it won't take much for me to show my life ain't over yet.
[G]I wake up scared, I wake u[D]p strange.
[Cadd9]I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever going to change.
[G]I wake up scared, I wake u[D]p strange[Em]
and eve[Cadd9]rything around me stays the same.[G]
[Cborus]
...its the hairshirt I we[D]ar,
and this hairshirt i[Cadd9]s woven from your brown hair.
[G]This song is the cross th[D]at I bear,
bear it with [Cadd9]me, bear with me, bear with me,
G [cb]F#/G[/cb] Em C
be with me tonight,
G [cb]F#/G[/cb] Em C G [cb]F#/G[/cb] Em C
I know that it isn't right,
but be with me tonight.
[G]I couldn't tell you that [D]I was wrong,
[Cadd9]chickened out, grabbed a pen and paper, sat down and I wrote this song.
[G]I couldn't tell you that [D]you were right,
[Cadd9]so instead I looked in the mirror, watched TV, laid awake all night.
[G]We've got these chains, hang 'round o[D]ur necks,
[Cadd9]people want to strangle us with them before we take our first breath.
[G]Afraid of change, afraid of[D] staying the same
[Cadd9]when temptation calls ...
[Cborus]
[G]This name is the hairshirt I wea[D]r,
and this hairshirt i[Cadd9]s woven from - is woven from - is woven from hair
[G]This song is the cross th[D]at I bear,
bear it with [Cadd9]me, bear with me, bear with me,
be with me tonight,
[G]When I was born, they looke[D]d at me and said;
[Cadd9]What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
[G]And when you were born, they looked at y[D]ou and said;
[Em]what a good girl, what a smart girl, wh[Cadd9]at a pretty girl, hey[G]
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