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Im a Boy

The Who
Tab
★4.6(7)

This is tablature — fret positions rather than chord names. Wide lines scroll sideways on their own, so the page never does.

intro

|A |Esus4 E |A |Esus4 |

Ooh...

|A |Eno3

One girl's called Jean Marie

|A |Eno3

One little girl's called Felicity

|A |Eno3

Another little girl was Sally Joy

|A |Eno3 |

The other was me and I'm a boy

[2/4] [4/4]

|A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5 |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|

My name is Bill and I'm a head case (They pra..)

          |--------------|x-7---x-7-x--7--x-7-|x--7--x-7-x-7-x-7-|
          |--------------|x-9---x-9-x--9--x-9-|x--9--x-9-x-9-x-9-|
          |2--------2----|x-9---x-9-x--9--x-9-|x--9--x-9-x-9-x-9-|
          |2--------2----|--------------------|------------------|
          |0--------0----|--------------------|------------------|
          |--------------|--------------------|------------------|

palm mute; x: left hand mute

[2/4] [4/4]

(E5) |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab

They practice making up on my face

[2/4] [4/4]

E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab

I feel lucky if I get trousers to wear

[2/4] [4/4]

E5 |A |E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|E5/Ab E5 E5/Ab E5|

Spend days just taking hair pins from my hair

|(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A) A

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my mother won't admit it

A |(D) D (E) E |Esus4 |A |A |Eno3 |Esus4 |

I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it

|A |Eno3

Get your frock on Jean Marie

|A |Eno3

Plait your hair Felicity

|A |Eno3

Paint your nails little Sally Joy

|A |Eno3 | | | |

Put this wig on little boy

|(D) D (E) E |(A) A (A)

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it

A |(D) D (E) E |E |A |A |

I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it

break; bass pedal E

|E |E |E |E |E6sus4 |E |

|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|
|0------0/0|0------0/0|0------0/0|0----10/10|10-----0/0|0----10/10|
|4------4/4|4------4/4|4------4/4|4----11/11|11-----9/9|9----11/11|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------9/9|9------9/9|9------9/9|
|2------2/2|2------2/2|2------2/2|2---------|-------7/7|7---------|
|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|0-0-0-0---|

|E6sus4 |E |

|0------0/0|0------|
|10-----0/0|0------|
|11-----9/9|9------|
|9------9/9|9------|
|-------7/7|7------|
|0-0-0-0---|0------|

E implied by bass

|F/E |E |F/E |E |Dm/E |G/E |C/E |Dm/E |

|5-----|0-----|5-----|0-----|10----|7-----|8-----|5-----|
|6-----|0-----|6-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|
|5-----|4-----|5-----|4-----|10----|7-----|9-----|5-----|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|
|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|------|

|Bb/E |E |Dm/E |Dm/E |E |E |

|6-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----0/0/|
|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----|0-----0/0/|
|7-----|4-----|5-----|5-----|4-----|4-----9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------9/9/|
|------|------|------|------|------|------7/7/|
|------|------|------|------|------|----------|

horn

|E |E |E |E |E | | | |

|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|----|----|----|
|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----0/0/|0----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|-%--|-%--|-%--|
|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----9/9/|9----|9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|----|----|----|
|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----7/7/|7----|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|----|----|----|
|---------|---------|---------|-----|----------------|----|----|----|

Help me wash up Jean Marie

You can dry Felicity

Stack them dishes Sally Joy

Behind those scrubbed floors, I'm a boy

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it

I'm a boy, I'm a boy but if I say I am I get it

|A |Eno3 |

I wanna play cricket on the green

|A |Eno3 |

Ride my bike across the stream

|A |Eno3

Cut myself and see my blood

|A |Eno3 | | | |

I wanna come home all covered in mud

|(D) D (E) E |(A)A (A)

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, but my ma won't admit it

A |(D) D (E) E |A

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy

A |(D) D (E) E |(A) A A

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy

|D |E |Esus4 E|A A

I'm a boy, I'm a boy, I'm a boy

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