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Boy Needs A Bike

Jewel
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Chords used:
Em
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0--
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0--
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0--
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2--
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2--
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--
 Pop works in the shop til eight
  Mom's  on the phone and she's kind of irate
 Sally's doing  sommersaults on the lawn
 Pop slams open the front screen door
  Just  to scare mom
  She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
 He washes his  dirty hands  in the sink
 And things around the table are kind of rough
  Mom  says it's pa
  Pa says, "Times are just tough"
 Me and Sally don't say much  of nothing at all
 The garage door light brightens up the night
  Pa always  works on cars when he gets in a fight
 As though he could figure out that woman  by working on that
  old car
 He said a car can cure any problem at all
  Cause seeing  all those parts makes a fight look so small
 But I wish he'd put me and Sally  in the backseat and
  drive  us away
  That's when he sits  me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
  He said, "A man  needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
  I got my first  taste of freedom
  beneath the light of the moon
 But if it were me
 I'd have the guts
 I'd put to test  those bolts  and nuts
  And I'd Ride
  Away  so fast, so far
 Put away our tools
  We go back inside
  Mom  feels left out and now she's starting to cry
 I wonder if all girls  are crazy this way
 I wish pops would just get a spine
  I said I know  it's little but you can borrow mine
 He just smiles and says,  "Your mom means well,  son"
 Most times are good it's just some that are lame
  But love  makes up for those times in beteween
  He got a tear  in his eye as he took  mamma's hand
 said one day  I'd understand
 But if it were me
 I'd have the guts
 I'd put to test  those bolts  and nuts
  And I'd Ride
  Away  so fast, so far
  Ride  Away  so fast so far
  Ride  Away
 (end on Em with upward strum)

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Readable chord sheet for Boy Needs A Bike by Jewel

Chords used:
   [G]   [C9]   [D]   [C]  [Cadd9]  [Cmaj7]  [F]   [Am]  [Em]
e--3---3----2---0---0------0-----1---0---0--
B--3---3----3---1---3------0-----1---1---0--
G--0---0----2---0---0------0-----2---2---0--
D--0---2----0---2---2------2-----3---2---2--
A--2---3----X---3---3------3-----3---0---2--
E--3---X----X---X---X------X-----1---X---0--

[G]       [C9]

[G]   Pop works in the shop til eight
   M[C9]om's on the phone and she's kind of irate
[G]   Sally's doing[D] sommersaults on the l[C]awn [Cadd9]        [C]           [Cmaj7]
[G]   Pop slams open the front screen door
   J[C9]ust to scare mom
   She says, "What the hell did you do that for?"
[G]   He washes his[D] dirty hands[C] in the sink  [Cadd9]         [C]            [Cmaj7]
[G]   And things around the table are kind of rough
   [C9]Mom says it's pa
   Pa says, "Times are just tough"
[G]   Me and Sally don't say m[D]uch of nothing at al[C]l   [Cadd9]          [C]             [Cmaj7]
[G]   The garage door light brightens up the night
   Pa [C9]always works on cars when he gets in a fight
[G]   As though he could figure out that w[D]oman by working on that
   old c[C]ar  [Cadd9]         [C]            [Cmaj7]
[G]   He said a car can cure any problem at all
   Cause s[C9]eeing all those parts makes a fight look so small
[G]   But I wish he'd put me and S[D]ally in the backseat and
   dr[C]ive us away  [Cadd9]         [C]            [Cmaj7]
   That's when he s[G]its me down he said he's gonna teach me about life
   He said, "A m[C9]an needs a car and a boy needs a bike"
   I got my f[G]irst taste of freedom  [D]
   beneath the light of the m[C]oon   [Cadd9]          [C]             [Cmaj7]

[F]   But if it were m[G]e
[F]   I'd have the g[G]uts
[F]   I'd put to t[G]est   those b[C]olts [Cmaj7]       and n[Am]uts
   And I'd [Em]Ride[Am]
   Aw[C]ay [D]  so fast, so f[G]ar

[G]   Put away our tools
   We go back inside
   M[C9]om feels left out and now she's starting to cry
[G]   I wonder if all girls[D] are crazy this w[C]ay     [Cadd9]            [C]               [Cmaj7]
[G]   I wish pops would just get a spine
   I said I kn[C9]ow it's little but you can borrow mine
[G]   He just smiles and says,[D] "Your mom means w[C]ell, s[Cmaj7]on"     [Cadd9]            [C]
[G]   Most times are good it's just some that are lame
   But l[C9]ove makes up for those times in beteween
   He got a t[G]ear in his eye as he t[D]ook mamma's h[C]and  [Cadd9]
[C]   said one d[Cmaj7]ay I'd underst[G]and

[F]   But if it were m[G]e
[F]   I'd have the g[G]uts
[F]   I'd put to t[G]est      those b[C]olts [Cmaj7]      and n[Am]uts
   And I'd [Em]Ride [Am]
   Aw[C]ay [D]  so fast, so f[Em]ar
   Ri[Am]de  Aw[C]ay [D]  so fast so f[Em]ar
   Ri[Am]de  Aw[C]ay [D]

(end on Em with upward strum)

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