What's a Boy to Do
Mat KearneyVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
alt: (x02200)
A fantastic and simple song...the tempo starts slow and picks up as it goes. This
is how I like to play it. To make for easier playing you can use the alternate
version of Asus2 throughout (I believe Mat himself does this live sometimes). I
think the fuller one sounds better, but both give the same effect. Happy playing :)
I'm sure that I'm moving to St Louis
Three long years wondering here in New York City
I guess I'm looking for the right way to do this
I guess I'm looking for the right things to call pretty
Young boys playing in the park turning their backs to take a shot
You know I'll stay sharp around here 'cause they're stoning and leaving type
It's the kind of love that comes and goes when there's company coming around
What's a boy to do who knows no man now?
What's a boy to do who knows no man now?
Daddy's been looking down his nose at all of them
And I've been looking round for someone to tell me who I am
He kept saying I was to young to finish a fight
I'd die each time they came I never got to draw my knife
Well it was just a pair of shoes in a middle school room with the world watching in
And angel is crying I'm dying just a little inside as they ran away
Funny which words stick around 20 years down when you're driving alone
What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?
What's a boy to do when there's no man at home?
Well I'll stack all my books in perfect rows
From the biggest down to the smallest ones
And I buy all the perfect clothes
Bullet proof and black, where I look like a son...
Well it was just a rain night at his house
A bottle spinning around the room
And everybody's singing and slipping down the bottom halfway rush of blood
And I was grabbing Missy but I was trying to find the light switch in the dark
What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?
What's a boy to do with no man in his heart?
It's all quiet for the first time
With no voices left to fall I saw
a boy at the bottom of the bridge
His car was left there on the top
It's four o'clock in the morning
Didn't need to be like this
There's a white sheet left to cover up
What should have been a holy kiss
It's not like those days
It's not like I'm scared of you
What's the son of man and a boy to do?
What's the son of man and a boy to you?
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Readable chord sheet for What's a Boy to Do by Mat Kearney
[Asus2] alt: (x02200) [C#m7] [Bsus4] [Aadd9] A fantastic and simple song...the tempo starts slow and picks up as it goes. This is how I like to play it. To make for easier playing you can use the alternate version of Asus2 throughout (I believe Mat himself does this live sometimes). I think the fuller one sounds better, but both give the same effect. Happy playing :) I'm [Asus2]sure that I'm[C#m7] moving to St Lo[Bsus4]uis Thre[Asus2]e long years wonder[C#m7]ing here in New Yor[Bsus4]k City I gu[Asus2]ess I'm looking for the [C#m7]right way to do [Bsus4]this I gue[Asus2]ss I'm looking for the r[C#m7]ight things to call p[Bsus4]retty Youn[Asus2]g boys playing in the pa[C#m7]rk turning their backs to [Bsus4]take a shot You [Asus2]know I'll stay sharp around here[C#m7] 'cause they're stoning and l[Bsus4]eaving type It's the k[Asus2]ind of love that comes and g[C#m7]oes when there's company c[Bsus4]oming around [Asus2]What's a boy to[C#m7] do who knows no man no[Bsus4]w? [Asus2]What's a boy to[C#m7] do who knows no man no[Bsus4]w? Daddy's been looking down his nose at all of them And I've been looking round for someone to tell me who I am He kept saying I was to young to finish a fight I'd die each time they came I never got to draw my knife Well it was just a pair of shoes in a middle school room with the world watching in And angel is crying I'm dying just a little inside as they ran away Funny which words stick around 20 years down when you're driving alone What's a boy to do when there's no man at home? What's a boy to do when there's no man at home? Well I'll [Asus2]stack all my bo[C#m7]oks in pe[Bsus4]rfect rows From the [Asus2]biggest down t[C#m7]o the [Bsus4]smallest ones And I b[Asus2]uy all the p[C#m7]erfect [Bsus4]clothes Bullet [Asus2]proof and black, where I[C#m7] look like a [Bsus4]son... Well it was just a rain night at his house A bottle spinning around the room And everybody's singing and slipping down the bottom halfway rush of blood And I was grabbing Missy but I was trying to find the light switch in the dark What's a boy to do with no man in his heart? What's a boy to do with no man in his heart? It's all q[Asus2]uiet for the first time With n[Bsus4]o voices left to fall I saw a boy [C#m7]at the bottom of the bridge His ca[Aadd9]r was left there on the top It's [Asus2]four o'clock in the morning Didn't[Bsus4] need to be like this There's[C#m7] a white sheet left to cover up What s[Aadd9]hould have been a holy kiss It's [Asus2]not like those days [C#m7]It's not like I'm scare[Bsus4]d of you What's the s[Asus2]on of man and a[C#m7] boy to do?[Bsus4] What's the s[Asus2]on of man and a[C#m7] boy to you[Bsus4]?