Chords for Barenaked Ladies - What A Good Boy (Video)

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When [D] I was born, they looked at [C] me and said, What a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong [G] boy. _
When [D] you were born, they looked at [C] you and said, What a good girl, what a smart girl,
what a pretty [G] girl. _
Got [D] these chains hanging [C] around our necks, people wanna strangle us with them before
we take [G] our first step.
Afraid [D] of change, afraid of staying [C] the same, when temptation comes, we just look [G] away. _
This name [D] is the hair shed I wear, [C] this hair shed is golden for your [D] brown hair.
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This song [D] is the cross that I bear, [C] bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with [G] me tonight, _ [Em] I [C] _ know that [G] it isn't right.
_ [C] _ _ _ Be with me tonight, _ go to [D] school, I write [C] exams, if I pass, if I fail, if I drop out,
does anyone care [G] about that?
If [D] they do, they'll soon [C] forget, cause it won't take much for me to show my life ain't over yet.
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Wake [D] up scared, I wake [C] up strange, I wake up wondering if anything in my life is ever gonna [G] change.
I wake [D] up scared, I wake [E] up [Em] strange, [C] and everything around me [G] stays the same.
This name is [D] the hair shed I wear, [C] this hair shed is woven from your [G] brown hair.
This song is [D] the cross that I bear, [C] bear with me, bear with me, bear with me.
Be with me [G] tonight, _
_ _ [C] I know that it [G] isn't right. _
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [C] _ Be with me [G] tonight, I [D] couldn't tell you I [C] was wrong.
Drinking down from the pan in the bathroom, sat down and I wrote [G] this song.
I [D] couldn't tell you, cause you [C] were right.
So sad, I looked in the mirror, I watched TV, laid [G] awake all night.
We've got [D] these chains, hang [C] around, I keep on strangling and smithering, before [G] we take
our [G] last breath. _
Afraid of [D] change, afraid of staying [C] the same, when temptation calls.
The air I [G] breathe, this name _ [D] I share, _ [C] this hair shed is woven from, is woven from, _ _ [G] _
is
This song is [D] the cross that I bear, bear [C] with me, bear with me, bear with [Em] me.
Be with me [G] tonight. _
When I was born, they looked at me and said, what a good boy, what a smart boy, what a strong boy.
When you [D] were born, they looked at you [Em] and said, what a good girl, [C] what a smart girl,
what a pretty [G] girl. _
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