Birthday Boy Chords by Drive-By Truckers

Tempo:
66.825 bpm
Chords used:

G

D

A

Bm

Em

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Drive-By Truckers- Birthday Boy chords
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[B] [A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] Which [D] one's the birthday boy?
[Bm] She said I ain't got [A] all night.
[G] What's your mama [D] name?
You [Bm] can call me what you [A] like.
[G] Every skinny [D] mystery [Bm] got a vacant heart [A] somehow.
[G] [D] Since you narrow ass down hot shot, [Bm] I'll solve yours [A] right now.
[G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] You got a girlfriend, [D] don't you boy?
[Bm]
Nervous pants [A] can't lie.
[G] [D] Married men don't ask how much.
[Bm] Single ones [A] ain't fine.
[G] One day you [D] got everything.
[Bm] Next day it's [A] all broke.
[G] Let Miss Trixie [D] sit up front.
[Bm] Let her wipe your [A] nose.
[G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] Working for the money like you got eight heads.
[D] Flat old back under a mean old [G] man.
Just thinking happy thoughts.
[D] Breathe deep.
[Em] [Bm] Your mama's [A] driving, [G] daddy's built.
[D] Don't take [Bm] smarts to learn to tune out.
One hurts more than [A] hell.
[G] Pretty girls from the small ass town.
[D] Can't remember [A] like storms and droughts [G] that old man talked about for years to [D] come.
I [Em] [Bm] guess [A] that's why [G] they give us name.
[D] So few [Bm] old men can say they saw us rain when [A] we were young.
[A] [G] [D] Which [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] [Bm]
[D] [G] [D] [Bm]
[A] [G] [D] one's the birthday boy?
[Bm] She said I ain't got [A] all night.
[G] [D] What's your mama name?
You [Bm] can call me what you [A] like.
[G]
Key:  
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
Bm
13421112
Em
121
G
2131
D
1321
A
1231
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To learn Drive-By Truckers - Birthday Boy chords, these are the chords to practise in sequence: D, Bm, A, G, D, A and A. For best results, commence at 33 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 67. With D Major as the song's key, tweak the capo to cater to your vocal pitch and chord likes.

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_ [B] _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] Which [D] one's the birthday boy?
[Bm] She said I ain't got [A] all night.
_ [G] What's your mama [D] name?
You [Bm] can call me what you [A] like.
_ [G] Every skinny [D] mystery [Bm] got a vacant heart [A] somehow.
_ [G] [D] Since you narrow ass down hot shot, [Bm] I'll solve yours [A] right now.
_ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ [G] You got a girlfriend, [D] don't you boy?
[Bm]
Nervous pants [A] can't lie.
_ [G] [D] Married men don't ask how much.
[Bm] Single ones [A] ain't fine.
_ [G] One day you [D] got everything.
[Bm] Next day it's [A] all broke.
[G] Let Miss Trixie [D] sit up front.
[Bm] Let her wipe your [A] nose.
[G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [G] Working for the money like you got eight heads.
[D] Flat old back under a mean old [G] man.
Just thinking happy thoughts.
[D] Breathe deep.
_ _ [Em] _ [Bm] Your mama's [A] driving, [G] daddy's built.
_ [D] Don't take [Bm] smarts to learn to tune out.
One hurts more than [A] hell.
_ _ _ [G] Pretty girls from the small ass town.
[D] Can't remember [A] like storms and droughts [G] that old man talked about for years to [D] come.
I _ [Em] _ [Bm] guess [A] that's why [G] they give us name.
[D] So few [Bm] old men can say they saw us rain when [A] we were young.
_ [A] _ [G] _ [D] Which _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] one's the birthday boy?
[Bm] She said I ain't got [A] all night.
_ [G] [D] What's your mama name?
You [Bm] can call me what you [A] like.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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