Who Do You Want To Be Chords by Oingo Boingo

Tempo:
111.8 bpm
Chords used:

F#

F#m

G#

A

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Who Do You Want To Be - Oingo Boingo chords
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[F#]
[G#] [C#] [F#] [F]
[F#m]
[G#] [F#m]
[G#] [C#] Who do you want to be today?
[F#] Who do you want to [A] be?
[G] [F#] Who do you want to be today?
Wanna be just like [G#] someone on [F#] TV?
I wanna be someone you love, it's like a [A] tragedy.
[B] [C#] Nothing could be worse than when there's nothing on TV.
[G] [F#] I'm down to here now, boy, and the still playing cat [A]
[B] falls.
[C#] I've been born so many times, I can't remember them all.
[G] [F#] Who do you want to [C#] be today?
Who do you want [A] to be?
[G] [F#m] Who do you want to be today?
[A] Wanna be just like someone [E] on TV?
[B] [F#] Just like [D] somebody on TV.
[F#m]
[G#] [F#m]
[G#] [F#]
[B] [F#] I think I'll be a tough [F#m]
guy, and I think I'll be a punk.
[F#] I might be a gangster dressed in Billy Crads.
I might have a hat on the other side, and walk around in
[F#m] Who
[B] [F#] do you want to be today?
Who do you want to be [B] today?
[F#] Wanna be just [A] like someone [E] on TV?
[B]
Yeah, [F#] just like somebody [F#m] on TV.
[F#]
[C]
[F#m]
[B] [F#m] [Am]
[G#] [C#]
[B] [F#m] [A]
[G#] [C#] Life is like a rock in the middle of the sea.
You'd rather suffer by yourself in a pool of [A] this [G#] misery.
[F#] You'd feel like a sun without its clothes, with a rosary in your [B] hand.
[F#] You'd rather be cruising like that, with strings in [A] your hand.
[G#] You'd [F#] rather be here, but all [B] humanity.
But [F#] perhaps you'd like to be a punk, so you're a lot of [A] stupid.
[G#] [F#m] Who do you want to [G#] be today?
[F#] Who do you want to be [F#m] today?
Wanna be just like [E] someone on TV?
[B] Just [F#] like [D] somebody on TV.
[D#] Who do you [F#m] want to be today?
[A]
[G#] [F#m] Who do you want to be today?
[G#] [F#] Wanna be just like someone on TV?
[A]
[G#] [F#m] Who do you want to be [F#] today?
[G#] [F#m] Who do you want to be today?
Who do you [A] want to be [G#] today?
[F#m] [F]
Key:  
F#
134211112
F#m
123111112
G#
134211114
A
1231
B
12341112
F#
134211112
F#m
123111112
G#
134211114
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To start learning Oingo Boingo - (1988 Boingo Alive Version) Who Do You Want To Be chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: F#, A, F#m, A, F#m and B. For best results, commence at 56 BPM and progress to the song's BPM of 112. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of C# Minor in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
[G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [F] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] [C#] Who do you want to be today?
[F#] Who do you want to [A] be?
[G] [F#] Who do you want to be today?
Wanna be just like [G#] someone on [F#] TV?
I wanna be someone you love, it's like a [A] tragedy.
[B] [C#] Nothing could be worse than when there's nothing on TV.
[G] [F#] I'm down to here now, boy, and the still playing cat [A]
[B] falls.
[C#] I've been born so many times, I can't remember them all.
[G] [F#] Who do you want to [C#] be today?
Who do you want [A] to be?
[G] [F#m] Who do you want to be today?
[A] Wanna be just like someone [E] on TV?
_ [B] _ [F#] Just like [D] somebody on TV.
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ [F#] I think I'll be a tough _ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
guy, and I think I'll be a punk.
[F#] I might be a gangster dressed in Billy Crads.
I might have a hat on the other side, and walk around in_
[F#m] Who _ _
[B] _ [F#] do you want to be today?
Who do you want to be [B] today?
[F#] Wanna be just [A] like someone [E] on TV?
[B]
Yeah, [F#] just like somebody [F#m] on TV. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[G#] _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G#] _ [C#] Life is like a rock in the middle of the sea.
You'd rather suffer by yourself in a pool of [A] this [G#] misery.
[F#] You'd feel like a sun without its clothes, with a rosary in your [B] hand.
[F#] You'd rather be cruising like that, with strings in [A] your hand.
[G#] You'd [F#] rather be _ _ here, but all [B] humanity.
But [F#] perhaps you'd like to be a punk, so you're a lot of [A] stupid.
[G#] _ [F#m] _ _ Who do you want to [G#] be today?
[F#] Who do you want to be [F#m] today?
Wanna be just like [E] someone on TV?
[B] Just [F#] like [D] somebody on TV.
[D#] Who do you [F#m] want to be today?
_ _ [A] _
[G#] _ [F#m] Who do you want to be today? _ _
[G#] _ [F#] _ Wanna be just like someone on TV?
[A] _
[G#] _ [F#m] Who do you want to be [F#] today? _ _
[G#] _ [F#m] Who do you want to be today?
Who do you [A] want to be [G#] today?
[F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _

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This song was authored by Danny Elfman.

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