Cavetown - Boys Will Be Bugs

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Tune down not quite a 1/2 step to match the recording.
 
[Intro]
D A F# G x2
 
[Verse 1]
D AI'm a dumb teen boy
F# GI eat sticks and rocks and mud
D AI don't care about the government
F# GAnd I really need a hug
DI feel stupid (stupid)
AUgly (ugly)
F# GPretend it doesn't bother me
D AI'm not very strong but
F# GI'll fuck you up if you're mean to bugs
 
D A F# G x4
 
[Verse 2]
D A F# GIt's getting cold down here underneath the weather
D AI skipped class to sit with you
F# GI really like your spotty sweater
D AIf ladybugs are girls
F# GHow Do you make kids together?
D AWhat's it like in a female world
F# GI bet it's just so much better
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E7I just turned fourteen
GAnd I think this year I'm gonna be mean
 
[Chorus]
D F# G ADon't mess with me 'cause a big boy now and I'm very scary
DF# G AI punch my walls, stay out at night, and I Do karate
D F# G ADon't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry
D F# GAin't that how its s'posed to be? Though it isn't me
ABoys will be bugs right?
 
D A F# G
 
D A F# G Boys will be bugs right?
 
[Verse 3]
DI'm a dumb teen boy
F# GAll I wanna Do is quit
D AMy mum told me that she's worried
F# GAnd I couldn't give a shit
D AI have friends who understand me
F# GTheir names are spider, beetle, bee
D AThey don't say much but
F# GThey have always listened to me
 
D A F# G
 
[Verse 4]
D AThe other boys at school
F# GThink it's cool to hate your parents
D ABut they're lying all the time
F# GThe bugs advised that I should let 'em
D AAnd if you wanna cry
F# GMake sure that they never see it
D AOr even better yet
F# GBlock it out and never feel it
 
[Pre-Chorus]
E7I just turned fourteen
GAnd I think I know everything
 
[Chorus]
D F# G ADon't mess with me 'cause a big boy now and I'm very scary
DF# G AI punch my walls, stay out at night, and I Do karate
D F# G ADon't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry
D F# GAin't that how its s'posed to be? Though it isn't me
ABoys will be bugs right?
 
D A F# G Boys will be bugs right?
 
[Bridge]
E7Just turned fourteen
GAnd I think this year I'm gonna be mean
E7 G(Just turned fourteen and I think I know everything)
E7Just turned fourteen
GAnd I think I know everything
E7 G A(Just turned fourteen and I think the world revolves around me)
 
E G# A B x2
 
[Chorus]
E G# A BDon't mess with me 'cause a big boy now and I'm very scary
E G# A BI punch my walls, stay out at night, and I Do karate
E G# A BDon't message me cause I won't reply, I wanna make you cry
E G# AAin't that how its s'posed to be? Though it isn't me
BBoys will be bugs right?
 
E G# A B(repeat last chorus)
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