The Boyfriend Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[C]Any girl who's reached the
age of 17 or thereabout
[Dm]Has but one de[G]sire in [C]view
[Dm]She [G]know[C]s she has reached the stage
of needing one to care about
Noth[Am]ing [D]else will really d[G]o
[Fm]Childhood [Bb]games are [Eb]left behind
An[Fm]d her he[Bb]art dates wi[Eb]ng
[Baug]Hop ing [Am]that it [D]soon wil[G]l find
[Abdim]Just one [Ebdim]thing[G][Em][Baug]
[C]We've got to [Dm]have, we've [D]got to have
[Eaug]For it's so drea[Fm]ry not to have
[C]That [Ebdim]certain t[Dm]hing c[G]alled the b[C]oyfriend[Dm]
[G]We [C]sch[Dbdim]eme about and d[Dm]ream about[Ebdim]
[C]And [Eaug]we've been k[F]nown t[Fm]o scream about
[C]That [Ebdim]certain thing c[G]alled
the [C]boyfriend[F#dim]
[B]He [Em]is really a nec[B]essity
[Em]If you want to get o[A]n
An[Dm]d we might as we[A]ll confess it
He [Dm]is our sinning one -o[G]n
[C]We sigh [Dbdim]for him and c[Dm]ry for hi[Ebdim]m
[C]And [Eaug]we would gladl[F]y die for [Fm]him
[C]That [Ebdim]certain thing c[G]alled the b[C]oyf[Dm]riend
[G]We [C]plead to him[Dm], we need to [Ebdim]him
[C]In [Eaug]fact, our p[F]oor hearts p[Fm]lead to him
[C]That [Ebdim]certain thing c[Baug]alled the
[C]boyfriend[Dbdim][Dm][G]
[C]We'd [A]stay for him [Dm]and
stay [Ebdim]for him
[C]We'd [Eaug]even mi[Dm]sbehave fo[Fm]r him,
[C]That cer[Ebdim]tain thin[Dm]g call[G]ed
the [C]boy[Ebdim]friend.
[B]Lif[Em]e without us is qui[Ebdim]te impossib[B]le,
[Em]And devoid of all [A]chance.
[Dm]No amount of i[Dbdim]dle gossip'l[A]l
[Dm]Keep them out of our [G]house.[Baug]
[C]We'll do [Dbdim]without, can[Dm]'t do witho[Ebdim]ut,
[C]Our [Eaug]dreams just [F]won't
come [Fm]true without,
[C]That [Eaug]certain [F]thing called [G]the [C]boy[Dm]friend.[C][A][Dm][D][C][Eaug][Fm]
[C][Ebdim][Dm][G][C][Dbdim]
[Dm][G][C][Dm][Ebdim][C][Eaug][Fm][C][Ebdim][Dm][G][C]
[B][Em][A][B][Em][A][Dm][A][Dm]
[G][Baug]
[G]We'[C]re moving[A] out,
[Dm]we're moving o[Ebdim]ut
[C]The [Eaug]dreams just [F]won't
come [Fm]to an end
[C]There's [Eaug]a dead thing[F]
[G]called the boy[C]friend