Yael Naim

She Was A Boy

Yael Naim


Tom: Dm

Dm                        A
she was a boy, it wasn't easy for her
A#             A
I was a child to see it
Dm                 A
she came alone to build her story
A#               A
I was so young and loved her

A#   F
go on you'll see
Em 
all that you want to be
A
while everybody's saying
A#    F          
hold on, you'll see
A            A#
you'll never be free
A
but we just kept on growing

Dm                       A
she was a boy with some feelings for me
A#              A
I was too wild and missed it
Dm           A
I came alone to hear her story
A#                 A
while no one else was worried

A#  F
go on she said
E                      A
or else you will grow said
                   A#
while everybody doubted
      F
hold on, they say
Em
one day you'll have to pay
A                   Dm    A A# A Dm A A# A
but i was so afraid to go

A#    F
hold on you're scared 
C     G
you only need to dare
A                      A#
while everybody's laughing

    F
go on, you'll see
A              Gm
one day you'll be free
A
and you will understand why

Dm              A              A#
she was a boy, she was a boy, she was a boy
A 
hiding in herself but
Dm              A        
she was a boy, she was a boy
A#                              A
she knew that everyone was saying it

A#    
how much you want to see
Gm
how much you want to be
Dm                          C
how much you want to live, see her growing
A#
how much you want to see
Gm
how much you want to be
Dm
how much you want to live feel like falling
A#
how much you want to see
Gm
how much you want to be
Dm
wishing everyday you could see her face again
A#
how much you want to give
Gm                    A
how much you want to live

Dm        G   Dm
she was a boy
F         Am  Dm
she was a boy
     F        Em
but she was there for me
         D         Dm
i was a child and she was a boy