Mac Demarco
Because Im A Boy Acoustic Tab
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BECAUSE I'M A BOY ACOUSTIC - Mac Demarco (Makeout Videotape)
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Tabbed by: Jonathan Hawkins
E-mail: n/a
Tuning: D A D F♯ A d (open D)
This tab is based off of Mac's acoustic performance in this - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vOACZCsTZak -
video. The studio version of this song can be played with a capo on the second fret.
A previous version of this tab had the chords assigned arbitrary names. I've fixed them at the suggestion of
commenter xAngelsofHellx. Thanks goes to them (and blame if they're wrong.)
Palm mute liberally.
D6 F#7 G6/D Dmaj9 Bm7no5
d|---0----- -----(7)---- -----(5)--- ------0----- ------(0)------
A|---2----- -----(7)---- -----(5)--- ------9----- ------(0)------
F#|---3----- ------7----- ------5---- ------10---- -------8-------
D|---4----- ------7----- ------5---- ------11---- -------9-------
A|---0----- ------9----- ------7---- ------0----- -------0-------
D|---0----- ------0----- ------0---- -----(0)---- -------9-------
[these two chords]
are half-barred
Fill 1 Fill 4 Fill 5
d|----------------------- ---------------------------- --0---0-0-0------
A|----------------------- ---------------------------- --2h4-4-4-4------
F#|----------------------- ---------------------------- --3---3-3-3------
D|----------------------- ---------------------------- --4---4-4-4------
A|--0---2---------------- -------------9---7---------- --0---0-0-0------
D|----------2----4/9---0- ----9---12------------------ --0---0-0-0------
use pinkie
Fill 2 Fill 3
d|---------------------- --------------------
A|---------------------- --------------------
F#|---------------------- --------0-0-0-------
D|---------0-0---------- --------0-0-0-------
A|---------0-0---------- ---7/12-0-0-0-------
D|-----7/9-0-0--0------ --------------------
Intro
D6------------]
Verse 1
D6--------------------]Fill 1---------------]F#7---]G6/D---]Fill 2]Dmaj9--------
She'd be fine..... with a heart like mine...............
-----------]D6-------------------]Fill 1-------------]F#7---]G6/D----]Fill 2]Dmaj9-------]
could she be..... with a boy like me.................
Bm7no5-------]G6/D------]Fill 3]F#7---------]Bm7no5---]Fill 4]
and I'll be okay... living this way...
G6/D----------]Dmaj9---------]
'cause I'm a boy.......
Interlude
D6-------------]
Verse 2
D6---------------------]Fill 1-------------]F#7---]G6/D-----]Fill 2]Dmaj9--------
When she's near..... things become so clear...............
-------]D6--------]Fill 5]D6--------]Fill 1--------------]F#7---]G6/D---]Fill 2]Dmaj9--------]
I need she...... woe and she need me..................
Bm7no5----------]G6/D-------]Fill 3]F#7--------------]Bm7no5-----]Fill 4]
please I need time..... I know I'll be fine....
G6/D-----------]Dmaj9----------]
'cause I'm a boy.....
G6/D-----------]Dmaj9----------]
'cause I'm a boy.....
G6/D-----------]Dmaj9----------]
'cause I'm a boy.....
Outro
D6---------]Fill 5]D6-------]Fill 5]D6--------]Fill 5]D6---]Fill 1*]D6]
/
*minus the slide to 9 and final open note
End
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... - rough duration of singing
| / slide up
---] rough duration of guitar chord or fill
( ) notes inside parentheses optional
