Boys Will Be Bugs chords by Cavetown

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: D

Difficulty: Novice

Tune down not quite a 1/2 step to match the recording.


Intro:
D A F# G x2


Verse 1:
D        A
I’m a dumb teen boy
   F#          G
I eat sticks and rocks and mud
    D       A
I don’t care about the government
   F#      G
And I really need a hug
    D
I feel stupid (stupid)
A

Ugly (ugly)
  F#       G
Pretend it doesn’t bother me
  D    A
I’m not very strong but
   F#              G
I’ll fuck you up if you’re mean to bugs


D A F# G x4


Verse 2:
D      A       F#       G
It’s getting cold down here underneath the weather
     D      A
I skipped class to sit with you
     F#        G
I really like your spotty sweater
  D      A
If ladybugs are girls
    F#      G
How do you make kids together?
     D        A
What’s it like in a female world
      F#      G
I bet it’s just so much better


Pre-Chorus:
E7
I just turned fourteen
G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean


Chorus:
D   F#          G          A
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
D F#          G          A
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
D   F#         G          A
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
D         F#            G
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
   A
Boys will be bugs right?


D A F# G

D A F#  G
   Boys will be bugs right?


Verse 3:
D
I’m a dumb teen boy
   F#     G
All I wanna do is quit
    D         A
My mum told me that she’s worried
   F#       G
And I couldn’t give a shit
    D        A
I have friends who understand me
   F#        G
Their names are spider, beetle, bee
   D     A
They don’t say much but
F#        G
They have always listened to me


D A F# G


Verse 4:
  D       A
The other boys at school
      F#        G
Think it’s cool to hate your parents
      D       A
But they’re lying all the time
     F#          G
The bugs advised that I should let ’em
  D      A
And if you wanna cry
     F#       G
Make sure that they never see it
  D      A
Or even better yet
     F#      G
Block it out and never feel it


Pre-Chorus:
E7
I just turned fourteen
   G
And I think I know everything

Chorus:
D   F#          G          A
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
D F#          G          A
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
D   F#         G          A
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
D         F#            G
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
   A
Boys will be bugs right?

D A F#  G
   Boys will be bugs right?


Bridge:
E7
Just turned fourteen
   G
And I think this year I’m gonna be mean
E7             G
(Just turned fourteen and I think I know everything)
E7
Just turned fourteen
   G
And 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          B
Don’t mess with me ’cause a big boy now and I’m very scary
E G#          A          B
I punch my walls, stay out at night, and I do karate
E   G#         A          B
Don’t message me cause I won’t reply, I wanna make you cry
E         G#            A
Ain’t that how its s’posed to be? Though it isn’t me
   B
Boys will be bugs right?


E G# A B
(repeat last chorus)