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| Tab Definitions: Standard Tuning								  |

| D: xx0232											  |

| C: x32010											  |

| G: 320003											  |

|F5: 133xxx											  |

|G5: 355xxx											  |

| A: x02220											  |

|A5: 577xxx											  |

|											  	  |

| Tab Definitions: Open D Tuning								  |

| D: 054350 (or 054000 or 000000)								  |

| C: x3213x											  |

| G: 555555 (or x20120)										  |

|F5: 333xxx											  |

|G5: 555xxx											  |

| A: 777777 (or x02342)										  |

|A5: 777xxx (or x02302)										  |

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INTRO: D



VERSE 1:

D                                 C

I want to be the boy to warm your mother's heart

       G                   D

I'm so scared to take you away

                              C

I tried to win her over right from the start

    G                           D 

But something always got in the way

 					C

We've been sitting in your backyard for hours

        G			     D

But she won't even come out and say "Hi"

                               C

While my mother baked a little cake for you

         G                         F5

And even dreaded when you said goodbye

F5                                   G5

What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull?

                                      D (guitar goes to D5)  F5

What kind of joke should I lay on her now?

                               G5

I'm inclined to go finish high school

                                 A (A5)

Just to make her notice that I'm around



BREAK 1: Played 2x

D  C  G G F



VERSE 2:

Well, nothing I come up with seems to work

It feels like everything I say is a lie

Never have I felt like such a jerk

I'm afraid to even open my eyes

Because I really don't want her to judge me

I want her to really know who I am

And then, and only then will she love me

Well at least that was the plan

If ever a boy needed a holiday

If ever a girl needed someone to hold

I just hope I don't act the same way

By the time that I get that old



BREAK 2: With slide

Guitar 2: Open D Tuning

 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------

 A|-----------------------------------12/10-------10--/17-----------

F#|---------------12--------------12-----------10---------17--17-15-

 D|-----------/12----12-----------------------------------17--17-15-

 A|-12--12-12-/12-------12/11/12------------10----------------------

 D|-----------------------------------------------------------------



 D|------------------------------------------------------

 A|-----12--------------12--------------------------------

F#|--------12--------------------------10------17--17-15-

 D|-12--------12/11/12-----12/10----10---------17--17-15-

 A|------------------------------10--------/17-----------

 D|------------------------------------------------------



 D|------------------------------------------------------------

 A|-----12--------------12-------------10----------------------

F#|-12-----12----------------------10-----10-----/17-17--17-15-

 D|-----------12/11/12------12-10------------10------17--17-15-

 A|------------------------------------------------------------

 D|------------------------------------------------------------



 D|--------------------------------------------------------------------

 A|-----12--------------12-------------10------------------------------

F#|-12-----12----------------------10-----10-----/17-17--17------------

 D|-----------12/11/12------12-10------------10-------------17---------

 A|------------------------------------------------------------14-/15--

 D|--------------------------------------------------------------------



What kind of cartwheels do I have to pull?

What kind of joke should I lay on her now?

I'm inclined to go finish high school

Just to make her notice that I'm around



VERSE 3:

I never said I was the heir to a fortune

I never claimed to have any looks

But these kind of things must be important

            G

Because somebody ripped out my page	

                  A

In your telephone book

                   D

I want to warm her heart