Boys Will Be Bugs - cavetown

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This is the recorded version in the studio, he uses different chords when he's playing live.

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[Verse 1]
             
I'm a dumb tee

    
n boy
             
I eat sticks a

             
nd rocks and m

ud
             
I don't care a

         
bout the gover

nment
             
And I really n

      
eed a hug
       
I feel stupid 

(stupid)

Ugly (ugly)
             
Pretend it doe

     
sn't bother me
             
I'm not very s


trong but
             
I'll fuck you 

             
up if you're m

ean to bugs

[Instrumental part]
    (4x)

[Verse 2]
            
It's getting c

              
old down here 


underneath
    
the weather
             
I skipped clas

              
s to sit with 


you
             
I really like 

            
your spotty sw

eater, if
            
Ladybugs are g

irls
             
How do you mak

         
e kids togethe

r?
             
What's it like

             
 in a female w

orld?
             
I bet it's jus

          
t so much bett

er


[Pre-Chorus]

I just turned 

fourteen
      
And I think th

is year I'm go

nna be mean


[Chorus]
            
Don't mess wit

            
h me, I’m a bi

g boy now
        
and I'm very s

cary
            
I punch my wal

         
ls, stay out a

t night,
      
and I do karat

e
            
Don't message 

            
me 'cause I wo

n't reply,
        
I wanna make y

ou cry
             
Ain't that how

     
 its s’posed t

o be?
          
Though it isn’

t me
     
Boys will be b

ugs, right?

(Boys will be bugs, right?)


[Verse 3]
             
I'm a dumb tee

  
n boy
             
All I wanna do

    
 is quit
             
My mum told me

            
 that she's wo

rried
             
And I couldn't

        
 give a shit
             
I have friends

     
 who understan

d me
             
Their names ar

          
e spider, beet

le, bee
             
They don’t say

 
 much but
             
They have alwa

   
ys listened to

 me

[Instrumental part]
   

[Verse 4]
             
The other boys

    
 at school
             
Think it's coo

              
l to hate your

 
 parents
             
But they’re ly

            
ing all the ti

me
             
The bugs advis

              
ed that I shou

   
ld let 'em
             
And if you wan

   
na cry
             
Make sure that

            
 they never se

e it
             
Or even better

 
 yet
             
Block it out a

         
nd never feel 

it


[Pre-Chorus]

I just turned 

fourteen
      
And I think I 

know everythin

g


[Chorus]
            
Don't mess wit

            
h me, I'm a bi

g boy now
        
and I'm very s

cary
            
I punch my wal

         
ls, stay out a

t night,
      
and I do karat

e
            
Don't message 

            
me 'cause I wo

n't reply,
  
I wanna make y

ou cry
             
Ain't that how

      
 it's s’posed 

to be?
       
Though it isn’

t me
     
Boys will be b

ugs, right?

  

(Boys will be 

bugs, right?) 

 (2x)


[Bridge]

Just turned fo

urteen
      
And I think th

is year I'm go

nna be mean
 
(Just turned f

ourteen and I 

think I

know everythin

g)

Just turned fo

urteen

And I think th

is year I'm go

nna be mean

(Just turned f

ourteen and I 

think the
            
world revolves

         
 around me)

[Instrumental part]
   

[Chorus]
           
Don't mess wit

            
h me, I'm a bi

g boy now
        
and I'm very s

cary
           
I punch my wal

        
ls, stay out a

t night,
         
and I do karat

e
           
Don't message 

            
me 'cause I wo

n't reply,
        
I wanna make y

ou cry
             
Ain't that how

      
 it's s’posed 

to be?
       
Though it isn’

t me
     
Boys will be b

ugs, right?
           
Don't mess wit

            
h me, I'm a bi

g boy now
        
and I'm very s

cary
           
I punch my wal

        
ls, stay out a

t night,
         
and I do karat

e
           
Don't message 

            
me 'cause I wo

n't reply,
        
I wanna make y

ou cry
             
Ain't that how

      
 it's s’posed 

to be?
       
Though it isn’

t me
     
Boys will be b

ugs, right?


[Outro]
           
(Don't mess wi

             
th me, I'm a b

ig boy now
        
and I'm very s

cary
           
I punch my wal

        
ls, stay out a

t night,
         
and I do karat

e
           
Don't message 

            
me 'cause I wo

n't reply,
        
I wanna make y

ou cry
             
Ain't that how

      
 it's s’posed 

to be?
       
Though it isn’

t me
     
Boys will be b

ugs, right?)