Boys Will Be Bugs - cavetown


Transpose

Autoscroll

Font size

Options

***To match the recording, tune all the strings down about a half step***


[Intro/Verse] - This riff repeats throughout the song during the verses

             
e|-------2----
B|-------3----
G|-----2-2----
D|---0---x----
A|----------2-
E|------------

             
-|----------|-
-|------2---|-
-|------2---|-
-|----2-2---|-
-|--0---x-0-|-
-|----------|-

      
--------|-----
----2---|----0
----3---|----0
--4-4---|----0
1---x-1-|-----
--------|-/7-x

   
--------|
------0-|
------0-|
------0-|
--------|
--7\3-x-|

          
e|------2---|-
B|------3---|-
G|----2-2---|-
D|----------|-
A|--------2-|-
E|--2---x---|-

          
---------|----
-----2---|----
-----2---|----
---2-2---|---4
-0---x-0-|-1--
---------|----

        
-----|--------
-2---|---0----
-3---|---0----
-4---|---0----
-x-1-|-2-x--2/
-----|--------


-----|
--0--|
--0--|
--0--|
7-x--|
-----|



************************************

| x   Dead note
| /   Slide up
| \   Slide down


************************************         
[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

[riff]

         
[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 ar

        
e girls
         
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 scary
           
I punch my wal

             
ls, stay out a

              
t night, and I

              
 do karate
           
Don't message 

             
me 'cause I wo

              
n't reply, I w

             
anna make you 

        
cry
             
Ain't that how

            
 its s’posed t

              
o be? Though i

                 
t isn’t me
             
Boys will be b

                     (          
ugs, right?
             
Boys will be b

            
ugs, right?

[riff]         

[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

[riff]
         
[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 scary
           
I punch my wal

             
ls, stay out a

              
t night, and I

              
 do karate
           
Don't message 

             
me 'cause I wo

              
n't reply, I w

             
anna make you 

        
cry
             
Ain't that how

            
 its s’posed t

              
o be? Though i

                 
t isn’t me
             
Boys will be b

                     (          
ugs, right?
             
Boys will be b

            
ugs, right?

[riff]        

[Bridge]
            
Just turned fo

        
urteen
            
And I think th

              
is year I'm go

             
nna be mean
              
Just turned fo

             
urteen and I t

             
hink I know ev

          
erything
                    
Just turned fourteen
            
And I think th

              
is year I'm go

             
nna be mean
              
Just turned fo

             
urteen and I t

             
hink the world

              
 revolves arou

       
nd me

***At this point the song goes up one whole step and the riff becomes:

             
e|-------4----
B|-------5----
G|-----4-4----
D|---2---x----
A|----------4-
E|------------

             
-|----------|-
-|------4---|-
-|------4---|-
-|----4-4---|-
-|--2---x-2-|-
-|----------|-

      
--------|-----
----4---|----5
----5---|----6
--6-6---|----7
3---x-3-|----7
--------|-/9-x

   
--------|
------5-|
------6-|
------7-|
------7-|
--9\5-x-|

          
e|------4---|-
B|------5---|-
G|----4-4---|-
D|----------|-
A|--------4-|-
E|--4---x---|-

          
---------|----
-----4---|----
-----4---|----
---4-4---|---6
-2---x-2-|-3--
---------|----

        
-----|--------
-4---|---5----
-5---|---6----
-6---|---7----
-x-3-|-4-7--4/
-----|---x----

-----|
--5--|
--6--|
--7--|
9-7--|
--x--|



[riff]        
[Chorus]
           
Don't mess wit

             
h me, I'm a bi

              
g boy now and 

                  
I'm very scary
           
I punch my wal

             
ls, stay out a

              
t night, and I

              
 do karate
           
Don't message 

             
me 'cause I wo

              
n't reply, I w

             
anna make you 

        
cry
             
Ain't that how

            
 it's s’posed 

              
to be? Though 

                  
it isn’t me
             
Boys will be b

            
ugs, right?
                          
[riff]
                              
           
Don't mess wit

             
h me, I'm a bi

              
g boy now and 

                  
I'm very scary
           
I punch my wal

             
ls, stay out a

              
t night, and I

              
 do karate
           
Don't message 

             
me 'cause I wo

              
n't reply, I w

             
anna make you 

        
cry
             
Ain't that how

            
 it's s’posed 

              
to be? Though 

                  
it isn’t me
             
Boys will be b

            
ugs, right?

[riff]       
[Outro]
                                                        
           
Don't mess wit

             
h me, I'm a bi

              
g boy now and 

                  
I'm very scary
           
I punch my wal

             
ls, stay out a

              
t night, and I

              
 do karate
           
Don't message 

             
me 'cause I wo

              
n't reply, I w

             
anna make you 

        
cry
             
Ain't that how

            
 it's s’posed 

              
to be? Though 

                  
it isn’t me
             
Boys will be b

            
ugs, right?

1 Contributors