Is It Boy Chords & Lyrics - Mac Demarco

Capo 4

I'll just write the chord names/notes as they'd look without a capo (a couple of the names are probably wrong
so focus on the shapes themselves):

G6 (3-2-0-0-0-0) and/or (3-5-0-0-0-0) - this way you can slide from (3-5-0-0-0-0) to (1-3-0-0-0-0)
G13/F (1-3-0-0-0-0) and/or (1-5-0-0-0-0)
Em (0-2-2-0-0-0)
D7 (x-x-0-2-1-2)
Cmaj (x-3-2-0-1-0)
Cmaj9/B (x-2-0-0-1-0)
Am7 (x-0-2-0-1-0)
G (3-2-0-0-0-3)

* = hit the 3rd fret on the high E string with the usual chord

(One more note: Mac's tape recording process and pitch shifting sometimes does funny things to the tuning, so
your guitar isn't going to sound exactly the same unless you use varispeed or tune up/down slightly or
something.)

[INTRO]

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]
G6* G13/F* [Em] [D7]

[VERSE 1]
[G6]Exercise to [G13/F]stay alive
[Em]Another year has [D7]gone and passed you by

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[G6]Waking up to[G13/F] coffee cup
[Em]Stretch it off, [D7]rip it up

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[VERSE 2]
[G6]When the old man [G13/F]gets to see it
[Em]He'll be whistling
[D7]All his worries away

G6* [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[G6]And I know just [G13/F]how you see them
[Em]Keep believin'
[D7]That you'll find your foot someday

G6* [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[CHORUS 1]
[G6]But you won't, [Cmaj]will [Cmaj9/B]you [Am7]boy [D7]
[G6]But no you won't [Cmaj]will [Cmaj9/B]you [Am7]boy [D7]
[G6]It's not what you want, [Cmaj]is [Cmaj9/B]it [Am7]boy [D7]

It's not what you want

[G6] [Cmaj] [Cmaj9/B] [Am7] [D7]

[VERSE 3]
[G6]Exercise [G13/F]another way
[Em]To live your life, [D7]some other day ahead

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[G6]Sleepin' in [G13/F]the day begins
[Em]You decide to [D7]rise up from your bed

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[VERSE 4]
[G6]When the old man [G13/F]gets to see it
[Em]Understand that all his [D7]dreamin' days are gone

G6* [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[G6]And I hope now that [G13/F]you'll feel it
[Em]Your belief in all this [D7]nonsense is done

[G6] [G13/F] [Em] [D7]

[CHORUS 2]
[G6]But it's not, [Cmaj]is [Cmaj9/B]it [Am7]boy [D7]
[G6]No it's not, [Cmaj]is [Cmaj9/B]it [Am7]boy [D7]
[G6]So take what you've got, [Cmaj]can't [Cmaj9/B]you [Am7]boy [D7]

Take what you've got

[OUTRO]
[G6] [Cmaj] [Cmaj9/B] [Am7] [D7]
[G]