------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | 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) | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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