He’s sure the boy I love    (video)

 

C

    I always dreamed the boy I loved would come along.

Am

    and he'd be tall and handsome, rich and strong.

F

    Now that boy I love has come to me,

G

    but he sure ain't the way I thought he'd be.

 

      C

    Sha-la, la, la, la, yeah, hey, hey,

     Am

    sha-la, la, la, la, yeah, hey, hey,

       F

    sha-la, la, la, la, yeah, hey, hey,

G                                C       - G

    he's sure the boy I love.

 

     C

1. He doesn't look like a movie star,

Am

    he doesn't drive a Cadillac car.

            F

    He sure ain't the boy I've been dreamin' of,

           - G                                C      - G

    but        he's sure the boy I love.         Let me tell you now !

 

    C

2.       He'll never be a big business man,

Am

    he always buys on the instalment plan.

            F

    He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,

           - G                                  C

    but,        he's sure the boy I love.

 

                                    Em   F                         - Em                      F

+  When he holds me tight everything's right,          crazy as it seems,

C                     G                    F                             G

    I'm his whatever he is and I forget all of my dreams.

 

    And everybody knows...

 

    C                                                                         Am

3.     He doesn't hang diamonds round my neck, oho,

 

    and all he's got's an unemployment check.

            F

    He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,

           - G                                C        - G

    but,       he's sure the boy I love.

 

+  C - Am - F - G (2x)

 

                                    Em   F                         - Em                      F

+  When he holds me tight everything's right,          crazy as it seems,

C                     G                    F                             G

    I'm his whatever he is and I forget all of my dreams, oho !

 

    C

4.     He doesn't hang diamonds round my neck,

Am

    and all he's got's an unemployment check.

            F

    He sure ain't the boy I been dreamin' of,

           - G                                C               Am

    but,       he's sure the boy I love, oh ho ho !

        F                    G     C               Am

    Yeah, he's the boy I love, oh ho ho !

        F                    G     C               Am

    Yeah, he's the boy I love, oh ho ho !

 

+  F - G - C - Am (2x)  ...

 

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (The Crystals)