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Sk8er Boi (ver. 2)

Avril Lavigne

PopMedium for beginners9 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
F#Diagram coming soon
E
C#sus4Diagram coming soon
A×
Em
G
C×
Am×

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: 
D F# E  
D F# E 
D F# E 
C#sus4 F# D 
C#sus4 F# D  
 
D             A 
He was a boy, she was a girl 
Em            G 
Can I make it any more obvious? 
D             A 
He was a punk, she did ballet 
Em            G 
What more can I say? 
D             A 
He wanted her, she'd never tell 
Em            G 
But secretly she wanted him as well 
D             A 
But all of her friends, stuck up their nose 
Em            G 
They had a problem with his baggy clothes 
 
Chorus: 
C      G D                 A 
He was a Sk8er Boi, she said See ya later boy 
Em        G 
He wasn't good enough for her 
C      G D                A 
She had a pretty face, but her head was up in space 
Em        G 
She needed to come back down to Earth 
 
D             A 
Five years from now, she sits at home 
Em            G 
Feeding the baby, she's all alone 
D             A 
She turns on TV, and guess who she sees? 
Em            G 
Sk8er Boi rocking up MTV 
D             A 
She calls up her friends, they already know 
Em            G 
And they've all got tickets to see his show 
D             A 
She tags along, and stands in the crowd 
Em            G 
Looks up at the man that she turned down 
 
Chorus 
 
Em              Am        D 
Sorry girl but you missed out 
Em         Am       D     Am 
Well, tough luck, that boy's mine now 
Em              Am        D 
We are more than just good friends 
Em         Am       D   Am 
This is how the story ends 
Em              Am        D 
Just too bad you couldn't see 
Em         Am       D     Am 
See, the man that boy could be 
Em              Am        D 
There is more than meets the eye 
Em         Am    D    Am 
I can see the soul inside 
 
D               A 
He's just a boy, and I'm just a girl 
Em           G 
Can I make it any more obvious? 
D             A 
We are in love, haven't you heard 
Em         G 
How we rock each other's world 
 
Chorus x2: 
C      G D                 A 
He was a Sk8er Boi, she said See ya later boy 
Em        G 
I'll be backstage after the show 
C      G D                A 
I'll be at the studio, singing the song we wrote 
Em        G 
About a girl you used to know
          
 

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Chord set

D · F# · E · C#sus4 · A · Em · G · C · Am

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.