Proud Of Your Boy

	  		Intro: Gmaj7  D/F#  Fmaj7  Em  (Riff 1) 

D                     G 
Proud of your boy 

              D/F#                  G 
I’ll make you proud of your boy 

  A 
Believe me, 

Bm          A 
Bad as I’ve been, Ma 

       G        D/F#           Em  A (barred) 
You’re in for a pleasant surprise 

            Bm    Bmmaj7 
I’ve wasted time 

            Bm    Bm/G# 
I’ve wasted me 

           D/F# 
So say I’m slow for my age 

       G 
A late bloomer 

 E7      C     A7 
Okay, I agree 


               D/F#            G 
That I’ve been one rotten kid 


Some son 

     D/F#                G 
Some pride and some joy 

    A        D/F#       Dmaj7/F# 
But I’ll get over this lousin’ up 

G           Dmaj7/F#  ** E7 
Messin’ up, screwin’ up time 



       G                       D/F# 
’Cause now is the better part 

                  G 
Some’s gonna make good 

                 D/F# 
Cross his stupid heart 

              E7 *     D/F#     G 
Make good and finally make you 

A (barred)     D *   Dsus2 
Proud of your boy 



G            Asus4       G 
Tell me that I’ve been a louse 

      Asus4 
And a loafer 

    G           Asus4 
You won’t get a fight here 

   D/F# 
No ma’am 

Fsus4     G/F           Fsus4 
Say I’m a gold brick, a goof off  

   G/F 
No good 

         Fsus4       G/F        C 
But that couldn’t be all that I am 

Am                    Dsus4 
Water flows under the bridge 

       D *          G * 
Let it pass, let it go 


Bm  
There’s no good reason 
    E7 * 
Why you should believe me 

    Bmadd11/E(no5)     Csus4 
Not yet,             I know but 


D *                Asus4/G 
Someday, and soon 


I’ll make you 

D/F#              G 
Proud of your boy 

       A       D/F#        Dmaj7/F# 
Though I can’t make myself taller 

G              D/F#        E7 
Or smarter, or handsome or wise 

G 
I’ll do my best 

                D/F# 
What more can I do? 


Since I wasn’t born 

G                   E7 * 
Perfect like Dad or you 


            Em7    F#m7 
Mom, I will try to 

            Gmaj7    A 
Try hard to make you 

              (Riff 2) 
Proud of your boy 

Dsus2 D * 



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Riff 1: 


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Riff 2: 

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