The Hollies 1964
From the album In The Hollies Style
What Kind of Boy
Intro: Bbm C Db C Bbm C Db C
Bbm C Db C
I'd be a fool not to re-a-liiiiize
Bbm C Db C
Just how much I needed your lovvv-vve
Bbm C Db C
I'd be a fool not to re-a-liiiiize
Bbm C Bbm F
I'm the guy you're thinkin' of, whoa oh oh
D Gm Gm
I don't wannnnnt no-body newwwww
D Gm
Excuse me baby, I'm gonna be truuuuue
Gm C F/
To youuuuu-oooo-oooo
Bbm C Db C Bbm
(What kinda boy do you think I) am
Bbm C Db C
I give you love and a ec-sta-cee-eee
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I ain't never gonna break your hearrr-rrrt
C Bbm C
And you know, and you know
C Db C
When I hold you close to meeeee
C Bbm C Bbm F
You know its got to tear me a-part, whoa oh oh
D Gm Gm
What kinda boy do you think I'd beeeee
D Gm
If I let other girls kiss on meeeee
Gm C F/
Oh can't you seeeeee-eeee-eeee
Bbm
(What kinda boy do you think I) am
Dm Gm
Here in your arrrrrms, I wanna beeeee, little girrrrrl
Dm Gm C/
You give your lovvvvve so tender-leeee-eeee-eeee
Guitar solo
Bbm C Db C
I give you love and a ec-sta-cee-eee
Bbm C Db C
I ain't never gonna break your hearrr-rrrt
C Bbm C
And you know, and you know
C Db C
When I hold you close to meeeee
C Bbm C Bbm F
You know its got to tear me a-part, whoa oh oh
D Gm
What kinda boy do you think I'd beeeee
D Gm
If I let other girls kiss on meeeee
Gm C F/
Oh can't you seeeeee-eeee-eeee
Bbm
(What kinda boy do you think I) am
G Eb
Yeah yeah yeah
Eb F Bbm G Eb
What kinda boy do you think I am
Eb F Bbm G Eb
What kinda boy do you think I am
Eb F Bbm/
What kinda boy do you think I ammmmmmm
Words in brackets are spoken only with no backing chords played
The strumming pattern for the verses (all played as full barre chords)
as near as I can tell is as follows:
Pick top (low E) string once then A string twice then a slow down beat
omitting the top (low E string)
Strumming pattern for chorus and bridge is faster tempo with no picking