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Hot Freaks - Baby Boy Chords

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ChordsE, C#m, F#m, B, G#m, G, D, A
Strumming↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your guitar and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

  • Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram
  • Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-2-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar B chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-4-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar B chord diagram
  • Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram Fingering: 4-6-6-4-4-4 Barre at fret 4. Base fret 4.Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram
  • Guitar G chord diagram Fingering: 3-2-0-0-0-3Guitar G chord diagram
  • Guitar D chord diagram Fingering: x-x-0-2-3-2Guitar D chord diagram
  • Guitar A chord diagram Fingering: x-0-2-2-2-0Guitar A chord diagram

[Opening]
[E]Now your face is [C#m]hard to recog[F#m]nize
Even though you’re [B]only twenty-[G#m]five
We lived [C#m]100 [F#m]lives be[B]fore
[E]And there’s a [C#m]sadness in your [F#m]eyes
You [B]seem like any [G#m]guy
And I can [C#m]be that any [F#m]time [B]

[chorus]
[E]All I want is [C#m]another chance to
[F#m]Be adventurous [B]all day with you
[E]Come back home to me
[C#m]Be my baby boy [F#m](my baby [B]boy)
[E]Years before, you were [C#m]young and clever
[F#m]Told me always we’d [B]be together
[G#m]Was it just a [G]dream, my baby [F#m]boy? [B]

[verse 2]
[E]Then you used to [C#m]always dress so [F#m]nice
Used to [B]wear those stupid [G#m]ties
We all [C#m]thought you were [F#m]trying too [B]hard [E]
And the [C#m]girls all thought you were [F#m]cute
[B]But you never let them get [G#m]with you
You said “I [C#m]believe in the majesty of [F#m]true love!” [B]

[chorus]
[E]All I want is [C#m]another chance to
[F#m]Be adventurous [B]all day with you
[E]Come back home to me
[C#m]Be my baby boy [F#m](my baby [B]boy)
[E]Years before, you were [C#m]young and clever
[F#m]Told me always we’d [B]be together
[G#m]Was it just a [G]dream, my baby [F#m]boy? [B]

[verse 3]
You’re [C#m]scared, but [D]don’t be [B]
You’re [A]gonna be the perfect dad some[D]day [G]

[verse 4]
[E]Now I know we’ll [C#m]never meet [F#m]again
[B]At least not [F#m]meet as [G#m]friends
It’ll [C#m]be just “How you [F#m]been?”
Shake [B]hands or something
[E]Does it [C#m]have to be like [F#m]that?
Then [B]I’m not [F#m]looking [G#m]back
Go on, go on [G]yeah
[F#m]You’re someone else’s [B]baby boy

[verse 5]
[E]Boy, baby [C#m]boy, baby [F#m]boy, baby [B]boy.
Baby [E]boy, baby [C#m]boy, baby [F#m]boy, baby [B]boy.

[Closing]
[E]Years before, you were [C#m]young and clever
[F#m]You said always we’d [B]be together
[G#m]Was it just a [G]dream
[F#m]Was it just a [B]dream, my baby [E]boy?

[outro]
[C#m] [F#m] [B] [E] [C#m] [F#m] [B]

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ArtistHot Freaks
AlbumHot Freaks
GenresPop
Year2013
KeyE

How to play Baby Boy on Guitar (Step-by-step)

Hot Freaks - Baby Boy on guitar requires 8 chords and 16 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Baby Boy uses these transitions most often: F#m → B (26), C#m → F#m (22), and E → C#m (17). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with E - C#m chord transition.

1. E → C#m chord transition

Guitar E chord diagram Fingering: 0-2-2-1-0-0Guitar E chord diagram
Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram

To move from E to C#m;

  1. Keep index finger on G string fret 1.
  2. Lift your middle finger from A string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from D string fret 2 to B string fret 2.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.
E to C#m

2. C#m → F#m chord transition

Guitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram Fingering: x-4-2-1-2-xGuitar C#m | D♭m chord diagram
Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-2-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram

To move from C#m to F#m;

  1. While playing C#m, lift your middle finger from D string fret 2.
  2. Lift your index finger from G string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from B string fret 2 to A string fret 4.
  4. Lift your pinky from A string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 4.
C#m to F#m

3. F#m → B chord transition

Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram Fingering: 2-4-4-2-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar F#m | G♭m chord diagram
Guitar B chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-4-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar B chord diagram

To move from F#m to B;

  1. Keep index finger on E string fret 2.
  2. Lift your ring finger from A string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 4.
  3. Slide your pinky from D string fret 4 to B string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 4.
F#m to B

4. B → G#m chord transition

Guitar B chord diagram Fingering: 2-2-4-4-4-2 Barre at fret 2.Guitar B chord diagram
Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram Fingering: 4-6-6-4-4-4 Barre at fret 4. Base fret 4.Guitar G#m | A♭m chord diagram

To move from B to G#m;

  1. While playing B, lift your middle finger from D string fret 4.
  2. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 4.
  3. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to A string fret 6.
  4. Lift your pinky from B string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 6.
B to G#m

5. G#m → C#m chord transition

To move from G#m to C#m;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 4 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 6 to B string fret 2.
  3. Lift your pinky from D string fret 6 and place it on A string fret 4.
  4. Place middle finger on D string fret 2.

6. B → E chord transition

To move from B to E;

  1. While playing B, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 4 to A string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 4 and place it on D string fret 2.

7. G#m → G chord transition

To move from G#m to G;

  1. While playing G#m, lift your pinky from D string fret 6.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from A string fret 6 to E string fret 3.
  4. Place middle finger on E string fret 3.

8. G → F#m chord transition

To move from G to F#m;

  1. While playing G, lift your middle finger from E string fret 3.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from E string fret 3 to A string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on D string fret 4.

9. B → C#m chord transition

To move from B to C#m;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on D string from fret 4 to fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.
  4. Slide your pinky from B string fret 4 to A string fret 4.

10. C#m → D chord transition

To move from C#m to D;

  1. While playing C#m, lift your pinky from A string fret 4.
  2. Slide your index finger on G string from fret 1 to fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  4. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 3.

11. D → B chord transition

To move from D to B;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to D string fret 4.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on G string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on B string fret 4.

12. B → A chord transition

To move from B to A;

  1. While playing B, lift your pinky from B string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on D string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from D string fret 4 to G string fret 2.
  4. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 4 and place it on B string fret 2.

13. A → D chord transition

To move from A to D;

  1. Lift your index finger from D string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from G string fret 2 to E string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger on B string from fret 2 to fret 3.

14. D → G chord transition

To move from D to G;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from B string fret 3 and place it on E string fret 3.

15. G → E chord transition

To move from G to E;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to A string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from E string fret 3 and place it on D string fret 2.

16. F#m → G#m chord transition

To move from F#m to G#m;

  1. Slide your index finger on E string from fret 2 to fret 4.
  2. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 4 to fret 6.
  3. Slide your pinky on D string from fret 4 to fret 6.

Baby Boy chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Baby Boy.

  • Baby Boy includes 111 chord transitions, 16 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.03% of all chord transitions in Chordier.
  • Baby Boy contains 2 of the top 10 transitions across Chordier.
  • These transition patterns show how Baby Boy connects to the rest of Chordier. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After F#m, the most likely next chords across Chordier are D (22%), A (19%), and E (14%).
    • F#m → B: 7%
    • F#m → G#m: 2%
    After B, the most likely next chords across Chordier are E (21%), Em (16%), and A (16%).
    • B → E: 21%
    • B → A: 16%
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