Coin Operated Boy Uke tab by The Dresden Dolls

7 Chords used in the song: G, D, Am, C, F#, F, A

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Year:  2004
Difficulty: 
3.36
(Beginner)
Key: unknownChords
G chordG                                 D chordD
Coin-operated boy, sitting on the shelf he is just a toy
Am chordAm C chordC
But I turn him on and he comes to life
D chordD G chordG G chordG F# chordF# G chordG Gsmaj
Automatic joy, that is why I want a coin-operated boy


Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
Made of plastic and elastic, he is rugged and long-lasting
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
Who could ever ever ask for more
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
Love without complications galore
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
Many shapes and weights to choose from, I will never leave my bedroom
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
I will never cry at night again
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG F chordF D chordD
Wrap my arms around him and pretend


G chordG D chordD
Coin-operated boy, all the other real ones that I destroy
Am chordAm C chordC
Cannot hold a candle to my new boy and I'll
D chordD
Never let him go and I'll never be alone
D chordD
And I'll never let him go and I'll never be alone, go

G chordG
And I'll never be alone, not with my coin-operated boy


Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
This bridge was written to make you feel smitten-er
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
With my sad picture of girl getting bitter-er
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
Can you extract me from my plastic fantasy
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
I didn't think so but I'm still convincible
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
Will you persist even after I bet you
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
A chordA billion dollars that I'll never love you
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC
And will you persist even after I kiss you
Am chordAm D chordD G chordG C chordC A chordA
Goodbye for the last time will you keep on trying
C chordC A chordA C chordC A chordA
To prove it, I'm dying, to lose it, I'm losing
C chordC A chordA C chordC A chordA C chordC
My confidence, I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it
A chordA C chordC A chordA C chordC
I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
A chordA C chordC A chordA C chordC
I want you, I want you, I want you, I want you
Am chordAm G chordG C chordC
I want a
Am chordAm G chordG C chordC
I want a
Am chordAm G chordG C chordC
I want a
Am chordAm G chordG C chordC G chordG
I want a coin-operated boy

Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
And if I had a star to wish on for my life I can't imagine
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD
Any flesh and blood could be his match
Am chordAm C chordC G chordG D chordD F chordF
I can even take him in the bath

G chordG D chordD
Coin-operated boy, he may not be real experienced with girls
Am chordAm C chordC
But I know he feels like a boy should feel
D chordD
Isn't that the point, that is why I want a
G chordG D chordD
Coin-operated boy, with his pretty coin-operated voice
Am chordAm C chordC
Saying that he loves me, that he's thinking of me
D chordD
Straight and to the point, that is why I want a
G chordG D chordD G chordG
Coin-operated boy

Uke tab by , 25 Jan 2015

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