Lonely Boy Chords

by Andrew Gold
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author moogle301 [a] 51.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 4, 2024

Chords

A/C#
D
E/G#
A
F#m
E6
Dmaj7
C#7sus4
C#7
G#m7b5
C#m7
F#m7b5/C
A/B
B7
Dadd2
Dadd2/E
Eadd4
F#m7
Dmaj9
E/F#
E/C#
Bm7
Asus4
A/E
B7/A
D/A
E/A
E
F#m7/E

Strumming

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YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Vvebb4y8
 
[Intro Piano]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
[+ Drums]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
[+ Guitar/Bass]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[Verse 1]
        A/C#      D      E/G#          A        A/C# D   E/G#
He was born on a summer day, nineteen fifty one
A                A/C#      D            E/G#          A        A/C# D   E/G# A
 And with a slap of a hand, he had landed as an only son
 
[Pre-Chorus 1]
    F#m                            E6
His mother and father said: what a lovely boy
       Dmaj7                          E6
We'll teach him what we learned, aww yes just what we learned
      F#m                            E6
We'll dress him up warmly, and we'll send him to school
      Dmaj7                        C#7sus4   C#7
It'll teach him how to fight to be nobody's fool
 
[Chorus 1]
 D         G#m7b5   C#m7    F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
 A/B       B7      Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
 Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
 
[Hook]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[Verse 2]
       A/C#       D          E/G#          A                 A/C# D   E/G#
In the summer of fifty three his mother brought him a sister
A        A/C#                    D              E/G#               A           A/C# D   E/G# A
 And she told him, we must attend to her needs, she's so much younger than you
 
[Pre-Chorus 2]
        F#m                        E6
Well he ran down the hall and he cried
     Dmaj7                       E6
Oh, how could his parents have lied?
          F#m                     E6
When they said he was their only son
     Dmaj7                    C#7sus4  C#7
He thought he was their only one...
 
[Chorus 2]
D          G#m7b5   C#m7    F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
 A/B       B7      Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
 Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
 
[Interlude]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
 
[Solo]
  Dmaj9             E/F#             Dmaj9             E/F#
| •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  | •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  |
  Dmaj9             E/F#             Dmaj9             E/F#
| •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  | •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  |
                                                             Goodbye
 
  Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/F#    E/F#         Dmaj9     Dmaj9        E/C#   E/F#
| •    •        •   •  | •   •       •   •  | •    •        •   •  | •   •      •   •  |
  Mama,                             goodbye you                               Goodbye
 
  Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/C#    E/F#         Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/F#   E/F#
| •    •        •   •  | •   •       •   •  | •    •        •   •  | •   •      •   •  |
  Papa                                  I'm pushing on through
 
[Interlude]
  Bm7              Asus4     E/G#      F#m7 A/E
| •   •   •   •  | •    •         •    •        |
 
[Instrumental Chorus]
  D             G#m7b5    C#m7         F#m7b5/C           A      B7/A    A
| •  •  •  •  | •      •      •   •  | •       •  •  •  | •   •      •   •   |
  D/A           E/A
| •  •  •  •  | •   •  •  • |
 
[Hook]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[Verse 3]
         A/C#       D      E E/G#       A         A/C# D   E E/G#
He left home on a winter day, nineteen sixty nine
A                     A/C#        D          E E/G#         A        A/C# D   E E/G# A
 And he hoped to find all the love he had lost, in that earlier time
 
[Pre-Chorus 3]
         F#m                     E6
Well his sister grew up, and she married a man
     Dmaj7              E6
She gave her a son, ah yes, a lovely son
     F#m                         E6
They dressed him up warmly, they sent him to school
   Dmaj7                          C#7sus4   C#7
It taught him how to fight, to be nobody's fool
 
[Chorus 3]
 D         G#m7b5   C#m7    F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
 A/B       B7      Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
 Dadd2/E         (F#m7)
Oh what a lonely boy
 
  F#m7              F#m7/E
| •   •   •   •   | •   •   •   •   |
                           whoa whoa
 
[Chorus 4]
D          G#m7b5   C#m7    F#m7b5/C
Whoa...., oh what a lonely boy
 A/B       B7      Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
 Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
 
[Outro]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E       A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •
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