Lonely Boy Chords
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Difficulty: | advanced |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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[Intro Piano]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[+ Drums]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[+ Guitar/Bass]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[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
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[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
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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[Solo]
Dmaj9 E/F# Dmaj9 E/F#
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Dmaj9 E/F# Dmaj9 E/F#
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Goodbye
Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/F# E/F# Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/C# E/F#
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Mama, goodbye you Goodbye
Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/C# E/F# Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/F# E/F#
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Papa I'm pushing on through
[Interlude]
Bm7 Asus4 E/G# F#m7 A/E
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[Instrumental Chorus]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C A B7/A A
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D/A E/A
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[Hook]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[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
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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
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E A A
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