Chords for ANDREW GOLD Lonely Boy +lyrics
Tempo:
125.55 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day, [A]
1951.
[D] [E] [A]
And with the slap of a [D] hand, he [E] had landed [A] as an only son.
[D] [E] [A]
[F#] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy.
[D] We'll teach him what we learned.
[E] Oh, yes, just what we learned.
[F#] We'll dress him up warmly, [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight [C#] to be the rightest [D] fool.
Oh, [G#] [C#m]
[C] what a lonely boy.
[B] Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [A] boy.
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E]
his mother [A] bought him a sister.
[D] [E]
[A] And she told him, we [D] must attend to her [E] needs.
She's [A] so much younger than you.
[D] [E]
[A] [F#] Well, he ran down the hall, and [E] he cried.
Oh, [D] how could his parents have [E]
lied [F#] when they said he was their [E] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only [D] one.
Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a [C#] lonely boy.
[D]
[E] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[E] [D]
[F#m] [D]
[D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D] Goodbye, you.
[F#m]
[D] Goodbye, Papa.
[F#m]
I'm pushing [D] on through.
[F#m]
[B] [A]
[F#] [D]
[Em] [Am] [A]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969.
[D] [E]
[A] And he [C#] hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier time.
[D] [E]
[A] [F#m] Well, his sister grew up, [E] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[E] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] They dressed him up warmly.
[E] They sent him to school.
[D] He taught him how to fight to [F#] be [C#] nobody's fool.
[D] Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E]
Oh, what a lonely [F#m] boy.
[A]
[D] [G#] Oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
[D] [E] [A] [D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[N]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day, [A]
1951.
[D] [E] [A]
And with the slap of a [D] hand, he [E] had landed [A] as an only son.
[D] [E] [A]
[F#] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy.
[D] We'll teach him what we learned.
[E] Oh, yes, just what we learned.
[F#] We'll dress him up warmly, [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight [C#] to be the rightest [D] fool.
Oh, [G#] [C#m]
[C] what a lonely boy.
[B] Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [A] boy.
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E]
his mother [A] bought him a sister.
[D] [E]
[A] And she told him, we [D] must attend to her [E] needs.
She's [A] so much younger than you.
[D] [E]
[A] [F#] Well, he ran down the hall, and [E] he cried.
Oh, [D] how could his parents have [E]
lied [F#] when they said he was their [E] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only [D] one.
Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a [C#] lonely boy.
[D]
[E] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[E] [D]
[F#m] [D]
[D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D] Goodbye, you.
[F#m]
[D] Goodbye, Papa.
[F#m]
I'm pushing [D] on through.
[F#m]
[B] [A]
[F#] [D]
[Em] [Am] [A]
[A] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969.
[D] [E]
[A] And he [C#] hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier time.
[D] [E]
[A] [F#m] Well, his sister grew up, [E] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[E] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] They dressed him up warmly.
[E] They sent him to school.
[D] He taught him how to fight to [F#] be [C#] nobody's fool.
[D] Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E]
Oh, what a lonely [F#m] boy.
[A]
[D] [G#] Oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
[D] [E] [A] [D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[N]
Key:
D
E
A
F#m
F#
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A
_ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day, _ [A] _
1951.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
And with the slap of a [D] hand, he [E] had landed [A] as an only son.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[F#] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy.
[D] We'll teach him what we learned.
[E] Oh, yes, just what we learned.
[F#] We'll dress him up warmly, [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight [C#] to be the rightest [D] fool.
Oh, _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _
[C] what a lonely boy.
_ [B] Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [A] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E]
his mother [A] bought him a sister.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] And she told him, we [D] must attend to her [E] needs.
She's [A] so much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [F#] Well, he ran down the hall, and [E] he cried.
Oh, [D] how could his parents have [E]
lied _ [F#] when they said he was their [E] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only _ _ [D] one.
Oh, _ [G#] _
_ [C#m] _ what a lonely boy.
_ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy. _
[E] Oh, what a [C#] lonely boy.
[D] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, you.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, Papa.
_ _ [F#m] _
I'm pushing [D] on through.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] _ 1969.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] And he [C#] hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier time.
[D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [F#m] Well, his sister grew up, [E] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[E] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] They dressed him up warmly.
[E] They sent him to school.
[D] He taught him how to fight to [F#] be [C#] nobody's fool.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
_ [E]
Oh, what a lonely [F#m] boy.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G#] Oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day, _ [A] _
1951.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
And with the slap of a [D] hand, he [E] had landed [A] as an only son.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[F#] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy.
[D] We'll teach him what we learned.
[E] Oh, yes, just what we learned.
[F#] We'll dress him up warmly, [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight [C#] to be the rightest [D] fool.
Oh, _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _
[C] what a lonely boy.
_ [B] Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [A] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E]
his mother [A] bought him a sister.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] And she told him, we [D] must attend to her [E] needs.
She's [A] so much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [F#] Well, he ran down the hall, and [E] he cried.
Oh, [D] how could his parents have [E]
lied _ [F#] when they said he was their [E] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only _ _ [D] one.
Oh, _ [G#] _
_ [C#m] _ what a lonely boy.
_ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy. _
[E] Oh, what a [C#] lonely boy.
[D] _ _
[E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, you.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, Papa.
_ _ [F#m] _
I'm pushing [D] on through.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] _ 1969.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] And he [C#] hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier time.
[D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ [F#m] Well, his sister grew up, [E] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[E] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] They dressed him up warmly.
[E] They sent him to school.
[D] He taught him how to fight to [F#] be [C#] nobody's fool.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
_ [E]
Oh, what a lonely [F#m] boy.
_ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G#] Oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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