Lonely Boy (2020 Remaster) Chords

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[A] He was born on a [D] summer [E] day, _
[A] _ 1951.
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[A] And with the slap of a [D] hand, he had [E] landed as [A] an only son.
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[A] _ [F#] His mother and father said, what [E] a lovely boy.
We'll [D] teach him what we learned.
Oh, [E] 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 to beat [C#] the white school.
_ Oh, _ _ [G#] _ _
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what a lonely [A] boy.
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[E] _ _ [A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E] his mother [A] brought him a sister.
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[E] _ _ [A] And she told him, we must attend to her [E] needs.
She's so [A] much younger than you.
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[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 the [C#] only _ _ [D] one.
Oh, _
[G#] oh, [C#m] what a lonely [C] boy. _
[B] Oh, what a [D] lonely boy. _
[E] Oh, what a [C#] lonely boy. _
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[F#m] _ _ _ Goodbye, [D] mama. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] Goodbye, you. _
[F#m] _ _ _ [D] Goodbye, papa. _ _
[F#m] _ I'm pushing [D] on through. _ _
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[E] _ _ [A] He left home [D] on a winter [E] day, [A] _ 1969. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] And he [C#] hoped to find all [D] the love he
[E] had lost [A] in that earlier time. _ _
[E] _ _ _ [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 and [F#] beat.
Go back [C#] to school.
[D] _ Oh, [G#] oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy. _ _
[B] Oh, what a [D] lonely boy. _
[E] Oh, what a [F#m] lonely boy. _
[A] _ _ Oh, [D] oh, _ oh, [G#] oh, what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy. _ _
[B] Oh, what a [D] lonely boy. _
[E] Oh, what a lonely boy.
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