Lonely Boy Chords by Andrew Gold
Tempo:
125.6 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
E
F#m
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] [D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day in [A]
1951, [D] [E] [A]
and with the slap of a [D] hand he had [E] landed as [A] 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#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go [C#] right to school.
[D] Oh, [G#] what [C#m]
a lonely [F#] 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] She told him, we must [D] attend to her [E] needs, she's so [A] much younger than you.
[D] [E]
[A] Well, [F#] he ran down the hall and [E] he cried.
[D] Oh, how could his parents have [E]
lied [F#] when they said he was their [C#m] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only [D] one.
Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
[A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
[D]
[Am] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[F#m] [D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D]
[F#m] [D] Goodbye, you.
[F#m]
[D] Goodbye, father.
[F#m]
I'm pushing [D] on through.
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[G#] [F#] [D]
[C#m] [Am] [D] [A]
[B] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969, [D] [E]
[A] and he hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost in
that [A] earlier time.
[D] [E]
[F#m] Well, his sister grew up [C#m] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[C#m] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] We dressed him up warmly.
[E] We sent him to [D] school.
It taught him how to fight the [F#] beat, go right [C#] to school.
[D] Oh, [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[A] Oh, what a [F#m] lonely boy.
[A]
Oh, [D] [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[A]
Oh, [B] what a [D] lonely boy.
[E] Oh, what [A] a lonely boy.
[D] [E] [A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
[D] [E] [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day in [A]
1951, [D] [E] [A]
and with the slap of a [D] hand he had [E] landed as [A] 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#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go [C#] right to school.
[D] Oh, [G#] what [C#m]
a lonely [F#] 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] She told him, we must [D] attend to her [E] needs, she's so [A] much younger than you.
[D] [E]
[A] Well, [F#] he ran down the hall and [E] he cried.
[D] Oh, how could his parents have [E]
lied [F#] when they said he was their [C#m] only son?
[D] He thought he was their [C#] only [D] one.
Oh, [G#]
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy.
[A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] boy.
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
[D]
[Am] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [F#m] [A] [D]
[A] [D]
[F#m] [D] [F#m]
[D] [F#m]
[D]
[F#m] [D] Goodbye, you.
[F#m]
[D] Goodbye, father.
[F#m]
I'm pushing [D] on through.
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[G#] [F#] [D]
[C#m] [Am] [D] [A]
[B] [A] [D] [A]
[D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969, [D] [E]
[A] and he hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost in
that [A] earlier time.
[D] [E]
[F#m] Well, his sister grew up [C#m] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[C#m] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] We dressed him up warmly.
[E] We sent him to [D] school.
It taught him how to fight the [F#] beat, go right [C#] to school.
[D] Oh, [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] boy.
[A] Oh, what a [F#m] lonely boy.
[A]
Oh, [D] [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
[A]
Oh, [B] what a [D] lonely boy.
[E] Oh, what [A] a lonely boy.
[D] [E] [A] [D] [E]
[A] [D] [E]
[A] [E]
[A]
Key:
D
A
E
F#m
F#
D
A
E
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day in [A] _
1951, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
and with the slap of a [D] hand he had [E] landed as [A] 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#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go [C#] right to school.
[D] _ Oh, _ [G#] what [C#m]
a lonely [F#] 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] She told him, we must [D] attend to her [E] needs, she's so [A] much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Well, [F#] he ran down the hall and [E] he cried.
_ [D] Oh, how could his parents have [E]
lied _ [F#] when they said he was their [C#m] only son?
_ [D] He thought he was their [C#] only _ _ [D] one.
Oh, _ [G#] _
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy. _
[A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] boy. _
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
_ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [D] Goodbye, you.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, father.
_ _ [F#m] _
I'm pushing [D] on through.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
[B] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969, _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] and he hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost in
that [A] earlier time.
_ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ [F#m] Well, his sister grew up [C#m] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[C#m] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] We dressed him up warmly.
[E] We sent him to [D] school.
It taught him how to fight the [F#] beat, go right [C#] to school.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[A] Oh, what a [F#m] lonely boy.
_ [A] _
_ Oh, [D] _ _ _ _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [A]
Oh, [B] what a [D] lonely boy.
_ [E] Oh, what [A] a lonely boy.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
He was born on [D] a summer [E] day in [A] _
1951, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
and with the slap of a [D] hand he had [E] landed as [A] 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#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go [C#] right to school.
[D] _ Oh, _ [G#] what [C#m]
a lonely [F#] 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] She told him, we must [D] attend to her [E] needs, she's so [A] much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Well, [F#] he ran down the hall and [E] he cried.
_ [D] Oh, how could his parents have [E]
lied _ [F#] when they said he was their [C#m] only son?
_ [D] He thought he was their [C#] only _ _ [D] one.
Oh, _ [G#] _
[C#m] what a lonely [F#] boy. _
[A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] boy. _
[E] Oh, what a lonely [C#] boy.
_ [D] _
[Am] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[F#m] _ _ [D] Goodbye, you.
_ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [D] Goodbye, father.
_ _ [F#m] _
I'm pushing [D] on through.
_ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
[G#] _ [F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [D] _ [A] _
[B] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
[A] He left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969, _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] and he hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost in
that [A] earlier time.
_ [D] _ [E] _
_ _ [F#m] Well, his sister grew up [C#m] and she married a man.
[D] She gave her a son.
[C#m] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] We dressed him up warmly.
[E] We sent him to [D] school.
It taught him how to fight the [F#] beat, go right [C#] to school.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [B]
Oh, what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[A] Oh, what a [F#m] lonely boy.
_ [A] _
_ Oh, [D] _ _ _ _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
_ _ [A]
Oh, [B] what a [D] lonely boy.
_ [E] Oh, what [A] a lonely boy.
_ _ [D] _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _