Chords for Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold
Tempo:
122.3 bpm
Chords used:
D
E
A
F#m
C#m
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 hand [E] he had landed as [A] an older son.
mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy, [D] we'll teach him what we learned, [E] ah yes, just what we learned.
dress him up for me [E] and we'll send him to school, [D] it'll teach him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
Oh, [G#m] oh, [C#m] what a lonely [C]
[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 hand [E] he had landed as [A] an older son.
mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy, [D] we'll teach him what we learned, [E] ah yes, just what we learned.
dress him up for me [E] and we'll send him to school, [D] it'll teach him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
Oh, [G#m] oh, [C#m] what a lonely [C]
100% ➙ 122BPM
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E
A
F#m
C#m
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_ _ [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 hand [E] he had landed as [A] an older son.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy, [D] we'll teach him what we learned, [E] ah yes, just what we learned.
[F#m] We'll dress him up for me [E] and we'll send him to school, [D] it'll teach him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
[D]
Oh, _ [G#m] oh, [C#m] what a lonely [C]
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 [E] 53, his [A] mother brought him a sister, [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ told him we [D] must attend to [E] her needs, she's [A] so much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Well he ran down the hall and [E] he cried, oh [D] how could his parents have [C#m] lied, _ _ [F#m] when they said he was their only [E] _ son.
He [D]
thought he was the only [C#] one, _ _ [D] _
_ oh [G#] _ [C#m] _ what a [C] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a [C#] lonely [D]
boy, _ [E] oh what a lonely [A]
boy.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Good bye, [D] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ good bye to you, [C#m] _ _ _ good [D] bye to _ [F#m] her, I was all [D] alone.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] He left home [D] on a winter [E] day, [A] _ 1969, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] and he left to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier [D] time.
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Well his sister grew up [E] and she married a man, [D] he gave her a son, [E] oh yes, a lovely [F#m] son.
Dressed him up for [E] me, they sent him to school, [D] he taught him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
[D] _
Oh, oh, [G#] [C#m] what a lonely [Am]
boy, _ [B] oh what [D#] a lonely [D]
boy, _ _ [E] oh what a lonely [F#m]
boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Oh, _ oh, [G#] _ [C#m] what a [C] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a [D] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a lonely [A] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ Oh, oh, what [D] a lonely boy.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ [A] _ _ _ _
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_ _ [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 hand [E] he had landed as [A] an older son.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] His mother and father said, [E] what a lovely boy, [D] we'll teach him what we learned, [E] ah yes, just what we learned.
[F#m] We'll dress him up for me [E] and we'll send him to school, [D] it'll teach him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
[D]
Oh, _ [G#m] oh, [C#m] what a lonely [C]
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 [E] 53, his [A] mother brought him a sister, [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ told him we [D] must attend to [E] her needs, she's [A] so much younger than you.
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Well he ran down the hall and [E] he cried, oh [D] how could his parents have [C#m] lied, _ _ [F#m] when they said he was their only [E] _ son.
He [D]
thought he was the only [C#] one, _ _ [D] _
_ oh [G#] _ [C#m] _ what a [C] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a [C#] lonely [D]
boy, _ [E] oh what a lonely [A]
boy.
[D] _ _ [E] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ Good bye, [D] _
_ _ [F#m] _ _ good bye to you, [C#m] _ _ _ good [D] bye to _ [F#m] her, I was all [D] alone.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [G#] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ [B] _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] He left home [D] on a winter [E] day, [A] _ 1969, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] and he left to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier [D] time.
_ _ _ [A] _ [F#m] Well his sister grew up [E] and she married a man, [D] he gave her a son, [E] oh yes, a lovely [F#m] son.
Dressed him up for [E] me, they sent him to school, [D] he taught him how to fight to [C#] be the finest fool.
[D] _
Oh, oh, [G#] [C#m] what a lonely [Am]
boy, _ [B] oh what [D#] a lonely [D]
boy, _ _ [E] oh what a lonely [F#m]
boy.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] Oh, _ oh, [G#] _ [C#m] what a [C] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a [D] lonely boy, _ [B] oh what a lonely [A] boy.
_ [D] _ _ [G#] _ _ [A] _ Oh, oh, what [D] a lonely boy.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _
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