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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LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold
Intro:
A/C# - D - E/G# - A 4x
A/C# D
He was born on a sum- mer day,
E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# -
nineteen- fifty- one
A A/C#
And with the slap of a hand
D E/G# A A/C# -D - E/G# - A
He had land- ed as an on- ly son
F#m E6
His mother and father said "what a lovely boy
Dmaj7 E6
We'll teach him what we learned, ah 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:
D G#m7b5 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7sus4 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E
Oh, what a lonely boy
A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D -
E/G# - A
A/C# D E/G#
In the sum- mer of fif- ty- three his mother,
A A/C# D - E/G# -
brought him a sis- ter
A A/C# D
And she told him "we must attend to her needs
E/G# A A/C# - D -E/G# - A
She's so much youn- ger than you"
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 an only son
Dmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7
He thought he was the only one
Chorus:
D G#m7b5 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7sus4 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E
Oh, what a lonely boy
Break:
A/C# - D - E* - F#m* - 4x
Dsus2 - F#m7 - 2x
Dsus2 F#m7 Dsus2 F#m7
Goodbye mama, goodbye you,
Dsus2 F#m7
goodbye papa, I'm pushin' on through
Dsus2 - F#m7 - B/
A|0-------|
E|--4-2-0-|
D
G#m7b5 - C#m7 - Am/F# - B7sus4 - B7 -
D - Esus4 -
A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D -
E/G# A A/C# D
He left home on a win- ter day,
E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# -
nineteen- sixty-nine
A A/C#
And he hoped to find all the love
D E/G# A A/C# -D - E/G# - A
He had lost in that ear- lier time
F#m E6
Well, his sister grew up,and she married a man
Dmaj7 E6
He 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:
D G#m7b5 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7sus4 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E F#m - F#m/E
Oh, what a lonely boy
D G#m7b5 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7sus4 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4
Oh, what a lonely boy
outro:
A/C# - D - E/G# - A 3x
A/C# - D - E - A//
A/C# x42220
x42255
x47655
E/G# 422100
422400
476454
F#m 244222
E6 022120
Dmaj7 xx0222
x54222
C#7sus4 x46474
C#7 x46464
G#m7b5 4x0102
C#m7 x46454
Am/F# 202210
B7sus4 x24252
B7 x24242
Esus4 022200
E* xx2454
xxx454
F#m* xxx576
Dsus2 xx0230
F#m7 242222
F#m/E 044222
I hoped the tab would be playable, but it?s a piano song really, so it?s though. the
bass-note is within the chord so if you
play the bass note separately, the position of the chords is pretty much as above. This
way you get the upbeat effect.
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Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold
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24 comments
![thecitychicke1](https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/static/users/9/0/5/13034509.gif?d=d)
Beginner's tip: Transpose -2, put a capo on 2nd fret, and then hit the 'simplify' button. Andrew Gold composed songs for the piano, so the chords can be tricky. Now we just need someone to put the chords letters over the *proper* syllables. This submission is not so hot for correct placement over the syllables.
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![northerntowne](https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/static/users/8/9/8/7616898.gif?d=d)
It might be playable for more advanced players but for a novice/first level intermediate it's a bit challenging. I may use this to submit a more simple version if you don't mind. Thanks, Steve.
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![thecitychicke1](https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/static/users/9/0/5/13034509.gif?d=d)
Can anyone make a tab for this song that is easy to play on the guitar? Like, intermediate chords? I just want something I can strum so I can sing this. : ) Thank you!
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