Lonely Boy Chords
by Andrew Gold16,505 views, added to favorites 207 times
Difficulty: | advanced |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | no capo |
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YouTube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v3Vvebb4y8
[Intro Piano]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[+ Drums]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[+ Guitar/Bass]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[Verse 1]
A/C# D E/G# A A/C# D E/G#
He was born on a summer day, nineteen fifty one
A A/C# D E/G# A A/C# D E/G# A
And with a slap of a hand, he had landed as an only son
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F#m E6
His mother and father said: what a lovely boy
Dmaj7 E6
We'll teach him what we learned, aww 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 1]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
A/B B7 Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
[Hook]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[Verse 2]
A/C# D E/G# A A/C# D E/G#
In the summer of fifty three his mother brought him a sister
A A/C# D E/G# A A/C# D E/G# A
And she told him, we must attend to her needs, she's so much younger than you
[Pre-Chorus 2]
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 their only son
Dmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7
He thought he was their only one...
[Chorus 2]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
A/B B7 Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
[Interlude]
A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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A/C# A/C# D D Eadd4 Eadd4 F#m7 F#m7
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[Solo]
Dmaj9 E/F# Dmaj9 E/F#
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Dmaj9 E/F# Dmaj9 E/F#
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Goodbye
Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/F# E/F# Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/C# E/F#
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Mama, goodbye you Goodbye
Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/C# E/F# Dmaj9 Dmaj9 E/F# E/F#
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Papa I'm pushing on through
[Interlude]
Bm7 Asus4 E/G# F#m7 A/E
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[Instrumental Chorus]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C A B7/A A
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D/A E/A
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[Hook]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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[Verse 3]
A/C# D E E/G# A A/C# D E E/G#
He left home on a winter day, nineteen sixty nine
A A/C# D E E/G# A A/C# D E E/G# A
And he hoped to find all the love he had lost, in that earlier time
[Pre-Chorus 3]
F#m E6
Well his sister grew up, and she married a man
Dmaj7 E6
She 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 3]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C
Oh......, oh what a lonely boy
A/B B7 Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
Dadd2/E (F#m7)
Oh what a lonely boy
F#m7 F#m7/E
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whoa whoa
[Chorus 4]
D G#m7b5 C#m7 F#m7b5/C
Whoa...., oh what a lonely boy
A/B B7 Dadd2
Oh, what a lonely boy
Dadd2/E
Oh what a lonely boy
[Outro]
A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E/G# E/G# A A
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A/C# A/C# D D E A A
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Lonely Boy – Andrew Gold
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2 comments

Can anyone format this correctly? Like, put the chord letters about the correct syllable? And then put chords over the entire song, not just the first verse? I'm surprised Ultimate-Guitar accepted this tab as it is. Thanks!
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