Lonely Boy Chords

by Andrew Gold
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Difficulty: advanced
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: no capo
Author moogle301 [a] 51.
1 contributor total, last edit on Sep 4, 2024

Chords

A/C#
D
E/G#
A
F#m
E6
Dmaj7
C#7sus4
C#7
G#m7b5
C#m7
F#m7b5/C
A/B
B7
Dadd2
Dadd2/E
Eadd4
F#m7
Dmaj9
E/F#
E/C#
Bm7
Asus4
A/E
B7/A
D/A
E/A
E
F#m7/E

Strumming

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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
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
[+ Drums]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
[+ Guitar/Bass]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[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
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[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
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          Eadd4    Eadd4    F#m7 F#m7
| •       •      •      •    | •        •        •        •    |
 
[Solo]
  Dmaj9             E/F#             Dmaj9             E/F#
| •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  | •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  |
  Dmaj9             E/F#             Dmaj9             E/F#
| •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  | •    •   •   •  | •   •   •   •  |
                                                             Goodbye
 
  Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/F#    E/F#         Dmaj9     Dmaj9        E/C#   E/F#
| •    •        •   •  | •   •       •   •  | •    •        •   •  | •   •      •   •  |
  Mama,                             goodbye you                               Goodbye
 
  Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/C#    E/F#         Dmaj9    Dmaj9         E/F#   E/F#
| •    •        •   •  | •   •       •   •  | •    •        •   •  | •   •      •   •  |
  Papa                                  I'm pushing on through
 
[Interlude]
  Bm7              Asus4     E/G#      F#m7 A/E
| •   •   •   •  | •    •         •    •        |
 
[Instrumental Chorus]
  D             G#m7b5    C#m7         F#m7b5/C           A      B7/A    A
| •  •  •  •  | •      •      •   •  | •       •  •  •  | •   •      •   •   |
  D/A           E/A
| •  •  •  •  | •   •  •  • |
 
[Hook]
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D          E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •    | •       •      •      •    |
 
[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
| •   •   •   •   | •   •   •   •   |
                           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
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E/G#   E/G#    A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •      •   |
      A/C#   A/C#    D  D         E       A  A
| •       •      •      •   | •       •      •
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2 comments
thecitychicke1
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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