Lonely Boy - Andrew Gold Chords
Chords: A/C#, D, E/G#, A, F#m, E6, Dm, C#7, G#m7, C#m7
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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
He had land- ed as an on- ly son
F#m E6
His mother and father said "what a lovely boy
Dm 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
Dm C#7 C#7
It'll teach him how to fight to be nobody's fool"
D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E
Oh, what a lonely boy
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
She's so much youn- ger than you"
F#m E6
Well, he ran down the hall and he cried
Dm E6
Oh, how could his parents have lied
F#m E6
When they said he was an only son
Dm C#7 C#7
He thought he was the only one
D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E
Oh, what a lonely boy
Dsus2 F#m7 Dsus2 F#m7
Goodbye mama, goodbye you,
Dsus2 F#m7
goodbye papa, I'm pushin' on through
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
He had lost in that ear- lier time
F#m E6
Well, his sister grew up,and she married a man
Dm E6
He gave her a son ah yes, a lovely son
F#m E6
They dressed him up warmly they sent him to school
Dm C#7 C#7
It taught him how to fight to be nobody's fool
D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4 E F#m F#m/E
Oh, what a lonely boy
D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F#
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy
B7 B7 D
Oh, what a lonely boy
Esus4
Oh, what a lonely boy
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E6 022120
F#m7 242222
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