Lonely Boy chords by Andrew Gold

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Intro 1

Verse 1
A 
D 
He was born  (A major) on a summer  (D major) day
E 
A 
 (E major) Nineteen  (A major) fifty-one
D 
E 
 (D major)  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) And with a slap of a hand
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E 
A 
 (D major) He had landed  (E major) as an only  (A major) son
D 
E 
A 
 (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 

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Pre-chorus 1

His mother and father said what a lovely boy

We'll teach him what we learned

Ah yes just what we learned

We'll dress him up warmly and

We'll send him to school

It'll teach him how to fight

To be nobody's fool

Chorus 1

Oh, oh what a lonely boy

Oh what a lonely boy

Interlude 1

Verse 2
A 
D 
In the summer  (A major) of fif (D major) ty-three
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A 
 (E major) his mother brought  (A major) him a sister
D 
E 
 (D major)  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) And she told him
D 
we must attend  (D major) to her needs
E 
A 
 (E major) She's so much young (A major) er than you
D 
E 
A 
 (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Pre-chorus 2

Well he ran down the hall and he cried

Oh how could his parents have lied

When they said he was an only son

He thought he was the only one

Chorus 2

Oh, oh what a lonely boy

Oh what a lonely boy

Interlude 2

Solo 1

Bridge 1
D 
F#m 
D 
Goodbye  (D major) mama,  (F sharp minor) goodbye to  (D major) you
C#m 
F#m 
 (C sharp minor)  (F sharp minor) 
D 
C#m 
Goodbye  (D major) papa  (C sharp minor) 
F#m 
D 
F#m 
A 
 (F sharp minor) I'm   pushing on through  (D major)  (F sharp minor)  (A major) 
Bm 
A 
E 
F#m 
E 
 (B minor)  (A major)  (E major)  (F sharp minor)  (E major) 

Interlude 3
D 
Bm 
C#m 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (C sharp minor) 
C 
B 
 (C major)  (B major) 
D 
E 
 (D major)  (E major) 
A 
D 
E 
A 
 (A major)  (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 
A 
D 
E 
 (A major)  (D major)  (E major) 
A 
He  (A major) left

Verse 3
D 
home on a winter  (D major) day
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A 
 (E major) Nineteen  (A major) sisty-nine
D 
E 
 (D major)  (E major) 
A 
 (A major) And he hoped to find all the love
D 
 (D major) He had lost
E 
A 
 (E major) in that ear (A major) lier time
D 
E 
A 
 (D major)  (E major)  (A major) 

Pre-chorus 3
F#m 
Well his  (F sharp minor) sister grew up
E 
And she  (E major) married a man
D 
He gave  (D major) her a son
E 
Ah yes  (E major) a lovely son
F#m 
They  (F sharp minor) dressed him up warmly
E 
They  (E major) sent him to school
D 
It  (D major) taught him how to fight
C# 
To be  (C sharp major) nobody's fool