Lonely Boy chords by 
Andrew Gold 
Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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He was born on a summer day
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Nineteen fifty-one
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And with a slap of a hand
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He had landed as an only son
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Pre-chorus 1
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His mother and father said what a lovely boy
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We'll teach him what we learned
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Ah yes just what we learned
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We'll dress him up warmly and
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We'll send him to school
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It'll teach him how to fight
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To be nobody's fool
Chorus 1
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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In the summer of fif ty-three
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his mother brought him a sister
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And she told him
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we must attend to her needs
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She's so much young er than you
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Pre-chorus 2
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Well he ran down the hall and he cried
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Oh how could his parents have lied
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When they said he was an only son
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He thought he was the only one
Chorus 2
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
Interlude 2
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Solo 1
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Bridge 1
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Goodbye mama, goodbye to you
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Goodbye papa
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I'm pushing on through
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Interlude 3
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He left
Verse 3
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home on a winter day
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Nineteen sisty-nine
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And he hoped to find all the love
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He had lost
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in that ear lier time
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Pre-chorus 3
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Well his sister grew up
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And she married a man
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He gave her a son
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Ah yes a lovely son
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They dressed him up warmly
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They sent him to school
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It taught him how to fight
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To be nobody's fool
Chorus 3
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Chorus 4
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Woah, woah woah
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
Outro 1
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ChordsA D E F#m C#...
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