Lonely Boy chords by Andrew Gold (Official Version)
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Intro 1
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
Verse 1
He was born (A/C#) on a summer (D major) day
(E/G#) Nineteen (A major) fifty-one
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#)
(A major) And with a slap (A/C#) of a hand
(D major) He had landed (E/G#) as an only (A major) son
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
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Pre-chorus 1
His (F sharp minor) mother and father said what a (C sharp minor/E) lovely boy
We'll teach (D minoraj7) him what we learned
Ah yes (C sharp minor/E) just what we learned
We'll (F sharp minor) dress him up warmly and
We'll (C sharp minor/E) send him to school
It'll (D minoraj7) teach him how to fight
To be (C sharp7sus4) nobody's fool (C sharp7)
Chorus 1
Oh, (D minoraj7) oh (G sharp minor7b5) what a (C sharp minor7) lonely boy (C minoraj7#11)
Oh (B7sus4) what a (B7) lonely boy (D minoraj9)
Oh (E7sus4) what a lonely boy
Interlude 1
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
Verse 2
In the summer (A/C#) of fif (D major) ty-three
(E/G#) his mother brought (A major) him a sister
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#)
(A major) And she told him
(A/C#) we must attend (D major) to her needs
(E/G#) She's so much young (A major) er than you
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
Pre-chorus 2
Well he (F sharp minor) ran down the hall and he cried (C sharp minor/E)
Oh how (D minoraj7) could his parents have lied (C sharp minor/E)
When they (F sharp minor) said he was an only son (C sharp minor/E)
He thought (D minoraj7) he was the only one (C sharp7sus4) (C sharp7)
Chorus 2
(D minoraj7) Oh, oh (G sharp minor7b5) what a (C sharp minor7) lonely boy (C minoraj7#11)
Oh (B7sus4) what a (B7) lonely boy (D minoraj9)
Oh (E7sus4) what a lonely boy
Interlude 2
(A/C#) (D major) (E major) (F sharp minor)
(A/C#) (D major) (E major) (F sharp minor)
(A/C#) (D major) (E major) (F sharp minor)
(A/C#) (D major) (E major) (F sharp minor)
Solo 1
(Dadd9) (F sharp minor7) (Dadd9) (F sharp minor7)
(Dadd9) (F sharp minor7) (Dadd9) (F sharp minor7)
Bridge 1
Goodbye (Dadd9) mama, (F sharp minor7) goodbye to (Dadd9) you
(C sharp minor7) (F sharp minor7)
Goodbye (Dadd9) papa (C sharp minor7)
(F sharp minor7) I'm pushing on through (Dadd9) (F sharp minor7) (A major)
(B minor) (A major) (E/G#) (F sharp minor) (E major)
Interlude 3
(D minoraj7) (G sharp minor7b5) (C sharp minor7)
(C minoraj7#11) (B7sus4) (B7)
(D minoraj9) (E7sus4)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#)
He (A major) left
Verse 3
home (A/C#) on a winter (D major) day
(E/G#) Nineteen (A major) sisty-nine
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#)
(A major) And he hoped to find (A/C#) all the love
(D major) He had lost
(E/G#) in that ear (A major) lier time
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
Pre-chorus 3
Well his (F sharp minor) sister grew up
And she (C sharp minor/E) married a man
He gave (D minoraj7) her a son
Ah yes (C sharp minor/E) a lovely son
They (F sharp minor) dressed him up warmly
They (C sharp minor/E) sent him to school
It (D minoraj7) taught him how to fight
To be (C sharp7sus4) nobody's fool (C sharp7)
Chorus 3
Oh, (D minoraj7) oh (G sharp minor7b5) what a (C sharp minor7) lonely boy (C minoraj7#11)
Oh (B7sus4) what a (B7) lonely boy (D minoraj9)
Oh (E7sus4) what a lonely boy
(F sharp minor7) (F sharp minor/E)
Chorus 4
Woah, woah (D minoraj7) woah
Oh (G sharp minor7b5) what a (C sharp minor7) lonely boy (C minoraj7#11)
Oh (B7sus4) what a (B7) lonely boy (D minoraj9)
Oh (E7sus4) what a lonely boy
Outro 1
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E/G#) (A major)
(A/C#) (D major) (E major) (A major)
Lonely Boy
Andrew Gold
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