Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
was born on
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a summer day 1951
With a slap of a hand
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He had landed as an only son
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We'll send him to school
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And be nobody's fool
Verse 2
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Verse 3
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In the summer of '53 his mother
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Brought him a sister
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She's so much younger than you
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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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He thought he was the only one
Verse 4
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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goodbye you
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Goodbye papa, pushing on
Interlude 2
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Verse 6
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day 1969
And he hoped to find all the love
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He had lost in that earlier time
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It taught him how to fight
Verse 7
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Oh, oh what a lonely boy
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Oh what a lonely boy
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Verse 8
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Oh, oh, oh, oh what a
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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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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D E F#m C#sus4...
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