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When I Was a Boy chords by Jeff Lynne’s ELO

  • C

  • Em

  • Am

  • F

  • Dm

  • G

  • A

  • Ab

    4
  • Bb

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Intro 1
(C major)
When I was a boy, (E minor) I had a dream (A minor) (C major)
(F major) All about the things (A minor) I'd like to be (D minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 1
(G major) Soon as I was in my bed
(F major) Music played in (G major) side my head (E minor)
When I was a (G major) boy, I had a (C major) dream
When I was a boy, (E minor) I learned to play (A minor)
(F major) Far into the night (A minor) and drift away (D minor) (C major) (F major)
Verse 2
(G major) Don't want to work on
the milk or the bread
(F major) Just want to play my gui (G major) tar instead
(E minor) When I was a (G major) boy, I had a (C major) dream
Verse 3
And (C major) ra dio (E minor) (A minor) waves kept me (F major) company (A major)
(D minor) (A flat major) In (G major) those (C major) beautiful (E minor) (A minor) days
when there (F major) was (A major) no (D minor) money
When I was a (B flat major) boy, I had a (C major) dream
When I was a boy, (E minor) I had a dream (A minor)
(F major) Finding out what (A minor) life could
really mean (D minor) (F major)
Verse 4
(G major) Don't want a job cause
it drives me crazy
(F major) Just wanna sing, "Do you (G major) love me,
baby?" (E minor)
When I was a (G major) boy, I had a dream (C major)
Verse 5
And (C major) ra dio (E minor) (A minor) waves kept me (F major) company (A major)
(D minor) (A flat major) In (G major) those (C major) beau (E minor) tiful (A minor) days
when there (F major) was (A major) no (D minor) money
When I was a (B flat major) boy, I had a (C major) dream
Oooooo (G major) h ooooooh
Interlude 1
(G major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (A major)
(D minor) (A flat major) (G major) (C major) (E minor) (A minor) (F major) (A major) (D minor)
Verse 6
When I was a boy (B flat major)
(End)
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