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Andrew Gold - Lonely Boy chords
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LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold Intro: A/C# - D - E/G# - A 4x A/C# D He was born on a sum- mer day, E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - nineteen- fifty- one A A/C# And with the slap of a hand D E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - A He had land- ed as an on- ly son F#m E6 His mother and father said "what a lovely boy Dmaj7 E6 We'll teach him what we learned, ah yes, just what we learned, F#m E6 We'll dress him up warmly and we'll send him to school Dmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7 It'll teach him how to fight to be nobody's fool" Chorus: D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy B7sus4 B7 D Oh, what a lonely boy Esus4 E Oh, what a lonely boy A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D - E/G# - A A/C# D E/G# In the sum- mer of fif- ty- three his mother, A A/C# D - E/G# - brought him a sis- ter A A/C# D And she told him "we must attend to her needs E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - A She's so much youn- ger than you" F#m E6 Well, he ran down the hall and he cried Dmaj7 E6 Oh, how could his parents have lied F#m E6 When they said he was an only son Dmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7 He thought he was the only one Chorus: D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy B7sus4 B7 D Oh, what a lonely boy Esus4 E Oh, what a lonely boy Break: A/C# - D - E* - F#m* - 4x Dsus2 - F#m7 - 2x [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/a/andrew-gold/261711.html ] Dsus2 F#m7 Dsus2 F#m7 Goodbye mama, goodbye you, Dsus2 F#m7 goodbye papa, I'm pushin' on through Dsus2 - F#m7 - B/ A|0-------| E|--4-2-0-| D G#m7 - C#m7 - Am/F# - B7sus4 - B7 - D - Esus4 - A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D - E/G# A A/C# D He left home on a win- ter day, E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - nineteen- sixty-nine A A/C# And he hoped to find all the love D E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - A He had lost in that ear- lier time F#m E6 Well, his sister grew up,and she married a man Dmaj7 E6 He gave her a son ah yes, a lovely son F#m E6 They dressed him up warmly they sent him to school Dmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7 It taught him how to fight to be nobody's fool Chorus: D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy B7sus4 B7 D Oh, what a lonely boy Esus4 E F#m - F#m/E Oh, what a lonely boy D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boy B7sus4 B7 D Oh, what a lonely boy Esus4 Oh, what a lonely boy outro: A/C# - D - E/G# - A 3x A/C# - D - E - A// A/C# x42220 x42255 x47655 E/G# 422100 422400 476454 F#m 244222 E6 022120 Dmaj7 xx0222 x54222 C#7sus4 x46474 C#7 x46464 G#m7 4x44x2 C#m7 x46454 Am/F# 202210 B7sus4 x24252 B7 x24242 Esus4 022200 E* xx2454 xxx454 F#m* xxx576 Dsus2 xx0230 F#m7 242222 F#m/E 044222 I hoped the tab would be playable, but it’s a piano song really, so it’s though. If you play the bass note separately, the position of the chords is pretty much as above. This way you get the upbeat effect.  |