Andrew Gold – Lonely Boy chords ver. 2
Chords:
LONELY BOY - Andrew Gold Intro: A/C# - D - E/G# - A 4xA/C# DHe was born on a sum- mer day,E/G# A A/C# - D - E/G# - nineteen- fifty- oneA A/C# And with the slap of a handD E/G# A A/C# -D - E/G# - A He had land- ed as an on- ly sonF#m E6His mother and father said "what a lovely boyDmaj7 E6We'll teach him what we learned, ah yes, just what we learned,F#m E6We'll dress him up warmly and we'll send him to schoolDmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7It'll teach him how to fight to be nobody's fool"Chorus:D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boyB7sus4 B7 DOh, what a lonely boyEsus4 E Oh, what a lonely boyA/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D - E/G# - AA/C# D E/G#In the sum- mer of fif- ty- three his mother,A A/C# D - E/G# -brought him a sis- terA A/C# D And she told him "we must attend to her needsE/G# A A/C# - D -E/G# - A She's so much youn- ger than you"F#m E6Well, he ran down the hall and he criedDmaj7 E6Oh, how could his parents have liedF#m E6When they said he was an only sonDmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7He thought he was the only oneChorus:D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boyB7sus4 B7 DOh, what a lonely boyEsus4 E Oh, what a lonely boyBreak: A/C# - D - E* - F#m* - 4x Dsus2 - F#m7 - 2xDsus2 F#m7 Dsus2 F#m7Goodbye mama, goodbye you,Dsus2 F#m7goodbye papa, I'm pushin' on throughDsus2 - 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-nineA A/C# And he hoped to find all the loveD E/G# A A/C# -D - E/G# - A He had lost in that ear- lier timeF#m E6Well, his sister grew up,and she married a manDmaj7 E6He gave her a son ah yes, a lovely sonF#m E6They dressed him up warmly they sent him to schoolDmaj7 C#7sus4 C#7It taught him how to fight to be nobody's foolChorus:D G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boyB7sus4 B7 DOh, what a lonely boyEsus4 E F#m - F#m/E Oh, what a lonely boyD G#m7 C#m7 Am/F# Oh, oh, what a lonely boyB7sus4 B7 DOh, what a lonely boyEsus4 Oh, what a lonely boyoutro: A/C# - D - E/G# - A 3x A/C# - D - E - A//A/C# x42220 x42255x47655E/G# 422100 422400476454 F#m 244222 E6 022120Dmaj7 xx0222 x54222C#7sus4 x46474 C#7 x46464 G#m7 4x44x2 C#m7 x46454 Am/F# 202210 B7sus4 x24252 B7 x24242 Esus4 022200E* xx2454 xxx454F#m* xxx576 Dsus2 xx0230 F#m7 242222 F#m/E 044222 I hoped the tab would be playable, but itÂ’s a piano song really, so itÂ’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.