LONELY BOY	-	Andrew Gold

Intro:
A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E/G#- (143121@4)A4x (x02220@1)
A/C# (042220@1)        DHe (xx0232@1)was born     on a sum-   mer day,
E/G# (143121@4)         A (x02220@1)          A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E/G#- (143121@4)     nineteen-   fifty- one
A (x02220@1)                A/C# (042220@1) And with the slap    of a hand
D (xx0232@1)           E/G# (143121@4)           A (x02220@1)     A/C#- (042220@1)D - E/G# - A
  He had land-    ed as an on-   ly son
    F#m (244222@1)                              E6His (04xxxx@1)    mother and father said "what a    lovely boy
      Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                          E6We'll (04xxxx@1)    teach him what we learned, ah   yes, just what we learned,
      F#m (244222@1)                            E6We'll (04xxxx@1)   dress him up warmly and we'll   send him to school
      Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                         C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)      C#7It'll (x4342x@1)     teach him how to fight to be      nobody's    fool"

Chorus:
D (xx0232@1)   Abm7           C#m7 (x4242x@1)        Am/F# (202210@1) Oh,     oh, what a (x02210@1)   lonely boy
    B7sus4 (x22200@1)     B7 (x21202@1)          DOh, (xx0232@1)      what a (x02210@1)  lonely boy
Esus4 (022200@1)         E (022100@1)    Oh, what a (x02210@1) lonely boy

A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D -
E/G# - A

A/C# (042220@1)          D (xx0232@1)         E/G#In (143121@4)the sum-     mer of fif-   ty- three     his mother,
         A (x02220@1)         A/C# (042220@1)   D- (xx0232@1)E/G#- (143121@4)brought    him a sis-    ter
A (x02220@1)                    A/C# (042220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  And she told him "we    must attend   to her needs
E/G# (143121@4)                   A (x02220@1)              A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E/G# - A
     She's so much youn-    ger than you"
         F#m (244222@1)                       E6Well, (04xxxx@1)he    ran down the hall and he   cried
        Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                     E6Oh, (04xxxx@1)how      could his parents have   lied
          F#m (244222@1)                   E6When (04xxxx@1)they     said he was an only   son
   Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                     C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)    C#7He (x4342x@1)    thought he was the only         one

Chorus:
D (xx0232@1)  Abm7            C#m7 (x4242x@1)         Am/F# (202210@1) Oh,     oh, what a (x02210@1)   lonely boy
    B7sus4 (x22200@1)     B7 (x21202@1)          DOh, (xx0232@1)      what a (x02210@1)  lonely boy
Esus4 (022200@1)         E (022100@1)    Oh, what a (x02210@1) lonely boy

Break:
A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E* - F#m* -	4x

Dsus2 - F#m7 -   2x

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)    F#m7 (131141@2)      Dsus2 (xx0230@1)   F#m7Goodbye (131141@2)      mama,    goodbye      you,
        Dsus2 (xx0230@1)     F#m7goodbye (131141@2)      papa,      I'm pushin' on through

Dsus2 - F#m7 - B/
A|0-------|
E|--4-2-0-|
 DAbm7 (xx0232@1)- C#m7 - Am/F# - B7sus4 - B7 -
D - Esus4 -

A/C# - D - E/G# - A - A/C# - D -

E/G# (143121@4) A (x02220@1)         A/C# (042220@1)         D (xx0232@1)   He   left home      on awin- (x02210@1)   ter day,
E/G# (143121@4)         A (x02220@1)          A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E/G#- (143121@4)    nineteen-    sixty-nine
A (x02220@1)                    A/C# (042220@1) And he hoped to find     all the love
D (xx0232@1)          E/G# (143121@4)            A (x02220@1)        A/C#- (042220@1)D - E/G# - A
  He had lost    in that ear-   lier time
          F#m (244222@1)                      E6Well, (04xxxx@1)his     sister grew up,and she   married a man
   Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                   E6He (04xxxx@1)    gave her a son ah yes,   a lovely son
     F#m (244222@1)                          E6They (04xxxx@1)    dressed him up warmly they    sent him to school
    Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)                          C#7sus4 (x4442x@1)       C#7It (x4342x@1)     taught him how to fight to be       nobody's     fool

Chorus:
D (xx0232@1)   Abm7           C#m7 (x4242x@1)        Am/F# (202210@1) Oh,      oh, what a (x02210@1)  lonely boy
    B7sus4 (x22200@1)     B7 (x21202@1)         DOh, (xx0232@1)      what a (x02210@1) lonely boy
Esus4 (022200@1)        E (022100@1)          F#m- (244222@1)F#m/E
    Oh, what a   lonely boy
D (xx0232@1)  Abm7          C#m7 (x4242x@1)         Am/F# (202210@1) Oh,    oh, what a (x02210@1)  lonely boy
    B7sus4 (x22200@1)      B7 (x21202@1)         DOh, (xx0232@1)      what a (x02210@1)  lonely boy
Esus4
     Oh, what a lonely boy

outro:
A/C#- (042220@1)D- (xx0232@1)E/G#- (143121@4)A3x (x02220@1)
A/C# - D - E - A//

A/C#    x42220
        x42255
        x47655
E/G#    422100
        422400
        476454
F#m     244222
E6 (04xxxx@1)    022120
Dmaj7   xx0222
        x54222
C#7sus4 x46474
C#7     x46464
Abm7    4x44x2
C#m7    x46454
Am/F#   202210
B7sus4  x24252
B7 (x21202@1)    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. the 
bass-note is within the chord so if you
play the bass note separately, the position of the chords is pretty much as above. This
way you get the upbeat effect.
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