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.
