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                Birthday Boy - Pet Shop Boys
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Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard

Pet Shop Boys
Birthday Boy (2002)
(Tennant/Lowe)

From: "Release"

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INTRO
  E                                 A
e|7-----7-----7---|----------------|9-----9-----9---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|----------------|--10---10-----10|----------------|
G|----9-----9-----|--------%-------|----9----9------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
  Abm              C#m              B
e|7-----7-----7---|9-----9-----9---|7-----7-----7---|----------------|
B|--9-----9-----9-|--9-----9-----9-|--7-----7-----7-|----------------|
G|----8-----8-----|----9-----9-----|----8-----8-----|-------%--------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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INTRO (guitars only)
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |

INTRO
| E | % | A | % | Abm | C#m | B | % |

         E           A
Birthday boy can't explain
          Abm  C#m          B
Christmas eve    he's born again
       E             A
On the line a broken train
      Abm     C#m        B
Going nowhere    endless rain

         E       A
Birthday boy so afraid
            Abm7   C#m         B
Plays the machines    in the arcade


                 E
Oh baby do you remember
                  A
He's been through all this before
          Abm7   C#m        B
Spent the summer    getting nowhere
       E                        A
Taking all of the blame for the city
     Abm7   C#m                B
Calculating    from pain comes pity


          E             A
Christmas Eve a time of joy
         Abm   C#m            B
If you believe    in Birthday boy
           E                   A
This time around it's all a mistake
        Abm   C#m           B
Is he deluded     or just a fake

                 E
Oh baby do you remember
                  A
He's been through all this before
          Abm7   C#m        B
Spent the summer    getting nowhere
       E                        A
Taking all of the blame for the city
     Abm7   C#m                B
Calculating    from pain comes pity


Cmaj7                 Em
      If you knew his name
Cmaj7                    Em
      Would you feel the same
C#m                   F#
      If you knew his name


SOLO
| B | Bbm Ebm | C# |
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |


INTRO
| F# | B | Bbm Ebm | C# |


         F#          B
Birthday boy stands apart
       Bbm     Ebm          C#
As the drama's     about to start
          F#               B
A quick betrayal, a speedy trial
     Bbm     Ebm           C#
As before,      complete denial

                 F#
Oh baby do you remember
                  B
He's been through all this before
          Bbm    Ebm        C#
Spent the summer    getting nowhere
       F#                       B
Taking all of the blame for the city
     Bbm    Ebm                C#
Calculating    from pain comes pity

Dmaj7                 F#m
      If you knew his name
Dmaj7                    F#m
      Would you feel the same

CODA
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| Dmaj7 | F#m | Dmaj7 | F#m |
| D C#m | F#m