Greatest Phone Message chords and lyrics - ANDREW GOLD

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[Verse 1]
[G]Okay, thank you ladies and gentlemen,
it's been a very nice audience.
Lynn will be out [C]in a minute.
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[G]He was born on a sum[C]mer day, 195[D]1[G][C]
[D]An [G]d with the slap of a hand,
[C]he had landed as [D]an only son[G][C][D]
[G]His [Em]mother and father said,
what a [D]lovely boy
We'll [C]teach him what we learned,
oh [D]yes, just what we learned
We'll [Em]dress him up warmly
and we'll [D]send him to school
It'll [C]teach him how to fight
to be [Bsus4]nobody's fool
[Bm]Oh, [C]what[F#dim] a lonel[D]y bo[Bm]y[G][C]
Oh, [A]what a lonely [C]boy
Oh, what a lonely [G]boy[C][D][G][C]
[D]In [G]the summer of fif[C]ty -three
His [D]mother [G]brought him a [C]sister
[D]And s[G]he told him,
we must [C]attend to her need,
she's [D]so much younger [G]than [C]you.[D]
[G]Well, he [Em]ran down the hall
and he [D]cried,
oh, how [C]could his parents have [D]lied?
When they [Em]said he was their only [D]son,
he thought [C]he was their only [Bsus4]one.
[B]Oh, [C]oh, wha[D]t a lon[Bm]ely boy[C]
Oh, [A]what a lonely [C]boy
Oh, what a lonely [Dsus4]boy[G][C][D][G][C][G]
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[Em][C][Em]
Good [G]-bye, [C]mama
[Em]Good -bye to [C]you[Em]
Good -bye, [C]papa
[Em]I'm pushing on t[C]hrough[Em][Am][C][G]
[Em][C][G][C][Asus4]
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[D]He [G]left home on a win[C]ter [D]day,
[G]1969[C][D]
And he [G]hoped to find
all the [C]love he had [D]lost in
that earlier [G]time[C][D]
[G]Well, his [Em]sister grew up
and she [D]married a man
He [C]gave her a son,
oh [D]yes, a lovely son
They [Em]dressed him up warmly,
they [D]sent him to school
It [C]taught him how to fight
to be [Bsus4]the wildest fool[Bm]
[C]Oh, oh, [D]what [Bm]a lonely bo[Bb]y
[C]Oh, [Asus4]what a lonely [A]boy[C]
Oh, what a lonely [D]boy[Em][D]
[Em]Oh, [G]oh, oh, [C]what[D] a lon[Bm]ely boy[Bb]
[C]Oh, [Asus4]what a lo[A]nely boy[C]
Oh, what [Dsus4]a lonely [D]boy[G][C][D]
[G]Woo!

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