Lonely Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[G]He

[Verse 1]
was born on
a sum[C]mer [D]day [G]195[C]1[D][G]
With a slap of a hand
He [C]had landed [D]as an [G]only [C]son[D][G]
His [Em]mother and father said,
"what [G]a lovely boy"
We'll [C]teach him what we learned
Oh [D]yeah, just what we learned
[Em]We'll dress him up warmly and
[D]We'll send him [G]to school
It'll [C]teach him how to fight
And be [Bsus4]nobody's [B]fool

[Verse 2]
[C]Oh, [F#dim]oh what a lone[D]ly [Bm]boy[G][Gm]
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy
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[Verse 3]
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In the summer [C]of '53 his [D]mother
[G]Brought him [C]a sister[D]
[G]And she told him we must
attend to [C]her needs
She's [D]so much [G]younger than [C]you[D][G]
Well he [Em]ran down the hall and he c[D]ried
[G]Oh, [C]how could his parents have [D]lied?
When [Em]they said he was the
only [D]son
[C]He thought he was the only [Bsus4]one[B]

[Verse 4]
[C]Oh, [F#dim]oh what a lone[D]ly boy[Bm][G][Gm]
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy

[Interlude 1]
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[Em]

[Verse 5]
Goodbye [C]mama,
[Em]goodbye you[C][Em]
Goodbye [C]papa, [Em]pushing on[C][Em][A][G]
[Em]through

[Interlude 2]
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[G]He left

[Verse 6]
home on a win[C]ter
[G]day [C]196[D]9[G]
And he hoped to find all the love
He [C]had lost [D]in that [G]earlier [C]time[D][G]
Well his sis[Em]ter grew up
And she [D]married a man
He [C]gave her a son
Oh [D]yes, a lovely son
[Em]They dressed him up warmly
And [D]they sent him to school
[G]It [C]taught him how to fight
And be [B]nobody's fool

[Verse 7]
[C]Oh, [D]oh what [C]a l[D]onely b[G]oy[Gm]
Oh what [A]a lonely b[C]oy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy
[Em][G]

[Verse 8]
Oh, oh, [C]oh, [D]oh what [Bm]a
[G]lonely [Bbdim]boy[Gm]
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely [G]boy

[Outro 1]
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