Lonely Boy Chords by Andrew Gold

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He was born on [D] a summer [E] day, _ [A] _
1951, _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ [A]
and with the slap of a [D] hand he had [E] landed as [A] an only son.
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[F#] His mother and father said, what [E] a lovely boy.
[D] We'll teach him what we learned.
[C#m] Oh yes, just what we learned.
[F#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go [C#] right to school.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#] _ _ [C#m] _
what a lonely [F#] boy.
_ [A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] _ boy.
[E] Oh, what a [A] lonely boy.
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_ [A] In the summer [D] of 53, [E]
his mother [A] brought him a sister.
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_ [A] She told him, we must [D] attend to her [E] needs.
She's so [A] much younger than you.
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_ [A] Well, [F#] he ran down the hall and [E] he cried.
Oh, [D] how could his parents have [E] lied _ _ [F#] when they said he was their [C#m] only son.
_ [D] He thought he was their [F#] only [C#] one.
_ [D] _ Oh, _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy. _
[A] Oh, [B] what a lonely [D] boy. _
[E] Oh, what a lonely [A] boy.
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[F#m] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ Goodbye, mama.
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_ _ [D] Goodbye, you.
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_ _ [D] Goodbye, papa.
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I'm pushing [D] on through.
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[C#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ [A] _ _ He [D] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] _ left home [D] on a winter [E]
day, [A] 1969.
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_ [A] And he hoped to find all [D] the love he [E] had lost [A] in that earlier time.
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_ [A] Well, [F#m] his sister grew up [E] and she married a man.
She [D] gave her a son.
[C#m] Oh, yes, a lovely son.
[F#m] We'll dress him up warmly [E] and we'll send him to school.
[D] It'll teach him how to fight the [F#] beat, go right [C#] to school.
[D] Oh, _ _ [G#]
what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
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Oh, what [B] a lonely [D] boy.
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Oh, what a lonely [F#m] boy. _ _ _
_ Oh, [D] _ _ _ [G#] what [C#m] a lonely [F#] boy.
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Oh, what [B] a lonely [D] boy.
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Oh, what [A] a lonely boy.
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