Golden Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[E5]This is [A5]the story[E5][Em][A5]
[Em]Of a[A5] poor man's so[E5]n[Em][A5]
[E5]He pulled hi[Em]msel f[A5] up[Em][A5]
[E5]Turned his [Em]face to [A5]the sun[Em][A5]

[Verse 2]
[G]He burned up the world
[C]with a heart on fire
And [Em]tempted the stars when
they [Bb]hid their light

[Verse 3]
Now [E5]everyone wants to [A5]touch [Am]the
golden [Em]boy[A5][E5][Em][A5]
Now [E5]everyone wants to [A5]touch the golden [Em]boy
[A5][E5][Em][A5][E5][Em][G][A5][E5][Em][A5]

[Verse 4]
They [E5]made [A5]melody[Em][A5][A]
[E5]To sup[Em]port [A5]his w[Em]ord[A5]
[E5]He's the [Em]new high [A5]priest[Em][A5]
[E5]Of t[Em]he scene and[A5] herd
[Em][A5]

[Verse 5]
[G]They sanctified Sid
[C]Till he puked up his life
[Em]A prick for an idol
What [Bb]a very [E5]strange sight

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 6]
[A5]Now chil[E5]dren a[A5]re weep
[E5]ing[Em][A5][A]
[A5]In a[Em] hundred t[A5]owns[E5][Em][A5][A]
[E5]The [Em]spitf[A5]ire w[E5]ord[Em][A5]
[Em]Shot [A5]the pilot [E5]down[Em][A5]

[Verse 7]
[G]They shoved a [C]rag[Em][Bb][Em][A5][E5][Em][A5][Em][A5]
[Em][A5][E5][Em][A5][E5][A5][Em][A5][E5][Em][A5]
[E5][A5][A][E5][A5][A][A5][E5][A5][A][E5][A5][E5][Em][A5][E5][G][A5][E5][Em]
[G][A5][E5][Em][A5][A][G]
[C]Down the golden throat
And [Em]put up a column
Where [Bb]the poor dog choked

[Outro 1]
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