Lonely Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][D][G]
[G][C][D][G]
[G][C][D][G]
[G][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
He was [G]born on a [C]summer day
[D]Nineteen fif[G]ty-one
[C][D]
[G]And with a slap of a hand
[C]He had [D]landed as an [G]only son
[C][D][G]

[Pre-chorus 1]
His [Em]mother and father said what a [D]lovely boy
We'll [C]teach him what we learned
Ah [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 [B]nobody's fool

[Chorus 1]
[C]Oh, [Am]oh what a lo[Bm]nely b[Bb]oy
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy

[Interlude 1]
[G][C][D][G]
[C][D][G]

[Verse 2]
In the [G]summer of [C]fifty-three
[D]his mother brought [G]him a sister
[C][D]
[G]And she told him
we must attend [C]to her needs
[D]She's so much young[G]er than you
[C][D][G]

[Pre-chorus 2]
Well he [Em]ran down the hall and he c[D]ried
Oh [C]how could his parents have [D]lied
When they [Em]said he was an only [D]son
He [C]thought he was the only [B]one

[Chorus 2]
[C]Oh, [Am]oh what a lo[Bm]nely b[Bb]oy
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][D][Em]
[G][C][D][Em]
[G][C][D][Em]
[G][C][D][Em]

[Solo 1]
[C][Em][C][Em]
[C][Em][C][Em]

[Bridge 1]
Goodbye [C]mama, [Em]goodbye to you[C]
[Bm][Em]
Goodbye [C]papa[Bm]
[Em]I'm pushing on t[C]hrough[Em][G]
[Am][G][D][Em][D]

[Interlude 3]
[C][Am][Bm]
[Bb][A]
[C][D]
[G][C][D][G]
[G][C][D]
[G]He left

[Verse 3]
home on a [C]winter day
[D]Nineteen sis[G]ty-nine
[C][D]
[G]And he hoped to find all the love
[C]He had lost
[D]in that earlie[G]r time
[C][D][G]

[Pre-chorus 3]
Well his [Em]sister grew up
And she [D]married a man
He [C]gave her a son
Ah [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 [B]nobody's fool

[Chorus 3]
[C]Oh, [Am]oh what a lo[Bm]nely b[Bb]oy
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy
[Em][D]

[Chorus 4]
Woah, woah [C]woah
[Am]Oh what a lo[Bm]nely b[Bb]oy
[A]Oh what a lonely [C]boy
[D]Oh what a lonely boy

[Outro 1]
[G][C][D][G]
[C][D][G]
[C][D][G]
[C][D][G]