Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo - Only A Lad guitar tab
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Oingo Boingo Only A Lad From the 1981 album, Only A Lad The intro and verse of this song are from David S.'s tab off boingo.org, I've just added some parts I know onto them. Intro: E-------------------------------------- B---8-8---7-7---6-6---5-5--6-6--7-7---- G---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6--6-6--6-6---- D-------------------------------------- A-------------------------------------- E-------------------------------------- Do that 3 times then: Verse: E---------------------------------------7--------- B---------------------------------------7--------- G---------------------------------------7---5----- D---8-7--X-X-X--6-5--X-X-X--4-3-----7-------5----- A---5-5--X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X--5-5-----7-------3----- E-----------------------------------5------------- "Johnny was bad even as a child everybody could tell..." That repeats for the verse till it goes into bridge at "But Johnny didn't care..." Bridge: E----------------------------5------------------- B-----------------4------------5---------3------- G------4------------4-----3----------------3----- D--------4-----2---------------------1----------- A---2-------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------ "Just a prankster..." E----5---5------5---5-------5---5-----5---5----- B----5---5------5---5-------5---5-----5---5----- G----5---5------5---5-------5---5-----5---5----- D----------------------------------------------- A----------------------------------------------- E----------------------------------------------- "Juvenile ganster..." E----7---7------7---7--------------------------- B----7---7------7---7--------------------------- G----7---7------7---7--------------------------- D-------------------------7~-------------------- A-------------------------7~-------------------- E-------------------------5~-------------------- Back to verse, then bridge, then chorus: Chrous: "Only a lad..." E------------------------------- B------------------------------- G------------------------------- D------5/-7--7----5/-7--7------- A------3/-5--5----3/-5--5------- E------------------------------- "You really can't blame him." E----------------------------- B----------------------------- G----------------------------- D----------------------------- A-----3/-5--5------3/-5--5---- E-----1/-3--3------1/-3--3---- "Only a lad..." E------------------------------- B------------------------------- G------------------------------- D------5/-7--7----5/-7--7------- A------3/-5--5----3/-5--5------- E------------------------------- "Society made him." E----------------------------- B----------------------------- G----------------------------- D----------------------------- A-----3/-5--5------3/-5--5---- E-----1/-3--3------1/-3--3---- "Only a lad..." E------------------------------- B------------------------------- G------------------------------- D------5/-7--7----5/-7--7------- A------3/-5--5----3/-5--5------- E------------------------------- "Is he our responsibily?" E-------------------------------- B-------------------------------- G------4--------6---------------- D----3--------5------------------ A--2--------4-------------------- E-------------------------------- Only a lad He really couldn't help it Only a lad He didn't wanna do it Only a lad He's under privalaged and abused Perhaps a little bit confused Goes into Middle: E---------------------------------------7--------- B---------------------------------------7--------- G---------------------------------------7---5----- D---8-7--X-X-X--6-5--X-X-X--4-3-----7-------5----- A---5-5--X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X--5-5-----7-------3----- E-----------------------------------5------------- E---------------------------------------7--------- B---------------------------------------7--------- G---------------------------------------7---5----- D---8-7--X-X-X--6-5--X-X-X--4-3-----7-------5----- A---5-5--X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X--5-5-----7-------3----- E-----------------------------------5------------- E---------9-------7------------- B-------8-------6------4-------- G-----7-------5------3---------- D------------------------------- A------------------------------- E------------------------------- E---------------------------------------7--------- B---------------------------------------7--------- G---------------------------------------7---5----- D---8-7--X-X-X--6-5--X-X-X--4-3-----7-------5----- A---5-5--X-X-X--5-5--X-X-X--5-5-----7-------3----- E-----------------------------------5------------- E-------5------3---------------------------------- B-----4------2-----0------------------------------ G---3------1-----0-------------------------------- D------------------------------------------------- A------------------------------------------------- E------------------------------------------------- E--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5----2h3--2h3--------- B--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5----2h3--2h3--------- G--12--11--10--9--8--7--6--5----2h3--2h3--------- D------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------ E--15-15-15---14--13-13-13--12---11-11-11---10--- B--15-15-15---14--13-13-13--12---11-11-11---10--- G------------------------------------------------ D------------------------------------------------ A------------------------------------------------ E------------------------------------------------ There it is. I'm pretty sure it's correct. Questions or comments e-mail me at whatisthelaw@sbcglobal.net