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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
Get this song at:
bol.com
amazon.com

Copyrights:

Author: Danny Elfman

Composer: ?

Publisher: MCA Records, Inc.

Details:

Released in: 1979

Language: English

Appearing on: Only a Lad (1981) , Boingo Alive (1988) , Farewell (1996)

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