Lonely Boy
Blackhawk



[Intro] (Banjo plays) ----? GG    CC    DD  GG   (x4)

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He was born on a summer day, 1961________________________And with the slap of a hand
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He had landed as an only son______________________His mother and father said "what a lovely boy"
          C                                     D                                      Em
We'll teach him what we learned Ah yes, just what we learned We'll dress him up warmly and
           D                          C                                   D
We'll send him to school It'll teach him how to fight To be nobody's fool


[Chorus]
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy_____________________


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In the summer of '63 his mother Brought him a sister_________________But she told him "we must
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Attend to her needs" "She's so much younger than you"________________Well, he ran down the hall
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And he cried Oh, how could his parents have lied When they said he was an only son He thought he
                       D
Was the only one


[Chorus]
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy_____________________


[Solo]   Cx2    G    Cx2    G


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He left home on a winter day, 1979 ___________________And he hoped to find all the love He had lost
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In that earlier time ________________Well, his sister grew up And she married a man He gave her a
           D                          Em                               D                        C
Son Ah yes, a lovely son They dressed him up warmly They sent him to school It taught him how to
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Fight To be nobody's fool

[Chorus]
Cx2                  G           Cx2                       G    C                    G
Oh, oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy
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Oh, oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy, Oh, what a lonely boy_____________________


[Ending Solo]   (Banjo plays) ----?

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