When I Was A Boy chords by Electric Light Orchestra

Chords with lyrics

Song: When I was a boy
Artist: Jeff Lynne's ELO
Composer: Jeff Lynne
Album: Alone in the universe
Tabbed by DJ
28th Sept 2015

C majorC  = x32010  FF  = xx3211 * FF    = 133211
C/GC/G = 332010  Am/E = xx2210  E minorEm   = 022000
Em/B = x22000  DmDm  = xx0231  A7/E  = xx2020
A minorAm  = x02210  Dm/C = x30231  AbAb   = 466544
Am/GAm/G = 302210  G+G  = 355433  Bb7sus2 = x13111

In the 2 bar break, the rhythm guitar just plays
a G5G5 power chord (355xxx) over the ascending scale.

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[Intro]
   C majorC C/GC/G C majorC C/GC/G  C majorC C/GC/G C majorC C/GC/G
||: / / / / | / / / / :||[x2]

[Verse 1]
 C majorC     Em/B     A minorAm   Am/GAm/G
When I was a boy I had a dream,
 FF       Am/E       DmDm  Dm/C
All about the things I'd like to be,
 G+G            * FF        G+G    E minorEm
Soon as I was in my bed, music played in - side my head,
       G+G        C majorC C/GC/G C majorC C/GC/G  C majorC C/GC/G C majorC C/GC/G
When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Verse 2]
 C majorC      Em/B       A minorAm   Am/GAm/G
When I was a boy I learnt to play,
 FF      Am/E        DmDm  Dm/C
Far into the night and drift a - way,
 G+G
Don't wanna work on the milk or the bread,
* FF            G+G      E minorEm
 Just wanna play my gui - tar instead-----,
       G+G        C majorC
When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Chorus]
  C majorC  Em/B A minorAm  Am/GAm/G      FF  A7/E DmDm
And ra ---dio waves  ...kept me com - pan - y,
AbAb   G+G    C majorC   Em/B  A minorAm  Am/GAm/G      FF A7/E DmDm
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,   when there was no money,
       Bb7sus2        C majorC
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream!

[Verse 3]
 C majorC     Em/B     A minorAm   Am/GAm/G
When I was a boy I had a dream,
 FF        Am/E       DmDm   Dm/C
Finding out what life could really mean,
 G+G
Don't want a job, 'cause it drives me crazy,
 * FF             G+G
 Just wanna sing, 'Do you love me, baby?'
E minorEm        G+G        C majorC
  When I was a boy ...I had a dream!


[Chorus]
  C majorC  Em/B A minorAm  Am/GAm/G      FF  A7/E DmDm
And ra ---dio waves  ...kept me com - pan - y,
AbAb   G+G    C majorC   Em/B  A minorAm  Am/GAm/G      FF A7/E DmDm
In ...those ...beau - tiful days,   when there was no money,
       Bb7sus2        C majorC
When I was a boy----- ...I had a dream!


[Break]
   G+G
e |-(3)----------------|-------------------|
BB |-(3)----------------|----------------0--|
G+G |-(0)----------------|--------0-1-2-3----|
D MajorD |-(0)-----------0-1--|--2-3-4------------|
A augmentedA |-(2)-0-1-2-3-4------|-------------------|
E MajorE |--3-----------------|-------------------|


[Guitar solo]
  C majorC  Em/B   A minorAm  Am/GAm/G    FF  A7/E   DmDm  AbAb G+G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

  C majorC  Em/B   A minorAm  Am/GAm/G    FF  A7/E   DmDm
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

[Coda]
       Bb7sus2   Bb7sus2 C majorC